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CARICOM shocked, saddened at passing of a ‘son of the Caribbean’
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the Head the University of Guyana’s Law Department and former Head of the Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaican Sheldon McDonald. Mr. McDonald, 64, died on Wednesday from injuries received in a car crash in Guyana. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in…
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Walking for Energy: Region kicks of CARICOM Energy Week
CARICOM Energy Week 2015 was kicked off on Saturday 7 November with a series of Energy walks in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada and Guyana. We are pleased to present these photo highlights of the Kilo Walk in Guyana which began and ended at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown. Government Ministers Jaipaul Sharma and David Patterson, University of Guyana students,…
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CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Weigh in on their role in society
CARICOM Youth Ambassadors in the Federation have weighed in on their role in society, as well as youth issues in St. Kitts and Nevis in celebration of Youth Month 2015 which is observed in November under the theme “Give Youth a Voice and Inspire Greatness.” Kerissa Roberts, Youth Ambassador on behalf of other Youth Ambassadors, took the time out to…
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Grenada wins ‘Best Honey in the World’ prize
LONDON, England — At the 84th National Honey Show held in London, the highly coveted Medal of Ukraine, which is awarded to the best honey in the world outside of the British Isles, was won this year by Eden Apiaries, a boutique organic apiary from the Caribbean island of Grenada. The winning beekeepers are environmental scientist Dr Valma Jessamy and…
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St. Kitts and Nevis students gain first-hand experiences through CSME
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis (SKNIS): Nineteen tertiary students from the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis departed the island on Sunday, November 1, for Trinidad and Tobago to gain first-hand experience and identify opportunities within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME). Mervil Janelle Nisbett, teacher at Charlestown Secondary School, who is accompanying the students, said that…
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Tropical Storm Erika- the CDEMA Response
THE Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), successor to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, came into being in September 2009. The Agency’s mandate was enhanced in an effort to further member states’ adoption of a disaster loss reduction and mitigation culture in the Caribbean. The agency, however, was still required to continue with the aspects of the CDERA 1991…
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Worldwatch Creates First Ever Sustainable Caribbean Roadmap
The Worldwatch Institute has released the first ever sustainable energy roadmap for the Caribbean to achieve 48% renewable energy generation by 2027. The Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) Baseline Report and Assessment, published this week, also suggests a 33% reduction in the region’s energy intensity, with both goals together allowing for a 46% decrease in carbon dioxide emissions over…
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CTA, IICA agree to create concrete agriculture linkages
(caribnewsdesk) Work on providing Caribbean peoples and businesses more nutritious foods and linking agriculture with tourism was Friday taken a step further with the inking of an agreement between the Technical Centre for Agricultural Cooperation and Rural Development (CTA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA). Signed by IICA Director General, Dr. Victor Villalobos and CTA Director, Michael…
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CARICOM panel recommends WICB be dissolved
The Independent Review Panel of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Sub-Committee on Cricket Governance has recommended that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) be disbanded and an interim committee installed to run the affairs of cricket in the region, the Jamaica Observer can report. The review panel submitted the report to Caricom last week after three months of consultations, during which…
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Climate change could cost Caribbean millions annually
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean countries have been warned that if left unchecked, climate-related natural disasters, especially hurricane and drought, could result in losses estimated at US$22 billion annually by 2050. “This means basically that the Caribbean region can be taken back 20-30 years because of the issue of climate change,” said Juan M. Cheaz Pelaez, senior programme coordinator for…
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