Year: 2016
-
Guyana, Suriname showcase folklore at Animae Caribe
Surinamese and Guyanese folklore were creatively featured in the Animae Caribe Animation and Digital Media Festival recently in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. This collaborative animated demo was presented at the Festival by the Suriname Animation Network (SAN) and Guyana Animation Network(GAN), who have joined efforts since July 2016 to advance regional collaboration in animation. The animated demo is based on a mythical creature known as the…
Read More » -
CARICOM advancing climate change goals at COP22
CARICOM Member States are part of the global community of nations gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, for this week’s start of the Climate Conference COP22, which is seeking to accelerate implementation of the agreement reached in Paris at COP 21 last December. CARICOM representatives are hoping to build on the gains from the Paris campaign, where they argued that the impact of climate change was an existential…
Read More » -
Historic Climate Change Agreement in force from Today – CARICOM Member States signed on
Several CARICOM Member States signed the Paris Agreement when the Book was opened for signature at the United Nations on 22 April 2016 The Paris Agreement on climate change will enter into force today, 4 November 2016, thirty days after the required minimum of States (55) – accounting for 55 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – ratified…
Read More » -
CARICOM’s ‘political will’ to move agriculture forward impresses Pacific Islands
by Kenton Chance GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) may have made more progress in its agricultural sector than it realised, an official from the Pacific said, as his region takes lessons from the Caribbean for its first Pacific Week of Agriculture, slated to take place next year. Neil Netaf, senior advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture…
Read More » -
Close collaboration enhancing Region’s development prospects – PM Rowley
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley at the 2016 IMF Caribbean Forum, in Port of Spain, 2-3 November 2016: There are both differences and similarities among us as a group. Three of the regional economies (Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname) are commodity exporters while the others are largely dependent on tourism and remittances. However, we are all…
Read More » -
Increased CSME Public Awareness for Guyana
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat continues its drive to ensure that key stakeholders are knowledgeable about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and its significant benefits. On Wednesday, November 2, a one-day CSME sensitization workshop is being convened in Guyana. Approximately 30 participants from private sector entities and rural organizations will assemble at the Guyana Marriott Hotel for information…
Read More » -
CARICOM launches online skills movement applications
n what is being viewed as a major development for the region, CARICOM is today expected to start the implementation of an online system that will dramatically improve the applications for free movement of skills in the region. [CARICOM has launched an online application forum to allow citizens of the regions to move freely and work in any member states.]…
Read More » -
Dominica national awards for CARICOM Secretary General and UWI Vice Chancellor
ROSEAU, Dominica, Oct 28, CMC – The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin La Rocque and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Sir Hilary Beckles, are to be honoured by Dominica as the island celebrates its 38th anniversary of political independence from Britain on Thursday next week. La Rocque, a Dominica national, who is…
Read More » -
Way forward identified on correspondent banking challenge – PM Browne
Senior representatives of international financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, regulatory bodies, the European Union Commission, the OECD Global Forum, commercial banks, central banks, governments the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Development Bank met in Antigua and Barbuda on 27 and 28 October 2016, under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Antigua…
Read More » -
We are not begging! CARICOM Official on Reparations
We are not begging! That’s the word from Programme Manager, Culture and Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Hilary Brown in her remarks at a Reparations Rally held at the Derek Walcott Square in Castries Saint Lucia on Saturday. The event was preceded by a Reparations relay that was anchored by three time Olympian Levern Spencer. We are not…
Read More »