St. George’s, Grenada, February 9th, 2022. Fundraising activities, including, gatherings and scheduled annual ‘walks’, for cancer awareness have been a challenge for a number of organisations during the last two years. However, to their merit this has not stopped Grenada’s corporate community from seeking alternatives routes to support this worthy cause. The Pink Ribbon Society […]
Brings the total raised across the region to USD$3 million in the last decade St. George’s, Grenada, 21st, December 2021 – Despite lockdowns and other restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, creative volunteers and committed donors still managed to raise thousands of dollars for cancer care charities and organisations across the region as […]
Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 August 2021 – CIBC FirstCaribbean has officially extended its partnership with The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus with the signing of a memorandum of understanding for three years. The agreement, which was signed on Tuesday August 17, 2021, is for the period 2021/22 to 2023/24, and will cover four […]
St. George’s, Grenada, August 19th, 2021. Grenada Community Development Agency (GRENCODA), the parent of the Student Assistance Programme (SAP), has consistently provided support for secondary school students across the country whose families are experiencing economic hardship and difficulties in meeting the costs of their children attending school. The programme has continued to garner the support […]
St. George’s, Grenada, July 15th, 2021. Despite the continued challenges brought about by the global pandemic, the annual cancer awareness event, CIBC FirstCaribbean Walk for the Cure (WFTC) will take place in Grenada and across the bank’s 16 regional territories, in 2021, albeit in various forms. Dr. Sonia Nixon, President of the Grenada Cancer Society, […]
Grand Roy “Pan Angels”, of St. John, have resumed their weekly sessions, which had been brought to a temporary halt by COVID -19. In spite of the forced inactivity of the group, work on upgrading the Resource Centre continued, resulting in a significant level of upgrading in the last twelve to eighteen months, much of […]
St. George’s, Grenada, 2nd, June 2021 – Ten years and three ways to celebrate! The region’s largest cancer fundraiser, CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Walk for the Cure, celebrates 10 years this year and is giving the bank’s businesses across the region three ways to mark the milestone – the traditional walk with friends and family, a drive […]
As the region rallies to assist the thousands of people in St. Vincent and the Grenadines displaced by the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano, CIBC FirstCaribbean has sent a shipment of much needed supplies to the island. The shipment which was coordinated by the Barbados Coast Guard left the island on Thursday evening aboard […]
St. George’s, Grenada, March 19th, 2021. Approximately 8000 persons in Grenada have received their first injection of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, since the immunisation campaign started last month. Although the vaccination is not compulsory, there is a drive to encourage as many of the population as possible to take the vaccine as a means of […]
