SEARCHLIGHT - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has made a plea for greater inclusion of meteorological data in national planning in countries across the region. Dr Gonsalves made the plea as he addressed the two-day 60th Caribbean Meteorological
UN News - Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, calling on governments to “protect, sustain and accelerate” efforts to combat childhood
Grenada GIS - The Government of Grenada has joined hands with Spice Isle Fish House Limited and the Southern Fishermen Association Inc to bring much needed repairs to the Grand Mal jetty. The project entails the replacement of damaged concrete slabs on the jetty which create
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulates the Government and People of the Republic of Suriname on the country’s Forty-Fifth Anniversary of Independence, to be celebrated on 25 November 2020. “The diligence, unity, creativity and innovation of the people of Suriname have been key to the continued development
UN News - Along with other tried and tested public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Monday that “there is now real hope” that vaccines will play an essential part in helping end the COVID pandemic. “With the latest
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will assist 79 Caribbean nations to tackle environmental concerns in the period of five years. In a release, CARICOM said that the Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cartagena Convention, along with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United
The Government of Dominica has taken a responsible decision to revise the COVID-19 Country Risk Classifications for travel from the CARICOM Travel Bubble - Low, Medium and High-Risk Countries. Effective Wednesday November 18, 2020, St. Lucia has been reclassified to the HIGH RISK classification. With the new
Press Release - Partners of the ELAN project are pleased to announce the very first edition of the Virtual Student Fair, dedicated to vocational training and higher education, organized on December 2nd and 3rd 2020 with the support of Campus France, the French National Agency for the
UN News - Secretary-General António Guterres applauded the bloc’s climate action in a virtual address to the European Council on Foreign Relations while emphasizing that “we are still nowhere near the finish line… and still running behind in the race against time”. Encouraging responses The UN chief began on an
Recently, the National Science Foundation announced that it would close the massive telescope at the famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The closure has been seen as a setback to scientists worldwide who depend on it to search for planets, asteroids and extraterrestrial life. Last August, an
