Year: 2015
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Antigua Opens Region’s Most Modern Airport Terminal
first airport terminal in CARICOM with jet bridges. Antigua (Antigua Focus) – The twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda has opened one of the most modern international airports in the Caribbean. The 23,000-square metre new terminal for the destination, more than doubles the capacity of the adjacent previous terminal, making way for an increase in passenger use of the V.C. Bird…
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CDB advances climate change and disaster risk management of member countries
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agenda for reducing risks and building resilience in the region got a much-needed boost recently. Twenty-three disaster risk management and community development professionals from 15 countries gathered at the headquarters of Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for an intensive five-day workshop on project design and implementation organised by Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (CDRRF). …
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CARIFESTA XII opens with a bang despite rain
The twelfth edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XII) opened last night with a plethora of exciting performances, speeches and fireworks! The event began with a parade of all the countries represented dressed in their traditional country wear and arriving in the Haitian traditional mode of transportation, tap-taps! It was a scene of pure excitement, vibrant colors and smiles all…
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Barbados Minister of Culture to represent CARICOM Chair at CARIFESTA – BGIS
Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, will lead a delegation to participate in the 12th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA, to be hosted in Haiti later this month. Mr. Lashley will also represent Prime Minister Freundel Stuart at the Opening Ceremony on August 21, where he will deliver a message on behalf of the Prime…
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CDB Finances Training for Caribbean Water Sector Professionals
Senior Water Sector professionals from across the Caribbean will meet on August 23 – 24 to identify better ways of planning for the impact of climate change on the region’s water supply and systems. The meeting, co-hosted by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), takes the form of a workshop entitled “Building a Climate Resilient Water Sector in the Caribbean: Strategies…
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Barbados and St. Vincent to sign maritime treaty
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 20, CMC – Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines will on Friday sign a treaty on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between them that both countries say will reinforce the bonds of friendship and solidarity which they enjoy. Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and his St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will…
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UNICEF launches regional media project to influence reporting on children rights issues
CMC – A regional project aimed at improving the image of children through media reporting has been launched in Barbados with a senior United Nations official noting that the way the media “represents or even ignores” children can influence decisions taken on their behalf. “The media often depicts children as silent victims or charming innocents. But by providing children and…
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Our sargassum test demands urgent action
Some of the region’s leading experts and researchers were today huddled at the University of the West Indies with one sole purpose: to find a coordinated, practical, regional response to the unwelcomed guest lining our coveted beaches. And it has been long in coming. Some observers would argue much too late, given growing, unfair international media reports that paint a…
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Caribbean broadcasting icons inducted into Hall of Fame
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Tuesday August 18, 2015 – Two Caribbean broadcasting icons were yesterday inducted into the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) Hall of Fame. Tributes were paid to the late Guyanese broadcaster Terry Holder and Montserratian Rose Willock at a function held at Grenada’s National Stadium. The late Terry Holder Holder, who died in 2014, was instrumental to the birth…
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Millions of dollars, massive manpower needed to tackle Sargassum seaweed
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday August 18, 2015 – It would take at least US$120 million and more than 100,000 people to clean up the Sargassum seaweed that has created “an international crisis” and “the greatest single threat” to the Caribbean, according to Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles. And he says the international community should…
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