Humanitarian’s meet in the Caribbean to review and update contingency plans for Hurricane season
From International federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The 2014 Hurricane season is now in session as Hurricane Amanda has now passed and Tropical Depression 2-E is now churning off the coast of Mexico unleashing heavy rains, prompting…
TNO, ASU awarded training contract in the Caribbean
BY JUDY NICHOLS From Full Circle The Caribbean Branch Office of TNO, in partnership with Arizona State University’s Advanced Technology Innovation Center, has been awarded a three-year contract to train a renewable-energy workforce in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica….
Ecologists provide close-up of coral bleaching event
By Beth Gavrilles, University of Georgia From RedOrbit Study documents corals before, during and after October 2009 episode New research by University of Georgia ecologists sheds light on exactly what happens to coral during periods of excessively high water temperatures….
Freshwater species of the Cayman Islands under the microscope!
By Angela Piercy, Cayman Islands Government George Town, Grand Cayman– In May Dr. David Bass, professor and aquatic invertebrate ecologist from the University of Central Oklahoma was back on his annual visit to Grand Cayman. Since 2010, Dr. Bass has…
RBC employees help raise awareness about domestic violence
From Bahama Islands Info NASSAU, Bahamas — RBC staff recently joined in the fight to break the silence of domestic violence by partnering with The Bahamas Crisis Centre. Volunteers from throughout the island participated in the Crisis Centre Annual Silent…
Table Top Exercise Concludes Successfully
A brief yet intense table-top exercise took place this morning (Thursday, 5 June 2014) at the Government Administration Building. Organised by the British Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the exercise tested the emergency preparedness of FCO representatives in the…
“Life Needs the Caribbean Sea”
From Thunderclap It “Join Caribbean SeaFan Festival&Telethon Online #caribsea4life JUNE 8 World Ocean Day Logon to www.thecaribbeansea.org http://thndr.it/1iSXIsu In honor of UN World Oceans Day, June 8th, the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Washington DC is launching its “Life Needs the…
Hurricanes with female names result in more fatalities
From EdOrbit When it comes to hurricanes, there are serious gender equality issues, according to new research which reveals that storms given feminine names tend to cause significantly more deaths than those with masculine ones. The reason, researchers from the…
Green Climate Fund Executive Director delivers Memorial Lecture to Caribbean Development Bank Annual Meeting
(CDB) Héla Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, presented the 15th William G Demas Memorial Lecture yesterday at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank. The lecture addressed the topic “The Green…
CTO, CARPHA agree plan to ensure sustainability of Caribbean tourism
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have agreed a plan to address health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues that threaten the sustainability of Caribbean tourism industry…
