Caribbean Week NY 2016
The Caribbean will again display its collective holiday attributes to New Yorkers and visitors to the “Big Apple”, reminding them why the Region is a most desirable warm weather destination, as the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) returns for Caribbean Week….
OUR CARIBBEAN: Venezuela crisis – Caricom challenge
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News OUR CARICOM governments have managed to do well in maintaining their public silence in the face of the spreading crisis involving refugees from Syria and other Middle East states seeking asylum in Europe….
Caribbean foreign ministers discussing Cuba, EU, other issues in St Vincent
From CARIBBEAN360 KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Monday May 9, 2016 – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers have convened in St Vincent for the 19th meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), amid the unfolding of a number of…
13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation throws support behind Caribbean and African countries in push for reparations
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The 13th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit, which ended on Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, in its communiqué threw its full support behind the Caribbean community and the African Diaspora in their quest to convene an international…
New project to create resilience culture in the Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 11th 2016 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) announced the project “Strengthening Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Capacities for Resilience in the Caribbean”,…
Caribbean warned against overuse of antibiotics in animals
From Jamaica Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Caribbean countries have been urged to implement measures to deal with the overuse of antibiotics given to animals as this may lead to resistant bacteria and resistance genes to spread from these animals…
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OUR CARIBBEAN: Consultation way to go
By Rickey Singh,From Barbados Nation News IN LAST week’s focus on the “ole” politics in Barbados and Guyana, I had mentioned how successive governments in this country have failed to take relevant initiatives to end the monarchical system of governance…
Strengthening the AU-Caribbean Diaspora relationship
From SocioLingo Africa Strengthening the AU-Caribbean Diaspora Relationship: CIDO holds tripartite meeting with CARICOM and the Canadian Pan-African Network (CPAN) The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission has completed high level discussions with representatives of the…
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Fire in Babylon fades as West Indies face a new reality
By Gideon Haigh From THE AUSTRALIAN They all play basketball now. Or football. Or T20. Sad isn’t it? They should set up some academies. They should pick some kids and get Viv in to talk to them. Yeah, wasn’t he…
CARPHA continues to appeal to persons to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes
PRESS RELEASE – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is again urging persons to take every precaution to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. Earlier this month, CARPHA had confirmed five (5) case of Zika virus in a territory of the…
