A Relief Specialist from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has complimented the people of Dominica for their accountability and efficient management of post-Erika relief supplies.
(FAO, Rome, 16 October, 2015 ) – Leading figures in the global fight against hunger gathered at the Milan Expo to celebrate World Food Day, marking the 70th anniversary of the foundation of FAO with appeals to speed up efforts to eradicate hunger and improve the way food is produced and consumed.
Despite its current economic challenges, Government remains committed to its obligations as a financial contributor to CARICOM institutions.
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart gave this assurance last evening, while urging the institutions to be prudent in their spending.
He was at the time delivering the feature address at the official opening of the new Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) Headquarters at Prince Road, Pine Plantation Road, St. Michael.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- An international workshop on satellite communications recently hosted by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) will strengthen the region’s ability to stay connected to the rest of the world after an extreme weather event or natural disaster.
Caracas, October 15, 2015. - The city of Kingston, capital of Jamaica, will host today the "Seminar on Financing and Guarantees to support SMEs in the Caribbean", organized by the Permanent Secretariat of Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), which seeks to advance the establishment and consolidation of security systems, created to facilitate access to credit for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), that contribute to the development and production management of the SMEs.
The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) inaugurated its new headquarters in Barbados Wednesday with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Freundel Stuart saying it underscored the importance of the regional integration movement to Caribbean development.
Stuart, the Prime Minister of Barbados, said that the CXC was the fourth regional institution established by regional countries soon after gaining political independence from Britain in the 1960s.
India has begun courting Caribbean states to expand trade although the Asian country’s current trade volume with the Caribbean stands at mere US$1 billion. On his recent visit to the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate meetings with chiefs of several Caribbean countries, including Guyana, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenada.
Twenty artisans from Haiti and the Dominican Republic have honed their design and craft skills following a 25-day training programme with two of Cuba’s most accomplished master artisans Maité Dumenigo and Yanel Rodriguez. The workshop hosted by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in collaboration with the National Handicraft Center of the Cominican Republic (CENEDARTE) and the Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Artesanía (FUNDARTE), was held from September 7 to October 2, 2015 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
In the Caribbean, we have recognised that communities have significant local knowledge of the environment and climate, including changes which may have been experienced over a period of time and even why those changes have occurred. Communities also have knowledge about how they have been adapting to those changes. Even further, they have an important role to play in responding to emergency events. In view of this, CDEMA, has been seeking to broaden community self sufficiency in preparing and responding to emergency events, through the promot