At a special Plenary meeting on Monday 30th January 2023 featuring the official handover ceremony, the reigns of leadership of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) were handed over by the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda, to the Pacific Island of Samoa. This
Media Release - No earthquake, drought or hurricane in recorded history has claimed more lives than the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the world’s largest disaster response network, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The shocking death toll—estimated at more than
UN News - The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that now is not the time to declare the pandemic over. Tedros’s decision follows the advice offered at the latest coronavirus Emergency Committee meeting last Friday, held at the
Release - Under the theme ‘Enabling Sustainable Futures- Be The One To Make The Change”, Republic Bank on Wednesday, January 25th unveiled its 2023 Power To Make A Difference (PMAD) partners within the East Caribbean Territories. PMAD is Republic Bank’s overarching social investment programme built on the knowledge that
The United States and the European Union announced an agreement to accelerate and improve the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting, and the electric grid. When discussing the initiative shortly before its official announcement, a senior US administration official referred
Barbados and China are eager to strengthen their diplomatic ties in the fields of 5G technology, air transport, and the Global Development Initiative (GDI). Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Barbados, Yan Xiusheng, recently made a courtesy call to Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Release - The United Nations (UN) has welcomed the British Virgin Islands’ (BVI’s) recommendation that “resilience” feature in all UN programmes implemented in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean which are aimed at accelerating sustainable development. The recommendation was made at the recent inaugural Joint-Steering Committee
Hopes are up following Bahamian Prime Minister and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair Philip Davis’s trip to Washington last week, as this seems to signal the "reengagement" of the United States to the region. In an analysis by Wazim Mowla, Associate Director of Caribbean Initiative, while the
Given the high cost of climate change, President Irfaan Ali said the region must take tangible actions to secure its energy future. Guyana's Head of State urged regional governments to lead in understanding and implementing the necessary structure. In Port of Spain, he told the Trinidad
Following the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week, Labour leader Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister in a formal ceremony on Wednesday, January 25. On Sunday, the Labour Party chose former COVID-19 Response and Police Minister Hipkins, 44, to
