April 25, 2023 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), in collaboration with the World Maritime University (WMU), lead by the WMU – Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute team based in…
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CDB and Jamaican Government hand over Epworth Road to the Community
April 25, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of Jamaica on Friday officially handed over 3.1 km of rehabilitated road to the almost 200 persons living in…
A former top COP dismisses regional crime symposium as “rubbish.”
By: Staff Writer April 21, 2023 A former Deputy Commissioner of Police for Barbados blasted the most recent Caribbean Crime Symposium as “rubbish,” arguing that they have not addressed any…
DECLARATION BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT WAR ON GUNS
April 21, 2023 We the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-18, 2023, on the occasion of the…
DECLARATION BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON CRIME AND VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
April 21, 2022 We the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-18, 2023, on the occasion of the…
The OECS Business Council and The CARICOM Private Sector Organization formalizes relationship with MOU Signing
April 21, 2023 The OECS Business Council (OBC) and the Caricom Private Sector Organization (CPSO) have entered into a new cooperation agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding…
OECS Seeks to Scale up and Accelerate Climate Action
April 21, 2023 Climate Change poses an existential threat to the Caribbean and is increasingly impacting the lives of people of the region, in every sphere. With the most recent…
IS CRIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH OR LEGISLATIVE ISSUE?
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan April 18, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com With violent crime being described as an epidemic by Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, and him declaring it as a…
UWI says Jamaica earthquake from Haiti fault line!
By: Staff Writer April 18, 2023 The University of the West Undies Seismic Research Centre said that the Jamaica earthquake this past Saturday is as a result of the same…
CDB Provides Further Support for Saint Lucia’s COVID Recovery Efforts
April 18, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has launched the Saint Lucia segment of its Safety Nets for Vulnerable Populations Affected by Coronavirus Project, providing a USD5.217 million (mn)…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Samantha Marchan Awarded CDB’s First Procurement Scholarship
April 18, 2023 Trinidad and Tobago national, Samantha Marchan is the recipient of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)’s first scholarship to complete the International Master in Public Procurement Management (IMPPM)…
Effective strategies to address violent crime as a public health issue require data, research and financing – CARICOM Secretary-General
April 18, 2023 As CARICOM Heads of Government begin a regional symposium to address crime and violence as a public health issue in Port-of-Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on…