Gender stereotypes can be imposed on children from infancy, and therefore, the process of dispelling them must start in the early childhood years of development. This was a central message as the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) hosted a Conversation on Gender Socialisation and Early Childhood Devel...

Historically there has been an imbalance in opportunity, value and expectation between women and men. This has contributed to the root causes of gender inequality, including the most egregious form of gender-based discrimination, that of gender-based violence.   As the world moves forward tow...

The plan will determine how best to integrate the optimum mix of renewable energies into the national energy grid, at the least cost. Saint Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) will soon begin the process of constructing a 3.2 megawatt solar power plant. On Thursday, Jan. 14, LUCELEC signe...

JOHN’S, Antigua, Jan. 16, CMC – The Electoral Commission in Antigua and Barbuda  is in the process of preparing for a referendum to determine whether the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will replace the British Privy council as the final court of appeal. The referendum is schedule...

The Jamaica Defence Force will this year host the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) from the 26 to 29 January in Kingston, Jamaica.  The annual conference, which is in its 14th year, is a forum for defence and security chiefs from across the region to hold collective discussions on...

ST.GEORGE’S GRENADA JANUARY 15, 2016- GIS: Government is partnering with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and people in action to establish self-sufficient communities through Permaculture, or the use of modern science for sustainability. John Stollmeyer Di...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, , CMC – Guyana’s President David Granger has announced the reconfiguation of an executive cabinet that will lead to a renewed national effort to rebuild the economy. In his fourth address to Parliament since taking up officer in May 2015, Granger, on Thursday, said a...

By Svetlana Marshall (Guyana Chronicle) “AS we envisage free movement of peoples, we must also address the fact that we need to protect the welfare of vulnerable groups such as non-unionised workers, workers with disabilities, youth and unskilled persons who may be exploited by unscrupulous em...

Minister Volda Lawrence made the call while joining Guyanese stakeholders from the private sector, employer organizations and trade unions on Wednesday for the opening of a sensitization workshop on free movement within the CSME. Guyana’s Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, has cal...

Warm temperatures across North America last month had some bemoaning bare slopes and a brown Christmas. Shouldn't it be colder, many asked? In truth, much. Climate scientists have been asking the same thing for a significantly longer period of time. The whole planet&nbs...