(CARICOM Today) On 26 September, IMO and the global maritime community celebrate the annual World Maritime Day, under the theme “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”. “Gender equality has been recognized as one of the key platforms on which people can build a sustainable future. It is one of the 17 goals that underpin the […]
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(BBC) Germany is considering issuing financial aid to the Condor airline after Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy. Thomas Cook, which has a 49% share in the airline, collapsed on Monday. Condor has applied for a bridging loan from the federal government and is awaiting a response, with German media reporting the amount requested was €200m ($220m; […]
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No injuries were reported after an aircraft went off the runway at the John A. Osborne Airport on Monday afternoon. The Governor’s Office, which has responsibility for aviation confirmed the accident, shortly after photos began appearing on social media. “We can confirm that at around 1620 this afternoon, a Fly Montserrat Islander ran off the […]
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By ANDREW HOLNESS, FRANK BAINIMARAMA Small island states such as Fiji and Jamaica are using innovative approaches to tackle the existential threat posed by climate change. Developed countries must do more to help them and other islands – including by leading the global effort to mobilize climate finance. KINGSTON/SUVA – Small island developing states like ours […]
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(CARICOM Today) The creation of wealth through agriculture will be one of the key topics for discussion when the Regional Planners’ Forum on Agriculture gets underway in Belize City, Belize, at the end of September. The event is geared at advancing discussions and building cooperation on matters of importance to boosting agriculture in the region. […]
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(CARICOM Today) Guyana is one of five countries in CARIFORUM to benefit from an initiative to enhance its education sector to respond to school-based crime and violence at the primary level, through the institutionalisation of structured and coordinated after school activity clubs, titled Champions for Change Clubs (CCC). At a workshop to be held from […]
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By Patricia Scotland Commonwealth Secretary-General (Guyana Chronicle) This month the Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting will assemble in Nairobi, Kenya. It has taken place regularly since 1985, to take stock of the current status of gender equality in our member countries, and to share perspectives and experience of how progress on this important Commonwealth priority […]
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(CARICOM Today) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted the significant progress St. Kitts and Nevis has made, as the Member State marks its 36th anniversary of Independence on 19 September 2019. In a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. The Honourable Timothy Harris, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, said the […]
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(CARICOM Today) The Bahamas tragedy following the devastating effects of Hurricane Dorian has brought into stark reality the unrelenting havoc that natural disasters have wreaked on the Caribbean Region in recent years. The Special Report on Climate Change and Land ( SRCCL) from a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) comprising leading international experts held […]
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(CARICOM Today) Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris announced during this morning’s (Tuesday, September 17) sitting of the National Assembly that the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has approved financial aid to the Commonwealth of Bahamas to assist in the ongoing recovery and relief efforts following the devastation left in the aftermath of […]
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