ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The movement towards reparations will take another vital step later this month when Antigua & Barbuda will play host to the 2nd Caricom Reparations Conference.
The conference, staged by the Caricom Reparations Commission and the Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Support Commission (ABRSC), will be held from Sunday, October 12 to Tuesday, October 14 at the Jolly Beach Resort.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) continues to strengthen its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems for disaster risk reduction projects and programmes in the region.
Recognising the important role of technology in supporting robust M&E systems, the agency has developed a computerised information tool for capturing and analysing performance data of the regional Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2014-2024.
In the Caribbean in 2014, average public debt levels amounted to 80 per cent of GDP – compared with 34 per cent for developing countries as a whole.
According to Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), debt problems have forced many Small Island Developing Countries (SIDS) to restructure their finances.
T&T would have faced international pressure if it had not joined with 90 other countries to co-sponsor a resolution aimed at tackling global terrorism, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. She said so as she defended her decision not to consult with Caricom before signing the resolution at the meeting of the UN Security Council, chaired by United States President Barack Obama at UN headquarters, New York, last week.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations are well positioned to influence the focus of the Organisation of American States (OAS) agenda, as diplomats from the region are at the helm of the OAS’ Permanent Council for a 15-month stretch.
The three-month rotation, in alphabetical order, has created a 15-month consecutive CARICOM leadership through chairmanships from St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2,CMC – With the approval of a Global Environment Facility (GEF) project amounting US$6 million the World Bank says Belize will be able to better manage natural resources key Biodiversity Areas.
“Like the rest of the Caribbean, Belize is most vulnerable to hurricanes. It is only by protecting its forest and rich environmental resources, as well as supporting reforestation that it can mitigate the effects of climate change,” said Sophie Sirtaine, World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean, on Wednesday.
By Nelson A. King UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1, CMC –The 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debate ended here on Tuesday night with two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries - Belize and the Bahamas - identifying what they regard as top priorities for their respective countries.
Belize’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Wilfred Elrington, said that sustained and inclusive economic growth and safeguarding the future of the planet were imperatives for his country.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Oct 1, CMC – The Guyana government says it is in the process of putting in place alternatives to address the technical deficiencies in its existing legal and financial legislative measures for the assessment of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, who led a delegation to Miami for talks with the Americas Regional Review Group (ARRG), said this is as a consequence of the non-passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLC/FT) (Amendment) Bill.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 1, CMC – The head of the European Union Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ambassador Mikael Barfod says if the Caribbean is to fully integrate renewable energy into its development path so that it impacts on its economy, then it must adjust its mind-set to do so.
Barfod, who will be participating in the October 6-8 Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum in Miami, said currently, access to renewable energy in the region is much skewed.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Traders of goods and services will have protection from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), under the Caricom Regional Integration Electronic Public Procurement System, being developed across the region.
According to Ivor Carryl, programme manager for the Caricom Single Market and Economy at the Caricom Secretariat, a regional public procurement notice board will be created for member states to post their contracts, and where any player feels that unfairness is involved in the award of the contracts, the CCJ can be called on to adjudicate.