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Building resilience to natural disasters in the Caribbean requires greater preparedness
By Sònia Muñoz and İnci Ötker From International Monetary Fund As global warming continues to increase sea-water temperatures, the Caribbean is becoming more vulnerable to increasingly frequent and damaging natural disasters. Policies that build resilience in Caribbean countries—such as strengthening physical infrastructure…
Explained: how the US uses anticorruption laws and sanctions to police the world
By Finbarr Bermingham From South China Morning Post The cases of Patrick Ho and Sabrina Meng Wanzhou show the extraterritorial reach of US authorities The conviction of former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho in a New York court and the…
UK: Teachers biased against black pupils and white boys from underprivileged backgrounds, report says
By Eleanor Busby From Independent UK Biases affect setting, teacher assessment outcomes, and disciplinary measures in schools, report concludes Teachers in London are biased against black Caribbean and white boys from poorer backgrounds, new research suggests. Education think tank LKMco is calling…
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COP24: Climate Change is a Gender Issue – Caribbean Video Released
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 — The OECS Commission, OECS climate change representatives and PANOS Caribbean are partaking in COP24 – the global climate conference being held at Katowice, Poland, to advance the position of its Small Island Developing States in the global fight against climate change. About twenty…
Cayman Islands: 2018 CUC PFL Finals and Third-Place Review
Prep and George Town Primary win double championships It was a pulsating conclusion to the 2018 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and CUC Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) seasons this past Saturday, December 8 at the Annex Field, as Cayman…
Caribbean ‘frontier societies’ like St Vincent are defined by the ever-present interplay between the civilised and the wild
By Philip Nanton From LSE Historical shifts and contemporary changes in St Vincent and the Grenadines reveal how the frontier between the wild and the civilised is ever-present and continually shifting in the Caribbean and beyond. Colonisers once recoiled from…
ILO releases two policy reports to mark Human Rights Day
To mark Human Rights Day, the ILO released two policy reports via#FACEBOOKLIVE, one on child labour and one on forced labour, intended to inform policymakers and policy-stakeholders about the most effective strategies to achieve SDG Target 8.7. The latest Global…
Cayman Islands: PAHO offers mental health training for doctors
Sixteen public and private doctors attended a special training that focused on mental health for general practitioners and primary care physicians. Led by a team of three from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), the two day session aimed to…
Cayman Islands to host fourth biennial property and construction conference
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, 5 December2018 – Call it a boom or a bubble, the local real estate market has been on a steady incline. But is it sustainable? RICS Cayman Chapter will consider the regional and global factors impacting…
OECS / CXC-NotesMaster Montserrat Program Launched 26-27 November
Friday, December 7, 2018 — The OECS-CXC-NotesMaster MOE Montserrat program was launched 26-27 November. The program has goals of introducing primary level teachers to new e-Learning technologies and increasing the repository of high quality learning resources available to stakeholders across the OECS, freely…
