Year: 2014
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Chikungunya cases increase in St Lucia and the region
CASTRIES, St Lucia (GIS) — Officials at the ministry of health in Saint Lucia are aiming to reduce mosquito populations in order to curb the increasing spread of chikungunya. Already, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has 500 confirmed cases of chikungunya in the Caribbean, with 20 in Saint Lucia. Officials warn that these cases are not truly reflective of…
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Caribbean Export Supports Literacy in Schools
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) distributed the first set of the books from its inaugural book drive during May 2014 with presentations to the students of the West Terrace and St. Stephen’s Primary Schools. During the first presentation at West Terrace, Ms. JoEllen Laryea Caribbean Export’s PR and Communications Advisor, stressed the importance of reading for the cultivation…
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Greater attention needed to statistics
– Caricom high-level forum hears Participants at a high-level meeting on Monday underscored the need for increased advocacy for more official commitment to statistics and the mobilisation of additional resources for the field. Those were among the issues that stakeholders in the field of statistics identified as critically important to the overall development of the Caribbean Community (Caricom). Senior Government…
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CARICOM Reducing Youth on Youth Violence programme to support youth violence reduction initiatives in St. Kitts and Nevis
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The capacity of the Cayon secondary school and community to deal with issues related to youth on youth violence should be significantly enhanced with the implementation of the Reducing Youth on Violence Pilot Programme in St. Kitts and Nevis. National consultations are currently being hosted in that country under the CARICOM – Spain ‘Reducing…
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Region needs to be prepared for data revolution
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seeks to position itself to take advantage of the data revolution, it has been cautioned to prepare for an increased demand for information and a difference in the way it is collected and disseminated. Participants at a High Level Forum on Statistics held 26 May in Grenada were of…
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National Consultations for Reducing Youth on Youth Violence in CARICOM Member States go to Jamaica
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Youngsters from the Anchovy High School in St. James, Jamaica should soon be benefitting from a series of capacity building training workshops and other activities to build resilience, strengthen protective factors and reduce threats related to violence among students under the CARICOM – Spain ‘Reducing Youth on Youth Violence in CARICOM Member States Pilot…
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Dominica’s Michele Henderson wins CARICOM song competition
Dominican, jazz, fusion singer Michele Henderson is the winner of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) song competition, and her winning entry “Celebrating CARICOM” is now the regional body’s official anthem. Henderson beat out 57 semi-finalists and ten finalists to emerge winner in the competition which was announced last year. She says she screamed in disbelief when she first heard the news,…
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Bahamas Planning to Introduce 7.5 Percent Value Added Tax in 2015
The Bahamas is planning to introduce a new 7.5 percent value added tax, the government announced this week. The tax will be a single VAT rate across the board, although that is lower than an initially proposed 15 percent tax. The country’s Ministry of Finance said the lower rate would also mean fewer exemptions. The ultimate plan is for the…
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Professional statisticians’ body gets Board of Directors
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr. Philomen Harrison, Project Director, Regional Statistics, CARICOM Secretariat, is the President of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Caribbean Association of Caribbean Statisticians (CAPS). Dr. Harrison was named President at the first meeting of the CAPS held in St. George’s, Grenada, on Thursday. The other Members of the Board are: Vice…
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EU willing to fund study on cost of not having CARICOM – Envoy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The European Union (EU) is willing to fund a study that would explore the opportunity costs of not having a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in place. Mr. Ewout Sandker, Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the EU to Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago and the Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories, made the announcement on Monday…
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