Haiti: Hallowed ground: Centuries of balancing natural and human disasters
By Derrick MillerFrom Caribbean News Now On January 12, 2010, several began to take a closer look at island of Haiti after a massive earthquake displaced and killed hundreds of thousands of people in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The…
Caribbean countries to benefit from new USAID agreement
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, Oct 18, CMC – Caribbean countries are expected to benefit from a multi-million dollar agreement signed between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). USAID will provide more…
USAID provides initial US$1.5 million for the Caribbean in wake of Hurricane Matthew
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, CMC – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be providing an initial US$1.5 million to assist Caribbean countries affected by the passage of Hurricane Matthew. “We have announced US$1.5 million for the region; US$1…
Clinton emails reveal more ‘shenanigans’ in Haiti
From Caribbean News Now NEW YORK, USA — In an article entitled “More Clinton shenanigans in Haiti”, Mary Anastasia O’Grady writing in the Wall Street Journal has reported that on January 27, 2011, Clinton Foundation chief operating officer Laura Graham…
Vincentians benefit from two major USAID projects
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — Vincentians are benefitting from a modernized juvenile justice system and are better equipped to adapt to climate change as a result of two major projects supported by the US government through the United States Agency for…
Holness optimistic Ja will become gas hub for Caribbean
From Jamaica Gleaner Washington, DC: Prime Minister Andrew Holness is optimistic that Jamaica will become the hub for gas in the Caribbean and promises that his government will be strategic in its efforts to diversify the country’s energy sector. “Renewables…
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The View from Europe: Renewing the US relationship
By David Jessop A few days ago the US House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously agreed a draft bi-partisan bill that seeks to have the administration give greater priority to the US-Caribbean relationship. The bill has no funding attached to it….
Activist USA Ambassador pushes aggressive LGBT agenda in the Caribbean
By Martin Arauxo From The Saker Obama ambassadorial appointee and LGBT activist, James Wally Brewster has endeavored to promote alternative lifestyle values in the conservative Dominican Republic. Ever since Ambassador Brewster (who donated heavily to Barak Obama) arrived in the…
OECS presents ‘Climate Fest’ from September 6-8 in Antigua-Barbuda
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will present “Climate Fest” from September 6 – 8, 2015 at the Botanical Gardens, St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. The OECS Climate Fest is an awareness building exercise to further sensitise the public…
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CARIBBEAN: USAID launches US$12.5 million Marine Biodiversity Program in Carriacou
By US Embassy August 26, 2015 In an effort to protect critical marine ecosystems and reduce threats to the region’s fisheries and tourism sectors, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a USD$12.5 million Caribbean Marine Biodiversity…
