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Offer more incentives for renewable energy – CaPRI

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The regional think tank, Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), is urging Caribbean governments to diversify the incentives being offered in the renewable energy market.
Presenting an update on its renewable-energy research that it expects will influence policies and inform potential investors on the way forward in the sector, CaPRI's renewable energy programme manager, Dr Suzanne Shaw, said the research has revealed that the region should be aiming for greater diversification of incentives in the renewable energy market.

More data needed to measure level of obesity – PAHO rep

ST JOHN’S, Antigua- Antigua & Barbuda’s representative to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has expressed the importance of gathering data to measure the true picture of the obesity situation in Antigua & Barbuda.
“There needs to be a national survey to determine the true figure as it relates to obesity in Antigua & Barbuda,” Edward Emanuel said.
He noted that although national data is not available, information collected at clinics in 2012 indicated that among adults 20 years and over, 29. 3 per cent were overweight and 36.5 per cent were obese.

No reversal to smoking ban - Health Minister

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Health Minister, Dr. Fenton Ferguson has made it clear that there will be no reversal of a decision by the Portia Simpson Miller led administration to enforce a smoking ban in public places.
Since the implementation of the ban, the Health Minister has come under pressure from the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and members of his own party who have voiced concern about the way in which the ban came into being.
In a release late Wednesday, Ferguson said he is open to suggestions on how to make the process easier for businesses and individuals.

Realities in Global Treatment of H.I.V.

The World Health Organization recently issued aggressive new guidelines for treating people infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. The guidelines are a welcome step forward but fall short of the treatment goals that could and should be set.
The missing ingredient is enough financing by international donors and many afflicted countries to make treatments widely available.

Dominica’s Head of State wants nationals overseas to invest in the country

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica’s President Eliud Williams Wednesday urged nationals residing overseas to contribute to the growth of the local economy.
Delivering the traditional Throne Speech ahead of the budget presentation by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Williams, a former senior public servant, said that one of the challenges facing the country is the creation of sustainable jobs.

PM Skerrit presents EC$474.5 million tax free budget

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday presented an EC$474.7 million (One EC dollar= US$0.37 cents) take free budget to Parliament predicting economic growth and improvements in the main revenue earning sectors.
Skerrit, who is also Finance Minister, said that budget presented does not include any new taxes or unrealistic promises and that it is based on the theme “Building On the Gains We Have Made”.

SIDS need funds

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) still have difficulty accessing funds, and Minister of the Environment and Drainage Dr Denis Lowe says it impacts on their ability to reach some of their development objectives.
Lowe called for “the provision of new additional and predictable sources of financing for sustainable development for SIDS and the simplification of access criteria to new and existing international funds, given the capacity constraints of SIDS”.

ACS secretary general Alfonso Múnera on: Linking Colombia and T&T

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Caribbean Airlines and Colombia’s Avianca are in talks that could result in direct flights between Colombia and T&T. This would facilitate easier business and trade between the two countries, said Alfonso Múnera, secretary general, Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

A new phase in inter-regional ties

The Second China-Latin America and the Caribbean Think Tanks Forum is being held five years after the start of the subprime crisis. The worst and longest since 1930s, the crisis has been largely concentrated in industrialised countries.

Former regional diplomat says Caribbean still requires special attention from China

BEIJING, China, CMC – Former Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, Sir Ronald Sanders, says Caribbean countries are still in need of special attention and urged China not to place the region in the same category as many Latin American countries.
Addressing a China-Latin American Forum here on Tuesday, Sir Ronald argued that "while efforts at integration of Latin America and the Caribbean have started, they are at a very early stage of overcoming historical obstacles and impediments, and the smaller Caribbean economies continue to require special attention.

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