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CARPHA: Coronovirus risk ‘low’ here but ‘be prepared’

(Barbados Today) The risk of a new, mysterious strain of Coronavirus to the Caribbean is “low” but public health officials need to be prepared for a possible outbreak here, said Dr Joy St John, the former chief medical officer of Barbados who is now the head of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).

CARICOM Secretariat launches solar project for Headquarter's Building

A project that will see the CARICOM Secretariat’s Headquarters Building in Georgetown, Guyana generating 100 percent of its electricity needs through a Photovoltaic Power Generation System was launched with a sod-turning ceremony on Monday.

The Project, being funded by the Government of Japan, will include:

CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters going solar

The CARICOM Secretariat is moving towards 100 percent renewable energy for its Headquarters Building in Georgetown Guyana, with construction of a Photovoltaic Power Generation System set to commence on Monday 20 January 2020. The Project is part of a wider initiative called ‘The Introduction of Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation System in Guyana and CARICOM’, being financed by the Government of Japan. The Project will include the installation of 400 kilowatt of solar photovoltaic power generator to provide electricity to the Secretariat building; a battery and power conditioning system

$1.5 billion in recovery funding and in-kind services pledged at Hurricane Dorian conference

Governments, NGOs, multilateral institutions, companies and individuals pledged $1.5 billion in recovery funding and in-kind services on Monday at the Hurricane Dorian Private Sector Pledging Conference in The Bahamas. More than 300 local and international delegates attended the conference at Baha Mar. The pledges included initiatives in homebuilding and repair; educational assistance; renewable energy partnerships; relief aid; grants; direct assistance to storm victims; parks restoration; loans and financing. “These pledges are an important step in the ongoing reconstruction and rebuilding

CARICOM SG extends sympathy to Australia over losses to ‘extra-ordinary’ fires

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned at the continuing unsettled political, economic, humanitarian and social situation in its Member State, Haiti. Indeed, we are particularly concerned about the several incidents of violence and the associated and tragic loss of life.

2020 must yield optimism, determination to transform Region – PM Mottley

“People of the Caribbean Community, it is with a sense of immense pleasure, pride and humility that I greet you at the start of the new year, as the new Chairman of CARICOM. Across our region, 2019 has brought more than its fair share of challenges, and indeed many of them, including the very daunting prospects of the climate crisis, are certain to follow us into this New Year. But as we enter 2020, with no thought of defeat — we do so conscious that long before terms such as resilience and sustainable development were fashionab

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