Dominican Republic President-Elect Danilo Medina
President Elect Medina of Dominica Republic
Medina, who won the country’s election in May, said he would boost efforts towards a free trade agreement with the Dominican Republic’s neighbours on Hispaniola upon taking office Aug. 16. Continue reading
By Sir Ronald Sanders
At the opening of the 33rd Conference of the 15-Nation Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), the incoming Chairman, St Lucia’s Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony, called on governments of the region to “develop a common policy and programme for engagement with new and emerging global partners”. The words “common policy” are especially significant, and it has to be assumed that he did not use them lightly. Continue reading
By Russell Williams
It's Simply not Cricket!
PRESS RELEASE
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany - H.E. Stefan Schlüter
This week’s International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May provides us with a special opportunity to draw attention to biological diversity, an indispensable necessity for us and vital to life on our planet.
This year the focus is “Marine Biodiversity”.
The threats to marine biodiversity are manifold. Overfishing, excessive economic exploitation, pollution, warming and acidification have contributed immensely to the ongoing loss of species. Some 80% of Caribbean coral reefs have already been destroyed, while 35% of mangroves have disappeared during the last decades. Continue reading
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.
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
Understandably, then, the subject of disaster risk reduction is a key item on the agenda of the Sixth Summit of the Americas, which takes place this weekend in Cartagena, Colombia. Continue reading