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Cities and Housing Provide an Opportunity to Transform Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development Model into a More Inclusive, Egalitarian and Sustainable one

May 18, 2021

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated today in the inauguration of the IV Latin American and Caribbean Housing and Habitat Forum. (May 17, 2021) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, stated that cities and housing provide an opportunity to transform the region’s development model while also strengthening […]

Impact Justice Sponsors a “Sound Policy for Better Law” Workshop for Senior Public Officials in Guyana

May 18, 2021

Georgetown- May 12th, 2021 – On May 12th, 2021, the Canadian Government funded Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) Project hosted day one of its two-day (May 12th & 13th) virtual workshop entitled, “Sound Policy for Better Law”. This workshop aims to enhance the ability of public officers to provide adequate drafting […]

Airbnb Confirms More Than 100 Alliances to Help Reactivate Tourism, Including CTO in the Caribbean

May 18, 2021

Airbnb has secured more than 100 partnerships and collaborations spanning more than two dozen countries to contribute to tourism recovery including one with Caribbean Tourism Organization. Airbnb participated during the High-level Discussion “The Future of Tourism, what is next?” organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. The project FUT-Tourism […]

Clean and Green – The New Economy Set to Transform the Caribbean

May 17, 2021

By Deodat Maharaj A new economic turnSeismic shifts are taking place in the global economic architecture as countries accelerate efforts to transition clean and green economies. In 2015, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference known as COP21, world leaders signed the landmark Paris Agreement. This pact signalled the collective ambition of 196 countries to […]

New President Underscores CDB’s Support for St. Vincent and the Grenadines Recovery

May 17, 2021

New Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Dr. Gene Leon, reconfirmed the Bank’s support for recovery and reconstruction efforts in St. Vincent and Grenadines during a courtesy call with Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on Friday May 14, 2021. Dr. Gonsalves was joined by CDB Governor for St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology, Camilo Gonsalves and the Director General […]

CDB Opens Call for Youth Spoken Word Contest

May 17, 2021

The Caribbean Development Bank is inviting youth between the ages of 10 to 29 years old to enter their spoken word competition with original entries focused on the subject of innovation in education. The competition comes ahead of the Bank’s Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors and the best entries will be featured at […]

CARICOM Remembers Late Anguilla Chief Minister Hubert Hughes as ‘Regionalist’

May 14, 2021

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended its condolences on the passing of the former Anguilla Chief Minister Mr Hubert Benjamin Hughes, who died last Saturday 8 May 2021. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a message to Anguilla’s Premier Hon. Dr Ellis Webster, extended the Community’s deepest condolences to Mr Hughes’ wife Norma and the Hughes […]

Statement From the 28th Special COHSOD Regarding CXC Concerns

May 13, 2021

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Thursday, 13 May 2021) – The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council of Human and Social Development (COHSOD) met in a Special session on Tuesday 12 May to examine concerns related to the administration of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams for 2021. The concerns arose out of recommendations made to […]

Digicel Puts the ‘US’ in Customer With Global ‘Customer Day’

May 13, 2021

In an industry-first, all 7,000 employees worldwide worked in pairs to serve customers directly Kingston, Jamaica – Thursday 13th May 2021. In yet another industry first, Wednesday 12th May saw all of Digicel’s 7,000 employees across 32 countries worldwide partnering up to serve customers directly as they worked to put the ‘US’ in Customer. The first-ever global […]

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