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CDB, Adaptation Fund to invest more in regional climate resilience programmes
As super storms and adverse weather conditions pose increasing threats to the Region, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has pledged its continued commitment to work with key stakeholders, such as the Adaptation Fund (AF), to build climate resilience within its…
Caribbean Indigenous peoples to form regional body
By: Natasha Smith From DPI Guyana At the close of the three-day Justice IMPACT seminar, the decision was made to establish a regional mechanism to address issues affecting Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean. The discussions had centered around what type…
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SCLAN pledges its support for hurricane ravaged countries
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chair of the Spouses of the Caribbean Leaders Action Network (SCLAN), H.E. Kim Simplis Barrow, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Belize and Special Envoy for Women and Children in Belize extended deepest sympathy…
Cayman Islands HSA pharmacist wins regional award
Cayman Islands Hospital Pharmacist Samantha Conolly received regional recognition at the 37th annual Caribbean Association of Pharmacists (CAP) Conference hosted in Belize in August 2017 for her volunteer work in the advancement of the profession of pharmacy and her service…
Strengthening Tropical Storm Franklin to strike Mexico twice
By Kristina Pydynowski & Alex Sosnowski From Accuweather Tropical Storm Franklin formed over the western Caribbean Sea on Sunday and threatens to strike Mexico twice this week. The combination of very warm water and diminishing wind shear will allow Franklin…
Southwest is having a flash sale with flights starting at $49 [to Cayman Islands]
By Talia Avakian From Travel Leisure Turks and Caicos, anyone? Southwest Airlines is having another flash sale with cheap domestic and international flights (including to tropical destinations like the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos). The sale — which ends at…
Artists discuss intellectual property at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
Artists and creative practitioners met at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) Monday, 17 July 2017 to discuss Intellectual Property (IP) with Trade Mark Examiner, Candace Westby from the Cayman Islands Intellectual Property Office (CIIPO). The event was…
Mr Justice Barrow joins the CCJ Bench
From Caribbean News Service PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 06 2017 – Mr Justice Barrow has assumed office at the headquarters of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). President of the Caribbean Court of Justice Sir Dennis Byron, welcomed the newest judge…
US slaps this Caribbean country with worst rank in latest Human Trafficking Report
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. June 28, 2017: The U.S. State Department yesterday slapped the worst tier status on the Central American CARICOM nation of Belize as it released its annual Trafficking in Persons report. Belize is…
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Increased rainfall in the Caribbean reducing drought impact
CMC From Nation News Barbados BRIDGETOWN, – The Barbados-based Caribbean Drought & Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN) is reporting increased rainfall across parts of the region, reducing short term drought impacts, particularly in the eastern Caribbean and the Guianas, and Jamaica….
