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UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy
Havana – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Jessica Faieta announced continued support to Cuba in the economic, social and environmental fronts. At a press conference in Havana she said that UNDP will also place special emphasis on boosting renewable energy sources, especially through biofuel. Jessica Faieta also mentioned the need to increase support…
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UNDP, IDB, ECLAC to boost access to sustainable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, 23 February 2015- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched today in Washington a partnership to support the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, boosting access to energy and increasing the use of renewable energies and efficiency…
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Caribbean now has facility for disaster training
A Caribbean Training Centre, warehouse and the Regional Coordination Centre are all now housed with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA), new eight million dollar headquarters, which was just launched at Resilience Way, Lower Estate, St. Michael. Executive Director of CDEMA, Ronald Jackson, said the Centre, would focus mainly on the delivery of standardised training, even to the Master’s…
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Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations, Prime Minister Stuart
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart. Prime Minister Stuart, who Chairs the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Reparations, addressed the issue at the closing press conference…
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“Decent Work for Sustainable Development” – Regional Labour Ministers Meeting
Caribbean Community Labour Ministers opened a two-day conference in The Bahamas, Tuesday with their attention focused on pressing labour matters impacting the region. The Bahamas Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Perry Christie officially opened the conference, Tuesday morning at the British Colonial Hilton. Also addressing the Opening Ceremony were Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder; Giovanni di…
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Intensifying cooperation with the Caribbean Community: Germany’s Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his counterparts from the states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to a conference in Berlin on 2 March. The talks focused on global issues such as climate change and renewable energies, as well as on efforts to reform the United Nations. Foreign Minister Steinmeier welcomed no fewer than seven of his counterparts to the Federal Foreign Office…
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Cultivating a Caribbean Specialty
The production of cacao is globally concentrated in the regions between 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south of the equator, namely Central and South America, West Africa and the Caribbean. The Caribbean is held in high regard as a cacao-producing region because it yields a fine, aromatic bean. In fact, fine flavoured cacao accounts for only 5% of the world production…
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Training In Workflow Management Systems
Over 20 Barbadian frontline personnel are now better equipped to streamline information to facilitate improved access to data under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to better share this information among national and regional authorities. This was stated by Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Sonja Welch, as she delivered the feature address to open a two-day…
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ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour to address ‘Decent Work for Sustainable Development’
The 9th ILO Meeting of the Caribbean Ministers of Labour, organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Government of The Bahamas, will be held on 3-4 March 2015 at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau, The Bahamas. The Meeting will bring together Ministers with responsibility for Labour, Permanent Secretaries and high-level officials of the English- and…
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Ministry Of Health Declares Chikungunya Epidemic Officially Over
A year after the first reported case of Chikungunya in January 2014 the Ministry of Health and Environment has declared the Chikungunya epidemic officially over as of January 23rd 2015. In an interview with Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Johnson on Thursday February 26th he explained that although the outbreak is over that does not mean that there are no cases on…
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