Areas of Work
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Venezuela still simmers
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – Contrary to what we posited in our editorial last Friday, that authoritarian regimes generally view making concessions, including being brought to the dialogue table, as a sign of weakness, the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, affirmed that same day that the Peace Conference launched by President Nicolás Maduro was not “a sign…
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GRENADA-POLITICS-Controversial sections of Electronics Crime Bill withdrawn
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Controversial sections of the Electronic Crimes Bill were withdrawn during Thursday’s sitting of Parliament. The changes, which saw the removal of sections 6, 16 and 25 of the Bill are consistent with a promise made one year ago by the Keith Mitchell administration. “So after listening to those voices and whenever I travelled out the…
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DOMINICA-LABOUR-Caribbean trade unionists meet in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Representatives of Caribbean public service sector unions meet here this weekend amid concerns that the decision of the Barbados government to lay off workers in an attempt to reverse an ailing economy could spread to other regional countries. “We are here to look at a wide, wide range of issues,” said Sandra Messiah, sub-regional secretary for…
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BLACK HISTORY IS OUR HISTORY
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 06, 2014 (SKNIS): As part of their History Heritage Day, the History Department of the Verchilds High School recently held a concert which transported the students through time. The journey to the past started off with a song entitled Stand Up, Defend Your Rights, a song which students said spoke volumes about the injustices of black…
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FOCUS ON 25TH INTERSESSIONAL MEETING – MARCH 10-11 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to position itself to take full advantage of opportunities to spur economic growth and development and, by extension create the kind of environment in which its peoples are comfortable and safe, it has increased its focus on Information and communication technologies (ICTs) given the importance and pervasiveness of…
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Expert: Region failing to safeguard cultural heritage
KINGSTON, Jamaican, Observer – IN the context of the just concluded Black History Month, world heritage consultant Dr Janice Lindsay is calling on Caribbean States, to step up efforts to safeguard their music from economic exploitation, and do more to turn it into an economic powerhouse for local communities. Dr Lindsay, who was speaking at the recently held Jamaica Intellectual…
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100,000 J’can women, girls suffer pelvic disease
KINGSTON, Jamaican, Observer – AS the country observes March as Endometriosis Month, co-founder of the Better Awareness and Support for Endometriosis (BASE) Foundation, Shauna Fuller-Clarke, is urging employees and school administrators to become more sensitive to and supportive of the approximately 100,000 women and students grappling with the disease locally. According to Fuller-Clarke, who has been diagnosed with stage four…
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