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The UWI recognised for world class climate change research and activism
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Friday, November 30, 2019—It was just two months ago that Professor Michael Taylor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), along with an internationally respected group of scientists, urgently called on world leaders to accelerate…
Spain´s second renewable energy boom
meeco completes sun2roof clean energy projects for private households “Spain is one of the countries leading the solar renaissance in Europe,” stated the SolarPower Europe Policy Analyst Raffaele Rossi. In October 2018, the Spanish government officially cancelled the infamous “sun…
Absolutely humongous data breach exposes more than a billion records
By Marcus Gilmer From Mashable Well, this is certainly not great: An unprotected database of more than a billion users’ records from across the internet — including “social media accounts, email addresses, and phone numbers” — was discovered on an…
To prove electric car safety, German Organization DEKRA runs Gnarly Crash Test
By Rain Noe From Core77 Pole Position Due to a few highly-publicized incidents, there are people who are convinced that electric cars, due to those pesky lithium-ion batteries pose a greater fire risk than gasoline-powered ones. For the record, the…
Canadian Design
This Furniture Company Says Canadian Design Isn’t a Look—It’s a Value System By Allison Fonder From Core77 EQ3 wants to be a shining example of a holistic design business Laugh all you want about what you think the pillars of Canadian…
Information Management: OECS Commission poised to become center of excellence for the Region
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — Statistics Canada (StatCan) under the Project for the Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC) is helping to make the OECS Commission the Centre of Excellence for Information Management, to support the Commission’s and the OECS…
OECS convenes 14th Meeting of the Living Standards Measurement Committee
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — The Fourteenth Meeting of the Living Standards Measurement Committee (LSMC) was convened virtually by the OECS Commission over two half days on the 19 and 20 November 2019. The Meeting focused on poverty, the upcoming population and housing…
Barbados Independence celebrations come early for UWI’s software engineering students in China
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Wednesday, November 27, 2019—Barbados Independence celebrations came early for some students of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) studying software engineering in China. On November 8, Barbadian students enrolled in The UWI-China Institute of Information…
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Martinique based ‘Association Kreol’ explores areas of collaboration with Saint Lucian partners as part of the INTERREG TEECA Project
From OECS-Chamber of Commerce of Martinique Friday, November 29, 2019 — Cultural entertainment organisation ‘Association Kreol’ recently completed a Business Immersion exercise in Saint Lucia as part of the INTERREG Funded Trade Enhancement for the Eastern Caribbean (TEECA) project. Founder of…
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Stay in the Loop for the Week ending 22 November, 2019
From CARICOM Secretariat STAY IN THE LOOP In this episode, Communications Officers at the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Tusankine English-Francis and Ms Michelle Nurse, present a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community.Highlights:46:27 – CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors Meeting in Georgetown01:26:03 –…
