comments feedHeadline: Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories Credit Line: from the Inter Press Service / Globetrotter News Service Headlines: ‘No’ To Sex Education Fuels Early Pregnancies in Central America Pregnancies among girls and adolescents continue unabated in Central America, where legislation to prevent them, when it exists, is a dead letter, and governments are influenced by conservative sectors opposed to sex […]
QUOTABLE CARIBBEAN – DECEMBER 3, 2022
December 4, 2022 by Leave a Comment
“This experience (WTTC Global Summit) has given us new and valuable insights into the global tourism product and highlights the ways the industry is connected … moving forward, I plan to implement some strategies discussed while ensuring that it is tailored to our economy to develop and expand our tourism product.” – Lennox Andrews, Minister for […]
Students from the Caribbean and Central America will connect with an astronaut on the International Space Station
November 19, 2022 by Leave a Comment
CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Nov. 18, 2022: Students from 12 schools in 9 countries in the Caribbean and Central America will have a direct conversation with an astronaut in the International Space Station on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 12:10 p.m. EST. The students were chosen from Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, […]
2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Draw to take place in Mexico City on December 9
October 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Draw to Take Place in Mexico City on December 9The elite club competition that crowns the champion in North, Central America and the Caribbean is the sole path to the FIFA Club World Cup Miami (Thursday, October 10, 2019) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football […]
CARICOM and Central American Fisheries Ministers solidify partnership
October 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Fisheries Ministers of CARICOM and Central America join forces to promote ocean-based economic growth and combat IUU fishing in the Caribbean BELIZE CITY, FRIDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2019 (CRFM)—After several hours of deliberation at their Second Joint Meeting held in Belize on Wednesday, 2 October 2019, Fisheries Ministers from Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries […]
Caribbean, Central America renewable energy watch
August 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Bnamericas The Dominican Republic’s government has authorized the commissioning of Akuo Energy-controlled Parques Eólicos del Caribe’s 50MW Guanillo wind farm (pictured) in Montecristi province after it was inaugurated in June. Power regulator SIE approved the plant’s operation in the national interconnected power grid after verifying the connection compliance certificate issued by grid coordinator OC, among other requirements. Meanwhile, the watchdog extended test […]
Groups and schedule confirmed for the 2019 Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship
July 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The developmental tournament will feature the participation of 39 teams from North, Central America and the Caribbean, and three guest teams from UEFA Miami (Friday, July 26, 2019) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) today announced the groups and schedule for the 2019 Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship. This […]
Heart Surgeon: Cayman Islands poised to be Western Medical Tourism Capital
July 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Health City Cayman Islands Draws Medical Tourists from Central America and the Caribbean CAYMAN ISLANDS, July 13, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Dr. Devi Shetty, founder of the Caribbean’s preeminent medical care facility Health City Cayman Islands, believes the Cayman Islands will become the “capital of medical tourism for the western hemisphere” within the next seven years. […]
US to withhold hundreds of millions in Central America aid
June 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, after Trump blasted the three countries because thousands of their citizens had sought asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico. The plan will likely encounter stiff opposition in Congress. Lawmakers, including some of […]
Devastating Epidemic of Crime & Insecurity in Latin America & Caribbean
May 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Luis Felipe López-Calva From IPS UNITED NATIONS, May 15 2019 (IPS) – Development is a very uneven process, accompanied by heterogeneity in outcomes across sectors, across regions and across income groups. Such process, Albert Hirschman elegantly established about 60 years ago, constantly generates tensions and demands for redistribution of resources and power. In this sense, […]
