Release - Across the region, the diaspora and internationally the public joined an important conversation on financial mobilization for climate change. The University of the West Indies’ virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Forum on The Bridgetown Initiative held on Thursday, March 30, 2023, placed expert stakeholder voices and
UN News - Cindy McCain of the United States takes the helm of the UN emergency food relief agency amid “unprecedented” global hunger fuelled by conflict, climate change and soaring fertilizer prices, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. WFP estimates that more than 345 million people worldwide face
UN News - Ahead of its 75th anniversary on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for countries to both address inequities in care and protect the workers who provide it, many of whom are burned out from the COVID-19 pandemic. The world has witnessed
Release - Food security and nutrition surveillance systems (FNSS) are critical to public health as they provide information for immediate and medium to long-term decision-making relating to the nutritional risk factors, nutritional status and nutrition-related diseases and disorders in a country’s population. The Caribbean Public Health
UN News - Almost two months after deadly earthquakes struck Türkiye and northern Syria, a large-scale humanitarian operation is underway for which funding is still desperately needed, the UN Humanitarian Affairs coordination office (OCHA). OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, told reporters in Geneva that the current phase was
Release - On the beaches of a Caribbean whaling town, a young boy begins to understand the meaning hidden in his great uncle's sweet sea shanty serenade. The whaling town of Barrouallie, St. Vincent and the Grenadines is one of the only places in the
UN News - The planet is literally drowning in garbage, and it is high time to clean up, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, at an event in the General Assembly Hall marking the first-ever International Day of Zero Waste. The high-level meeting was held to raise awareness
Release - The University of the West Indies will host a virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Forum on The Bridgetown Initiative this Thursday, March 30, 2023, from 12:00 pm (Eastern Caribbean/Eastern Daylight) and 11:00 am (Jamaica) via UWItv. The Bridgetown Initiative aims to overcome some of the main shortcomings
UN News - Education is the “most powerful weapon” in the world’s arsenal to combat the brutal legacy of racism playing out today, the UN chief said, as the General Assembly met to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and
Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed the Government's commitment to the process of transitioning the country from a Constitutional Monarchy to a Republic. Holness told the newly formed Constitutional Reform Committee at the Prime Minister's Office that the approach must be collaborative and guided by
