Message from Dr Carla N Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023 On 8 March 2023, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD), a special observance that
Release - P&O Cruises will name its newest ship Arvia in Barbados on March 16, 2023, with the world’s largest bottle of rum for the traditional bottle smash. Arvia will be officially named by global performer Nicole Scherzinger in a beachside ceremony to be broadcast live
UN News - Dozens of youth delegates, representing some 226 million young people from 46 least developed countries (LDCs), took centre stage at a United Nations conference underway in Doha, Qatar, to spotlight a range of development issues affecting them and their vulnerable countries. Today, the
Hon. Karl Samuda, Jamaica's Minister of Labour and Social Security, will announce an increase in the minimum wage in April. This was revealed by Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, as he opened the 2023/24 Budget Debate in the House
The Caribbean Democrat Union (CDU), in partnership with the Conservatives Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) Programme, The New Democratic Party (NDP) Women’s Arm, The LeadHership Institute, and the UWI Open Campus Women and Development Unit (WAND) successfully completed a 10-week LeadHership Training Programme in St. Vincent
UN News - For the first time ever, there are women MPs in every single country on Earth, the Interparliamentary Union, IPU, said. In its latest annual report, the global body dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, also said that women’s participation has never been as
GERARD BEST, Grenada - Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell this week called for businesses to work with governments across the region to accelerate national development through digital transformation. “It is imperative that we embrace digitisation as a necessary step to transform our business operations and remain
Release - PwC firms in the Caribbean have donated US$60,000 to help victims of last month’s earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria. Through the PwC Global Office for Humanitarian Affairs and local NGO partners, the donation will be directed to enable rebuilding efforts in Turkey
UN News - The United Nations called for more action to protect one of the most widespread and important marine ecosystems on the planet, marking the first-ever commemoration of World Seagrass Day. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters from the tropics
Release - St. Vincent and the Grenadines was well known in the United Kingdom, for its “Green Gold” banana industry for over half a century, as a part of the Windward Islands banana platform. Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines exported
