Caribbean leaders at UN warn of region’s ‘economic collapse’ under US, EU decision on banking
From UN News Given their size and limited choices for economic expansion, small island States like St Lucia have looked to the more advanced economies for innovative means of economic development, the tiny country’s Prime Minister told the United Nations…
Clark takes campaign for UN to Caribbean
From Newstalk ZB Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has taken her campaign to be the world’s top diplomat to the Caribbean. With rival Christiana Figueres dropping out of the race to be the next United Nations secretary-general, Miss…
UN expresses ‘Concern’ over repeat delays in Haitian elections
From telesur UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for legitimate elections in the Caribbean nation today. Authorities missed yet another date for elections. The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday over the delay of elections in Haiti. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said…
At least 7 killed in tanker truck explosion
From Caribbean News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mar 18 2016 – At least seven people were killed and about 30 others seriously burned in Haiti when a tanker truck transporting fuel for the Total oil company caught fire and exploded. The…
Cayman Islands Minister goes to United Nations
Minister Rivers at U.N. for CEDAW Extension Minister for Gender Affairs, Hon. Tara Rivers was at the United Nations in New York today (Wednesday, 16th March) for the extension of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against…
Getting to Equal by 2030: The future is now [International Women’s Day]
Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2016 March 8 Today, as we celebrate International Women’s Day , we affirm that when it comes to Getting to Equal by 2030, The Future is Now….
Computers transform Edmonton in winter to Caribbean disaster area for army training mission
By David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen From National Post Canada EDMONTON – Canadian Forces Maj. Damon Dyer points to a map dotted with icons showing dozens of military units on the move against the enemy. “It’s February and it’s 25 degrees…
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Opinion: Human Rights in SVG
By Peter Binose The ‘United Nations Charter of Human Rights’ as Ignored and Abused by the ‘Unity Labour Party SVG’. Preamble [applicable almost everywhere but not in SVG] Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable…
North Korea says that it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb
From Business Insider SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, a surprise announcement. North Korea reportedly detonated the device at the Punggye-ri underground test site in the far northeast, its official Korean Central…
Investments Minister: Bahamas ‘In a mess by many measures’
By Neil Hartnell From Tribune 242 A Cabinet Minister conceded [recently] that the Bahamas was “in a mess by many measures”, and warned that painful “radical surgery” was necessary to haul both the economy and society back on the right…
