Coordinated response in Caribbean to Hurricane Irma continues while supporting preparations in the U.S. mainland
Release date: September 9, 2017 Release Number: HQ-17-099 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners are actively coordinating the federal response to Hurricane Irma, a catastrophic storm that moved through…
PAHO recommends urgent action to save lives on Caribbean roads
From CARIBBEAN360 WASHINGTON, United States, Wednesday May 10, 2017 – Tragic road deaths across the Caribbean could be significantly reduced if authorities beef up traffic management, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has concluded. And the global body is recommending…
Jamaican Immigrant among ICE most wanted
From NAN News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Mon. Mar. 20, 2017: A Jamaican immigrant is among 22 immigrants listed as Most Wanted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, (ICE). Fifty-two-year-old Desmond Hugh Chambers, who also goes by the names:…
Study shows poor school infrastructure in Latin America, Caribbean
From Jamaica Observer WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — A new study has found that only one in four students in basic education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) attends an educational centre with sufficient school infrastructure. The study undertaken…
US plans training in Caribbean, elsewhere, to combat human trafficking
From NY Carib News WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — With January recognized as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will be conducting anti-human trafficking…
Rights experts want Caribbean to do more in supporting breastfeeding
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, CMC – United Nations human rights experts are urging Caribbean and other countries to do more to protect, promote and support breastfeeding as a human right. This includes ending the inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes and…
Caribbean countries warned to closely monitor National Insurance Schemes
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, Oct 19, CMC – Caribbean countries have been warned that they need to build national awareness of the fiscal risk associated with pension schemes and need for reforms. “At a minimum, the actuarial deficits should be…
Court documents reveal Oxitec’s Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes could cause increased numbers of different disease-carrying mosquitoes
WASHINGTON— Genetically engineered (GE) mosquito company Oxitec has admitted a major risk of its technology – reducing one mosquito species may increase the numbers of a second disease-carrying species. The information surfaced today when four environment and food safety groups…
World Bank looking to employ Caribbean nationals
By CMC From WiredJa Online News WASHINGTON, Aug 2, CMC – The World Bank Group is launching a recruitment drive aimed at increasing the number of Caribbean professionals in its work force. “This commitment to hire Caribbean nationals reflects the Bank Group’s…
OAS head supports call to remove Venezuela president; Venezuela calls it a coup
WASHINGTON – General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro has called on the hemispheric body to support a recall referendum to remove Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro from office. But that Caribbean nation’s Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez has…