By Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for Latin America and the Caribbean The regional commitment to fight hunger and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean has made significant progress thanks to the update of the Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication Plan of the […]
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana: CARICOM STATEMENT ON CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY Heads of Government reiterated their firm commitment to the principles stated in, and to the implementation of the actions set out in the Declaration on Crime and Violence as a Public Health Safety Issue. Following the inaugural symposium on Crime and Violence […]
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana: CARICOM Heads of Government, including Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, met with International Partners of Haiti including, Canada, France, the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Nations in a coordination meeting on the situation in Haiti in the context of the Security Council Resolution 2699. Haiti, as […]
If employment figures are to continue to improve in the Caribbean region, more of an effort must be made to equip residents with soft skills, says Joseph Boll, Caribbean Employment Services Inc. CEO. His firm, Caribbean Employment, is a market-leading digital talent acquisition service based in Barbados but operational throughout the Caribbean. It aims to […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The majority of Caribbean economies are on the rebound says Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Mr. Ian Durant. Speaking at the Bank’s Annual News Conference on February 20, 2024, the Bank’s chief economist stated that “CDB forecasts an average growth rate of 8.6% for its 19 Borrowing Member Countries in 2024, largely attributable to increased oil […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka African and Caribbean political leaders seem to have a proclivity for pursuing small, parochial, myopic, self-serving agendas that only benefit themselves and their cronies while simultaneously robbing future generations of Africans and Caribbean islanders of a comfortable existence. Many, after looting the national treasury, retire to some safe haven to enjoy […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka As China braces itself for a population meltdown that will result in China losing its most populous nation status to India, a demographic revolution is taking place on the continent of Africa. According to the American Statistical Association, a population explosion is occurring on the African continent. Africa’s population is expected […]
Bridgetown (Updated): The Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) held the second annual Caribbean STEM Olympiads (CSO) on 17 – 21 January 2024 in a virtual format. In these Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Olympiads, individuals and teams representing educational institutions, clubs or themselves competed in the (a) Math Olympiad, (b) Computer Coding Olympiad and (c) […]
