Where In the Caribbean can you find the most unemployed youth?
From NAN News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Aug. 12, 2016: World Bank data compiled from the ILO (International Labor Organization) shows that one third of the world’s 1.8 billion young people aged ages 15-24 are neither employed, educated, nor trained….
OUR CARIBBEAN: An outstanding regional son
By Rickey Singh From Barbados Nation News The lad who grew up humbly in rural Chaguanas and Tunapuna to later scale primary, secondary school and university successes before achieving recognition as a pre-eminent diplomat and head of Trinidad and Tobago’s…
ECCB governor cites possible major fallout from Brexit
By Ken Richards From WINN FM St Kitts and Nevis (WINN) For the region in general, there could be major adverse impacts from Brexit. That warning is coming from Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Timothy Antoine. A Britain…
GlobalNexus announces new subsea cable to service The Bahamas, Canada, Eastern Caribbean and South America
NASSAU, Bahamas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bahamas-based GlobalNexus Ltd. (GlobalNexus) has announced its entry into the telecommunications market to improve business efficiency in The Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean. The move will seamlessly connect the region to the rest of the world. GlobalNexus,…
CRFM and JICA discuss new fisheries initiative for co-management and socio-economic survey
Belize City, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 (CRFM)—Milton Haughton, the Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), met today at the CRFM’s Secretariat in Belize City with Mr. Masaru Honda, Team Leader of the Japan-funded Caribbean Fisheries Co-management Project…
Western Media Forgets About European exploitation when discussing crime in Caribbean nations
By Ricky Riley From Atlanta Black Star Put many of the most recent news headlines in a montage and they paint a deeply troubling picture of a part of the world known for its tranquility, amazing topography and record breaking international…
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The View from Europe: Renewing the US relationship
By David Jessop A few days ago the US House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously agreed a draft bi-partisan bill that seeks to have the administration give greater priority to the US-Caribbean relationship. The bill has no funding attached to it….
U.S.-Caribbean legislation clears US House hurdle
By K. QUINCY PARKER From Nassau Guardian The United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016 – intended to prioritize the United States-Caribbean relationship – has unanimously passed the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and while the bill’s bipartisan co-sponsors celebrated…
CRFM and UNOPS seal agreement to advance small- scale fisheries in the Caribbean
Special emphasis directed at flyingfish fishery in the Eastern Caribbean Belize City, Belize, 22 April 2016 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) this week sealed an agreement with a UN agency to strengthen governance arrangements for the flyingfish fishery in…
‘Big’ Caribbean earthquake coming seismologist warns
From CaribFlame With two massive earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan last week, Trinidad-based seismologist Dr. Joan Latchman, has warned that the Caribbean should prepare for a ‘big one.’ In an interview with the Trinidad Express, Latchman said the Eastern Caribbean…
