OECS Foreign Ministers conclude successful fourth meeting of Council of Ministers – Foreign Affairs (COMFA)
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 — On May 06, 2017 OECS Ministers of Foreign Affairs concluded yet another successful meeting of the Council of Ministers – Foreign affairs. The meeting was held in Nassau, the Bahamas under the Chairmanship of Senator…
OECS to observe first-ever regional climate change day
Monday, May 14, 2018 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will, on Tuesday 15th May, observe the region’s first-ever Climate Change Day. This observance has its origins in the growing recognition of the impacts that climate change is…
Caribbean Fisheries Forum calls region to action
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, Thursday, 26 April 2018 (CRFM)—At its recent annual meeting in Montserrat, the Caribbean Fisheries Forum framed a set of recommendations that will be submitted to regional policy-makers at the 12th Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the…
100 volunteers mobilized against plastic pollution in Anse-La-Raye, St-Lucia
OECS Media release Thursday, April 26, 2018 — Over 100 volunteers gathered in the community of Anse-la-Raye, Saint-Lucia, on April 20 to participate in a major cleanup activity. The initiative was held in observance of World Earth Day celebrated on…
OECS Member States collaborating to eliminate HIV and Tuberculosis
OECS Media release Friday, March 9, 2018 — The OECS Commission has partnered with the Pan American Health Organization and the Global Fund to implement a program aiming at eliminating tuberculosis and HIV in the Eastern Caribbean. The US $5…
Inaugural Address: Dr. Carissa F. Etienne
1 February 2018 Distinguished Guests, PAHO Staff Members, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is the first of February, 2018 and I find myself at the mid-point of my tenure as the Director of the PanAmerican Sanitary Bureau. Five years have gone…
Innovation the focus at LatAm-Caribbean conclave
From Dominican Today Caracas.- Representatives from 26 Member States will meet from 28 to 30 November in Caracas, Venezuela, for the XLIII Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), the highest…
Europe hits Ireland over $15B in unpaid Apple taxes; Luxembourg liable for $294M in Amazon taxes
By Ingrid Lunden From TechCronch The European Commission under Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager definitely means business. Today it issued not one but two notices related to ongoing investigations of tech giants Apple and Amazon and how they are not paying what is…
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne re-elected for second term as PAHO Director
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne was re-elected today for a second five-year term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the Member States of the organization. Ministers of health meeting at…
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Latin American, Caribbean chemists attend OPCW-sponsored chemical safety training event in Mexico City
By Alex Murtha From Homeland Preparedness News Thirty-two chemistry professionals representing 15 Latin American and Caribbean signatories to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) recently convened for a chemical safety and security management training event in Mexico City, Mexico. According to…
