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Customs & Border control officers undergo Int’l Environmental training
Customs and Border Control officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are undergoing a three day workshop on the Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop, which is being conducted at the GRA’s headquarters in Georgetown, is an initiative by CARICOM, the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE) along with a number of regional and local agencies. The…
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Industry Minister Encourages Regional Private Sector To Embrace Soca
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 20, 2015 – Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Anthony Hylton, is encouraging regional private sector interests to embrace the proposed Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) initiative. The initiative seeks to position the services sector as the new focus of United States-CARICOM trade and investment relations, under the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). Mr. Hylton told a public forum, hosted…
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Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname Communicate their Consent to Receive On-Site Visits in Fifth Round of the OAS Anti-Corruption Mechanism
The governments of Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname confirmed this week to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) their consent to receive on-site visits as part of the Fifth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the OAS. The five countries notified the MESICIC…
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An evolving relationship between President Obama and Caribbean leaders
Last month, as Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne welcomed his fellow Caribbean leaders to a two-day summit, he looked out into the audience and thanked Venezuela, China and Taiwan for their support. “The governments extended a hand,” the outgoing chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community regional grouping known as Caricom said to a backdrop of thunderous applause. “We will not…
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Healthcare Tourism On The Rise In The Caribbean
CAYMAN ISLANDS (March 24, 2015) – Healthcare tourism is listed as an opportunity for the Caribbean region according to an article outlining “13 Opportunities for the New Caribbean.” In Caribbean Journal, an online news source, Curaçao-based development consultants, Miguel Goede and Runy Calmera, cite opportunities ranging from the film industry, higher education to ecotourism and sports, and note the special…
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OAS pleased With preparations for Model Session in St. Kitts-Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 23, 2015 (SKNIS): Final checks are being made by officials in St. Kitts and Nevis to ensure that all is set for Tuesday’s (March 24) start of the 33rd Model OAS General Assembly (MOAS) for Universities of the Hemisphere. Specialist with the MOAS Programme, Nelly Robinson, said she was pleased with the attention to detail that has…
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TB is still a Health Threat in the Caribbean – CARPHA
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, March 23, 2015: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins the Region in observing World Tuberculosis (TB) day. The Day is used to build public awareness that TB remains a major global health problem, responsible for illness among 9 million new people each year, and deaths of 1.5 million. Worldwide, TB ranks as the second leading…
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2015 poses ‘extraordinary opportunity’ for Haiti democracy – OAS SG
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday concluded his visit to Haiti, during which he met with the country’s President, Michel Martelly, and Prime Minister, Evans Paul, to discuss the challenge facing the government in the coming months: creating the conditions to ensure the holding of fair and inclusive elections while remaining committed…
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CARICOM SG acknowledges value of Commonwealth Legislative Drafting and Law Revision assistance
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met with officials of the Commonwealth Secretariat on Friday 20 March 2015, in Guyana as part of the review by the Commonwealth of its ongoing legislative drafting and law revision assistance to the region. The Commonwealth team, comprising Mr Steven Malby, Head of Law Development, Rule of Law Division and Mrs Pauline Campbell, Adviser, Technical…
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Major Caribbean public health Issues being addressed by CARPHA
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA is working to address the most prominent health issues within public health in the Caribbean. At a recent executive board meeting held by Heads of CARPHA, several of these problem areas were discussed including local management of diseases. Executive Director of CARPHA, Dr. C James Hospedales explained that collaboration among all sectors is critical…
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