News
-
Six Caribbean countries to benefit from new energy initiative
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Six Caribbean countries will benefit from an US$500,000 energy statistical capacity-building initiative that is being spearheaded by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). Jamaica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Suriname are included in the initiative that seeks to provide reliable and up-to-date data for the energy planning process as well as allow for analysis of the…
Read More » -
PM Browne calls for Establishment of Group of Leaders to broker dialogue between Venezuela and the USA
Statement by the Hon Gaston Browne MP Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda at Meeting of ALBA Leaders in Caracas, Venezuela Tuesday 17th March 2015 My government is troubled by the escalation of antagonism between two very important member states of our Hemisphere – Venezuela and the United States of America. We are concerned that the government of the United States of America has unilaterally…
Read More » -
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Announces State Visit By United States President Barack Obama
The Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is pleased to announce that His Excellency Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, will pay a State Visit to Jamaica on 9th April 2015. President Obama and Prime Minister Simpson Miller will hold bilateral discussions on a range of issues of mutual interest. During the visit, Jamaica will…
Read More » -
Grenada revolution holds lessons for Caribbean development – PM Skerrit
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 17, (CMC) – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the 1979 Grenada revolution that brought Maurice Bishop to power marked the most decisive fracture in the Anglophone Caribbean with the political and constitutional status quo. “The greatest tragedy of that historical episode is that we have failed to learn the lessons of that experience and even…
Read More » -
Kenny Anthony: CARICOM Stalled In Crossroad Of Indecision
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 11, 2015 (AMG) —While the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepares to observe its 42nd year of existence, St. Lucian Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony, has expressed what he calls an increasing view that the development of the region is being held hostage by member countries not willing to commit. “It is my view, and I am…
Read More » -
Vybzing Issues Spoken Word Challenge To St. Kitts And Nevis’ Youth
Young adults across St. Kitts and Nevis are being encouraged to put pen to paper and share their vision for youth in the creative industry in this year’s VYBZING Spoken Word Challenge hosted by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Focusing on the topic, “Creative Industries and Youth: Unleashing Potential and Growth,” residents of St. Kitts and Nevis ages 16-35, have…
Read More » -
Ancient DNA reveals origins of Caribbean slaves
CALIFORNIA, United States, Monday March 16, 2015 – In 2010, the skeletons of three African-born slaves who had died more than 300 years before were unearthed during a construction project in Philipsburg, St Martin. No written records were available, and the names and precise ethnic backgrounds of the long-dead Africans remained a mystery. At the time of the discovery, scientists could…
Read More » -
FAO promoting cassava root as a food crop in Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 15, 2015—The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean is intensifying its promotion of the cassava root as a food crop in the region. The FAO is using opportunities such as the recent Barbados Agrofest to dispel myths associated with the cassava, and to promote its wide-ranging health benefits and diversity in food use. Cassava,…
Read More » -
Int’l Year of Evaluation 2015: Message to Caribbeans
Caribbean news. It is our pleasure to send this message to the Caribbean Evaluators International at the historical moment of celebrating International Year of Evaluation in the first regional evaluation conference. CEI as a new regional VOPE made a great progress in the recent past and helped Caribbeans to successfully join the EvalYear initiative. Year 2015 was declared as…
Read More » -
“Garifuna, a Nation Displaced” – Historic Summit held in SVG
St. Vincent and the Grenadines played host to the First International Garifuna Summit, from 8 -15 March 2015 under the theme “The Garifuna, a Nation Displaced – Cultural Rights, Economic Survival and Reparations” National delegations participated from Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the USA. Scholars and practitioners of the Garifuna Heritage and Culture were part of the week-long event. In recognition…
Read More »