Six More Fellows Graduate from UWI Climate Change and Health Leaders Training Program

Six More Fellows Graduate from UWI Climate Change and Health Leaders Training Program

 This week, six more Caribbean professionals graduated from the year-long University of the West Indies (UWI) Climate Change and Health Leaders Fellowship Training Program.  They are Dr Ayanna Alexander and Jenise Tyson from Trinidad and Tobago, Linnees Green-Baker and Dr Nicole Dawkins-Wright of Jamaica, Lucy Cumberbatch from Guyana, and Najay Parke of Grenada. Their graduation took […]

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 Republic Bank Launches Third Year of Its ‘Five for Fun’ Youth Cricket Initiative

Republic Bank Launches Third Year of Its ‘Five for Fun’ Youth Cricket Initiative

 On Thursday May 18, 2023, Republic Bank (EC) Limited, officially launched the 3rd ‘Five for Fun’ Youth Cricket initiative at Republic Bank’s Castries Branch.   The initiative, which was successfully piloted in Saint Lucia in 2021, is an Under 12 short-format cricket competition, designed for both boys’ and girls’ participation at the primary school level. It […]

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 CARIBBEAN AIRLINES LIMITED LAUNCHES “WELCOME HOME” CAMPAIGN IN BARBADOS

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES LIMITED LAUNCHES “WELCOME HOME” CAMPAIGN IN BARBADOS

On Friday May 26, Caribbean Airlines Limited, the leading airline serving the Caribbean region, launched its highly anticipated Welcome Home campaign in Barbados. This exciting initiative aims to strengthen connections, enhance customer experiences, and foster cultural ties within the Caribbean community. The Barbados event took place at Copacabana, Bay Street, Bridgetown and was attended by hundreds including […]

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 Sagicor continues sponsorship of Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s Caribbean Media Awards

Sagicor continues sponsorship of Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s Caribbean Media Awards

Sagicor is once again sponsoring the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s (CBU), Caribbean Media Awards (CMA). This is the third consecutive year that the regional financial services entity will be recognising work in the categories of financial literacy journalism and health education journalism. The health education journalism awards recognise journalistic work in current affairs content that focuses […]

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 Sagicor celebrates outstanding team members at group awards ceremony, St. Lucian and Antiguan team members win big region awards

Sagicor celebrates outstanding team members at group awards ceremony, St. Lucian and Antiguan team members win big region awards

On Saturday May 6th, nominated team members from across the Sagicor Group of companies descended onto the Hilton Barbados ballroom to be recognised for their tremendous, and in some cases ‘game-changing’ contributions to the company during 2022. Under the theme “Star Power”, the company hosted its 2022 Group Awards showcase, bringing together a cross section […]

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 CWI announces changes to West Indies Men’s squads for the “A” Team Series in Bangladesh and ODI Series in the UAE

CWI announces changes to West Indies Men’s squads for the “A” Team Series in Bangladesh and ODI Series in the UAE

Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced changes to the West Indies “A” Team squad currently Bangladesh and the West Indies ODI squad to play the UAE in Sharjah. For the ongoing “A” Team Series in Bangladesh, left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul will travel to Sylhet as cover for fellow left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, who has been ruled out of […]

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 West Indies Surgeon, Lowell Hughes, MD, And Co-Inventors, Granted 2nd Patent Ushering In A New Era Of Precision Surgery

West Indies Surgeon, Lowell Hughes, MD, And Co-Inventors, Granted 2nd Patent Ushering In A New Era Of Precision Surgery

CARIBPR Wire, The Valley, Anguilla, Tues. May 23, 2023: Dr. Lowell Hughes, an Anguillan plastic surgeon has co-invented a method for unassisted robotic surgery at the quantum scale. Far from being a play on words, the invention aims to eliminate human error from one of medicine’s most ambitious and intricate skills – surgery. The surgical innovation represents […]

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 FAO calls for reinforcing actions in favor of food security in the run-up to the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and the EU-CELAC Summit

FAO calls for reinforcing actions in favor of food security in the run-up to the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and the EU-CELAC Summit

Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, visited Belgium and Spain to strengthen the organization’s work with parliaments. He also met with European Union representatives to follow the EU-CELAC summit’s advances. A call to redouble efforts to improve food and nutrition security was made this week by the […]

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 Businesses struggling with finding skilled workers reminded to use online resources available to them

Businesses struggling with finding skilled workers reminded to use online resources available to them

As some businesses continue to struggle with finding adequately skilled workers to fit their workforce needs, the CEO of a regional recruitment service is sending out a reminder that professional help and hiring support is only a click away. “There is a wealth of skilled Caribbean talent right under your nose,” says Joseph Boll, Caribbean […]

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