OECS honours longstanding seasonal agricultural workers
32 workers recognised for 15+ years of service at ECLS event Friday, July 19, 2019 — Leamington, Ontario, Canada: Longstanding farm workers with the Canada Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP) were honoured for their years of dedicated service at the inaugural Eastern…
How Apollo 11 brought humanity together
By Pallab Gibson From BBC News As if illuminated by a divine light, the Saturn V rocket shimmered on launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Emblazoned with the stars and stripes and cloaked by the gold and crimson of…
Caribbean governments exchange experiences managing migrant and refugee flows in conjunction with IOM and UNHCR
The Caribbean region faces an increasingly complex mixed migration phenomenon including asylum seekers, refugees, stateless people, and vulnerable migrants. It is a region of destination and transit for thousands of people, including people needing international protection, each year. To mark…
Two OECS climate change activists raise awareness in the international arena
Friday, July 19, 2019 — Two young environmental activists from the OECS have recently participated in the 3rd edition of the Peace Boat’s Ocean & Climate Youth Ambassador Programme. Saint Lucian Jevanic Henry and Montserratian Ashneil Jeffers have seized this opportunity…
ePayment solutions global provider expands in Trinidad and Tobago
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – PaySett Corporation, a global provider of ePayment solutions and JMMB Group, is expanding their partnership to drive up electronic payments adoption in the Caribbean region. “PaySett’s market-proven PayBank payments solution will…
The heart of music
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Searching for the heart of the matter is an investigative practice we’re all familiar with. We dig deep into many elements to suss out the essence, the soul, the heart of the matter in…
Laws banning gay sex under challenge in tiny Caribbean nation
By Oscar Lopez From National Post MEXICO CITY, July 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A gay man in the tiny Caribbean nation of Dominica filed a legal claim challenging its laws that ban gay sex and punish same-sex relations with…
Accelerate your exports: Applications for OECS youth entrepreneurs now open!
OECS Media Statement The Competitive Business Unit (CBU) of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission invites Youth Entrepreneurs (18 to 29) in the OECS, who are involved in or interested in exporting goods and or services, to participate…
PAHO-WHO at the 10th IAS conference on HIV science
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.paho.org WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.who.int News and Public Information Media Advisory PAHO/WHO at IAS2019 Experts from PAHO/WHO to participate in international scientific conference on HIV/AIDS in Mexico The Director of PAHO, Carissa F. Etienne, will be a keynote speaker…
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