PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) presented a study on the status of agriculture in the Caribbean as part of the 49th annual meeting of the bank’s board of governors in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The study highlighted the critical role that agriculture plays to end poverty and build […]
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By Caribbean News Now contributor Washington, DC – At the opening of Caribbean legislative week on Capitol Hill, June 5, Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, stated “China offers Caribbean countries a lifeline for development in the absence of others.” “Caribbean countries have welcomed Chinese investment, including loans from the […]
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne GENEVA, Switzerland – Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, on Wednesday, was in Geneva, Switzerland delivering the feature address at the Investment Migration Council Forum (IMC) where he outlined that his government has embarked on a number of economic diversification programmes that will make the country’s economy more resilient […]
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley at government Headquarters (M Elcock/BGIS) By Caribbean News contributor BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Attorney General Dale Marshall and Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados continue to dismiss critics of the government of Barbados on economic decisions to lower debt burden, critical to stabilizing the economy, stated that, White Oak Consultancy has been […]
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PORT EVERGLADES, Florida – Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of Homeland Security, rear admiral Peter Brown, commander of Coast Guard 7th District and captain Mark Gordon, commanding officer of US Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton announced that the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL-753) crew is scheduled to offload approximately 26,000 pounds of seized cocaine and 1,500 pounds […]
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By Caribbean News Now contributor OTTAWA, Ontario – Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced the “temporary” closure of Canada’s embassy and the removal of diplomatic staff from Venezuela, insisting Ottawa had “no choice.” In a Sunday press statement, the Canadian diplomat blamed the Maduro administration of having “taken steps to limit the ability of […]
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NEW YORK, USA – Nigeria’s current UN Permanent Representative, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, was elected to lead the world body by acclamation Tuesday in the General Assembly Hall in New York and will succeed Ecuador’s, Maria Fernanda Espinosa. “Peace and security, poverty eradication, zero hunger, quality education, climate action and inclusion will constitute a major priority of […]
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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Patrick Power of Acres Agri, a Vincentian medicinal cannabis company, stated their position on the issue of remuneration to traditional cannabis farmers for their product. “We are going to pay more than a fair wage, so they have time to work a nine to five job, five […]
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Ambassador Daniela Tramacere, Head of the European Union Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States. (GP) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The European Union (EU) on May 28, launched a 28 million euro Regional Climate Resilience Building Facility, the largest grant-funded resilience building project in the Caribbean to date. Implemented by the World Bank and the Caribbean […]
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By Ken Richards BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) – An appeal has been made from Linda Taglialatela, the Barbados-based US Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS to work together to prepare for the potential destruction storms from the coming hurricane season can unleash. Taglialatela sees the devastation of Hurricanes Maria and Irma as constant […]
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