Food crisis in Haiti: FAO calls for urgent funding to assist 608,000 people to prevent further starvation and suffering
External Source September 12, 2024
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Food crisis in Haiti: FAO calls for urgent funding to assist 608,000 people to prevent further starvation and suffering

FAO remains committed to delivering urgent agricultural support for the upcoming planting seasons. This week, Rein Paulsen, Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience, along with Adoniram Sanches, FAO’s Subregional Coordinator for Mesoamerica, visited Haiti to support the incoming FAO Representative, Pierre Vauthier in bolstering international cooperation and rising awareness on the dire humanitarian […]

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Jamaica Contributes to Global Dialogue on Generative AI and Its Impact on Disinformation and Misinformation at the 5th AI4IA Conference
External Source September 7, 2024
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Jamaica Contributes to Global Dialogue on Generative AI and Its Impact on Disinformation and Misinformation at the 5th AI4IA Conference

The 5th Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility (AI4IA) Conference, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Information for All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA), is set to return on September 28 for the annual celebration of International Day for Universal Access to Information. The conference will convene global […]

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CARILEC’s Disaster Assistance Programme (CDAP) Deploys 100 Lineworkers To Utilities Impacted by Hurricane Beryl
External Source September 5, 2024
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CARILEC’s Disaster Assistance Programme (CDAP) Deploys 100 Lineworkers To Utilities Impacted by Hurricane Beryl

The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) activated its Disaster Assistance Programme (CDAP), during the months of July and August 2024, to support regional utilities that suffered significant damage to their Transmission and Distribution (T&D) infrastructure due to the passage of Hurricane Beryl which impacted the Caribbean from July 1-4, 2024. The CARILEC Secretariat, in […]

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Cricket West Indies (CWI) Announces T20I Squad for Home Series vs South Africa 2024
External Source August 19, 2024
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) Announces T20I Squad for Home Series vs South Africa 2024

Cricket West Indies (CWI) is pleased to announce the West Indies Men’s squad selected for the upcoming T20 International (T20I) series against South Africa, scheduled to take place from 23 – 27 August 2024 in Trinidad.  The selected squad for the T20I series is as follows: Miles Bascombe, Director of Cricket stated “Andre Russell, requested a period […]

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Cricket West Indies to hold Election for Vice President
External Source August 19, 2024
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Cricket West Indies to hold Election for Vice President

Cricket West Indies (CWI) will hold elections for the office of the Vice President on September 20, 2024. On Thursday, August 8, 2024, at a Board of Directors meeting, in consideration of the recent judicial pronouncement from the High Court of Guyana concerning the challenge to the Vice President’s election initiated by the Guyana Cricket Board, […]

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Trade union officials from around the Caribbean participated in a 3-week ILO training from July 22 to August 9, 2024
External Source August 18, 2024
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Trade union officials from around the Caribbean participated in a 3-week ILO training from July 22 to August 9, 2024

Congratulations to the 20 trade union officials from around the Caribbean who are ready to take their participation in international labour standards (ILS) processes to the next level following a 3-week ILO training! They now have a better understanding of their role in the ILS system, functioning of supervisory mechanisms and submission of reports to […]

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