(CARICOM Today) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and India have reaffirmed decades-old ties with the accreditation of a new envoy to CARICOM, His Excellency Dr. K. J Srinivasa. In accepting his letters of credence on Thursday, last, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, described India as “an important partner for the Caribbean Community.” He thanked the South Asian […]
Read More
(Caribbean Export) The Caribbean Fashion Showroom is now open for business online. Featuring designers from across the CARIFORUM, the Caribbean Fashion Showroom is poised to become the online place to find Caribbean designers and purchase online. An initiative of the Caribbean Export Development Agency in collaboration with the European Union, the Caribbean Fashion Showroom has been taken to […]
Read More
(CARICOM Today) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its call for international financial institutions to accept that the vulnerability of Small Island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS), should be the main criterion for eligibility for concessional development financing, instead of GDP per capita. As yet another CARICOM Member State reels from an extreme climate-related […]
Read More
(The Nassau Guardian) Abaco, the Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama and New Providence are all under a tropical storm warning after it was announced that an area of disturbance in the central Bahamas is expected to develop. In its 5 p.m. update, the National Hurricane Center said, “The system is expected to move toward […]
Read More
(SLO) A Bahamasair aircraft carrying regional government officials including Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister and CARICOM Chairman Allen Chastanet “had to make a ‘sudden drop in altitude’ while en route to Abaco to avoid a mid-air collision,” The Tribune has reported. According to the local media report, Chastanet and other dignitaries including Bahamian Prime Minister Dr. […]
Read More
(CARICOM Today) The government has deployed more than 900 law enforcement officers to Abaco and Grand Bahama in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said in a statement yesterday. “The government of The Bahamas is providing the necessary resources to ensure safety and security on the islands of Abaco […]
Read More
(CARICOM Today) On Monday, 9 September 2019, the first of five country workshops under the theme “Rethinking Masculinity, Understanding Gender Equality as a Means of Ending Gender-Based Violence in Caribbean Schools” opened in Trinidad and Tobago under the auspices of the CARICOM Secretariat, with support from the European Union’s 10th EDF Crime and Security CARIFORUM […]
Read More
MARSH HARBOUR, Abaco — The stench of death lingers throughout Marsh Harbour, Abaco. It’s easy to mistake the once-booming island for the scene of a post-apocalyptic film. During a visit to the settlement yesterday, The Nassau Guardian observed three dead bodies trapped in the rubble of a church destroyed by the deadly winds of Hurricane Dorian – […]
Read More
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman and Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Honourable Allen. M. Chastanet will on Thursday September 05th lead a High Level delegation to The Bahamas, which has been ravaged by Hurricane Dorian over the past few days. The slow-moving hurricane brought strong winds, heavy rain and a life-threatening storm surge to The Bahamas, flooding homes […]
Read More
(BBC) Rescuers have begun to reach areas of the northern Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian, with aerial images showing a trail of destruction. PM Hubert Minnis said some areas had been “decimated” and expected the current death toll of seven would rise. The hurricane winds that hit the Abaco Islands equalled the highest ever recorded […]
Read More
you're currently offline
Recent Comments