Resolve and Resilience in the Face of Risk
PRESS RELEASE 12th April 2012 By Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Based on the history of frequency of hazard impacts and related social and economic losses, Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Understandably, then, the subject of disaster risk reduction is a [...]
Trayvon Martin and St Vincent’s UN Ambassador: the racist similarities
By Sir Ronald Sanders It seems that institutional racial profiling continues to be a massive problem in the United States notwithstanding that the country has an African-American President, several African-American Congressmen and Mayors of Cities, and accomplished African-Americans in the media and in corporate America. I have not mentioned the entertainment business – either sport [...]
Where are Businesses in Caribbean Business?
By Sir Ronald Sanders The countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), with the exception of Guyana and Suriname, are each experiencing severe decline in their economies. The small Leeward and Windward Islands are worst affected, and so too is Barbados. Governments are struggling to find ways in which to spur economic activity [...]
Re-enactment of Battle of Brimstone Hill
By Orita Bailey Brimstone Hill Fortress will once again reverberate with the sound of gunfire when re-enactors from The British Soldiers Fund from the USA and members of the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force re-enact the battle which was to play a pivotal role in the future and history of the Atlantic region and the world. [...]
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN THE CARIBBEAN COMPETITION
A NEW IDEAS CONTEST CALLS FOR PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN THE CARIBBEAN • The 2012 IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest for the Caribbean was launched on February 15, 2012. • Awards of up to US$200,000 are offered for projects and enterprises which promote energy efficiency and access to renewable energy in the Caribbean region. [...]
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