Twenty New Zealand Scholarships for Caribbean citizens! Apply from 15th Feb 2019!
New Zealand High Commission Bridgetown / OECS Commission Tuesday, February 5, 2019 — The New Zealand High Commission in Bridgetown is promoting the upcoming round of applications for New Zealand Development Scholarships with twenty (20) available to eligible Caribbean citizens. Applications open on…
The Editor speaks: New Year’s Messages
Much of the space taken up in the current full edition of iNews Cayman is all the New Year’s Messages. Everyone is positive and one, from our Speaker, Hon. McKeeva Bush, touts the building of 50 storey sky scrapers –…
1.5 critical reasons
5 Reasons 1.5 remains critical for the Caribbean By Dizzanne Billy From Climate Tracker At COP24, we were not surprised to see contention arising between grown delegates over the use of miniscule words. It happened last year, this year, and…
Exhibition Invitation: “Building Resilience on the Frontlines of Climate Change”
From OECS Thursday, October 4, 2018 — A ground-breaking exhibition to raise public awareness of the impacts of climate change on Small Island Developing States is being held at the Saint Lucia Harbour Club from the 8th – 12th October….
Irma Diaries puts a face to the impacts of climate change
From OECS Thursday, September 20, 2018 — Brussels, Belgium — The Embassies of the Eastern Caribbean States in Brussels hosted the Author Angela Burnett in the presentation and reading of her book The Irma Diaries on Monday, 17th September 2018….
Videoship to showcase Media Beach Global News Exchange at Public Media Alliance and Caribbean Broadcast Union Annual General Assembly
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VideoShip Enterprise Ltd., a global leader in advanced workflow and Content Distribution Network (CDN) services for the broadcast, film and cable industries, is showcasing their Media Beach Global News Exchange technology at…
Joint declaration by the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states and the EU on climate change
We, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers, Representing 107 countries from Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific and the European Union, committed to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Guided by the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement; In pursuit of the full…
ILAND resilience get creative with climate change & sustainable land management
OECS Communication Friday, May 4, 2018 — The OECS/GCCA ILAND Resilience Project is launching a major Climate Change and Sustainable Land Management awareness initiative in the form of whiteboard animations. Climate Change is one of the most topical issues globally…
Climate change may scuttle Caribbean’s post-hurricane plans for renewables
By Masaō Ashtine From Renewable Energy World Puerto Rico lost electricity again on April 18, seven months after Hurricane Maria first knocked out the island’s power grid. For people in some remote rural areas, the blackout was more of the same. Their power…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Worsening consequences of Climate Change
By Sir Ronald Sanders (This commentary is excerpted from the writer’s presentation to the Caribbean Actuarial Association’s 27th annual conference in Nassau, Bahamas on 30 November 30 on Political and Economic Challenges Confronting the Caribbean) The effects of Climate Change,…