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President Ramotar pleased with efforts to ensure food security in the region
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, — Caribbean Week of Agriculture officially began here on Wednesday night with Guyana’s President Donald Romatar expressing support for the efforts being made in the region to reduce food imports and ensure food security. “I agree … that we can’t supply one hundred per cent of our needs, but certainly we can do far better than we are…
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Senior CTA official says developing countries should duplicate CWA
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A senior official of the Netherlands-based Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA) says developing countries could benefit from duplicating the format used by the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to discuss the development of the sector. “I think this is the only region where there is a specific week every year dedicated to bring…
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UN health agency approves new encephalitis vaccine to protect children in the Caribbean
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations health agency has approved a new vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE), stressing that access to the vaccine will help save the lives of children in developing countries, including the Caribbean. The World Health Organization (WHO) added the Chinese-manufactured vaccine to its list of prequalified medicines, meaning that it has given it its stamp…
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CSME Project Launched In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Caricom project backed by Canada was launched in Kingston Tuesday to drive implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CSME aims to harmonise rules for the movement of capital, goods and services, as well as skills among the member countries of the regional trading bloc. Phase two of the CARICOM-Canadian International Development Agency…
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Caribbean currencies absorbing shocks from global environment-World Bank
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says that for the first time currencies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are absorbing some of the shocks derived from a “less friendly” global environment. According to the latest report by the World Bank’s Chief Economist in the office for Latin America and the Caribbean, depreciated currencies not only lower the cost…
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UN official pushes compensation for Haiti victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A United Nations official on Tuesday made a rare case for compensation for the thousands of Haitians who have died of a cholera outbreak in the Caribbean nation. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay didn't say who she thought should pay, but activists have demanded the world body provide compensation to the victims of a…
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As fallout spreads, Dominican Republic starts tally of Haitians’ offspring
Santo Domingo.- The government of the Dominican Republic on Wednesday issued a temporary residency permit to Juliana Dequis Pierre, whose parents are undocumented Haitians, as the first step within the nationwide plan to regularize foreigners living in the country illegally. The measure stems from the ruling which has fueled protests in Miami, Port-au-Prince and San Juan, while in Mexico, the…
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UNICEF says court ruling could have ‘devastating impact’ on thousands of children of Haitian descent
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that a ruling by the Constitutional Court in the Dominican Republic depriving Dominican-born persons of Haitian descent of their right to citizenship could have a “devastating impact” on thousands of children. “Without a nationality, stateless children can be denied access to basic social protection programmes, cannot earn education…
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Former Jamaica prime minister wants Caribbean leaders to speak up on Dominican Republican action
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Jamaica prime minister PJ Patterson says the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping needs to strongly condemn recent developments in the Dominican Republic that could render stateless, thousands of persons of Haitian descent. The Constitutional Court in Santo Domingo has ruled in favour of stripping citizenship from children of Haitian migrants. The decision applies to those…
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