Year: 2015
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Haitian children benefit from free heart surgeries
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (CANANEWS) – Four Haitian children, including a critically ill six-year-old girl with severe pulmonary issues, have received free life-saving surgery at Health City Cayman Islands, Medical and Facility Director at Health City, Dr. Chandy Abraham, said the surgeries were done free of charge by a team led Dr. Sripadh Upadhya, an interventional paediatric cardiologist. “While surgeries,…
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CARPHA Observes World Cancer Day 2015
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, February 3, 2015. In the Caribbean cancers are the second leading cause of death. Nearly one half of cancers are preventable or treatable if detected early. Among females, breast cancer is the main cause of death, followed by cervical cancer. Prostate cancer is ranked as the leading cause of cancer death among males, with lung cancer being the second main cause of cancer death. Lung cancer also contributes to a…
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The Caribbean’s Energy Potential
By Jorge Familiar CJ Contributor ENERGY SECURITY is at the top of the agenda for Caribbean leaders and it has been for some time. With an average cost of electricity four times higher than in rich nations such as the United States, high energy costs are not only a daily hardship for Caribbean people, but also one of the key…
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CARICOM Canada project improving regional flow of CSME information
Officials in Antigua and Barbuda to be better equipped to speak on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A cadre of public and private sector officials from Antigua and Barbuda are scheduled to benefit from training aimed at equipping them to speak on matters related to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy…
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Energy centre to highlight discussions at Special Meetings of COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The establishment of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) will be the focus of discussions at two Special Meetings of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) that will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday and Thursday. A Special Meeting of COTED on Energy will be convened…
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ICT sector fundamental to CARICOM’s growth, development – SG tells CTU conference
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday underscored the critical role that the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) had to play in the integration architecture. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the CTU's 25th anniversary ICT week, at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary-General pointed out that ICT was a “crucial element…
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Grenada pilot project to improve court administration to be launched
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) through the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project in collaboration with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is embarking on a delay and backlog reduction pilot project for the Supreme Court of Grenada. The pilot project commences in Grenada during the week of February 2, 2015 and is an activity under the JURIST…
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ICT sector fundamental to CARICOM’s growth, development – SG tells CTU conference
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday underscored the critical role that the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) has to play in the integration architecture. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the CTU’s 25th anniversary conference and ICT week at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary-General pointed out that ICT was a “crucial element…
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Jamaica to Introduce Blood Testing for Athletes
News Americas Now, NEW YORK, NY, Monday, February 2, 2015-Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Carey Brown, has indicated that the agency is well to its way to introducing blood testing by the end of the 2014/15 fiscal year. He made the announcement at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston.…
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Suriname Assumes Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development of the OAS
The Permanent Representative of Suriname to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Niermala Badrising, today assumed the Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the institution, in a ceremony that took place at the headquarters of the institution in Washington, DC. In the presence of the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza; the Assistant…
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