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Sir Ronald Sanders: The Commonwealth – What’s in it for small states?
By Sir Ronald Sanders Writing in the British Guardian newspaper on April 10, my colleague, Professor Phillip Murphy, the director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London, recalled that for those who campaigned for Britain to…
OECS Foreign Ministers conclude successful fourth meeting of Council of Ministers – Foreign Affairs (COMFA)
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 — On May 06, 2017 OECS Ministers of Foreign Affairs concluded yet another successful meeting of the Council of Ministers – Foreign affairs. The meeting was held in Nassau, the Bahamas under the Chairmanship of Senator…
Sir Ronald Sanders: The Caribbean – Facing a fatal fate
By Sir Ronald Sanders High-tide flooding is set to become an every-other-day affair in coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast of the United States of America by the year 2100. It will also fatally harm…
Data privacy tops Caribbean Internet Governance agenda
By Gerard Best From Curacao Chronicle PARAMARIBO – Data privacy will be among the items topping the agenda at an upcoming Caribbean Internet Governance Forum to be held by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in Suriname this month. The meeting is…
New UK Interior Minister vows to resolve immigration scandal
BY JILL LAWLESS, Associated PressFrom USA News Britain’s new interior minister is vowing to sort out an immigration scandal shaking the government, saying that as the child of immigrants he had been angered by the mistreatment of long-term residents from…
100 volunteers mobilized against plastic pollution in Anse-La-Raye, St-Lucia
OECS Media release Thursday, April 26, 2018 — Over 100 volunteers gathered in the community of Anse-la-Raye, Saint-Lucia, on April 20 to participate in a major cleanup activity. The initiative was held in observance of World Earth Day celebrated on…
Hub and Spokes Programme provides critical trade support to Caribbean economies
By the CARICOM Secretariat From St kitts & Nevis Observer GREATER GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean development partners and beneficiaries of the Hub and Spokes Programme, an aid-for-trade initiative, began a regional planning workshop April 23–25 with appreciation of the programmes…
No surprise: Charles to succeed Queen as Commonwealth Head
BY JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press From US News Heir to the British throne Prince Charles has been approved as the next head of the Commonwealth made up mostly of former colonies. LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles has spent a lifetime…
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World Earth Day : Cleanup Campaign to be held in Anse-La-Raye this week
OECS Media release Thursday, April 19, 2018 — World Earth Day will be celebrated on April 22, 2018 under the theme “A World Without Plastic Pollution”. Hence, the Anse La Raye Disaster Committee in Collaboration with the OECS Environmental Sustainability…
UK sorry for ‘Appalling’ treatment of Caribbean immigrants
BY JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press From UK News The British government apologized Monday for its “appalling” treatment of some immigrants from the Caribbean, as reports of law-abiding long-term residents being threatened with deportation overshadowed a meeting of leaders from the…
