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Two new initiatives underway to tackle aerial connectivity between the Caribbean, Europe and the Americas
From OECS (PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – A Delegation from Martinique met with representatives of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority at the OECS Commission to discuss the implementation of two initiatives which aim to address aerial connectivity challenges within…
Trump’s disastrous Putin Summit could have been even worse
By Jonah Shepp From New York Mag President Donald Trump’s performance at Monday’s press conference following his summit meeting in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin was by most accounts disastrous. Trump failed to press Putin on one single point…
UK: Justine Greening’s call for new Brexit referendum rejected by No 10
From BBC Downing Street has rejected Justine Greening’s call for a fresh referendum on the UK’s exit from the EU, saying it will not happen “in any circumstances”. The former education secretary argued the final Brexit decision should be given…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Caricom skin in the Haiti game
By Sir Ronald Sanders From jamaica Observer Haiti’s current fiscal problems that led to four days of riots, setting back the country’s already fragile economic and political stability, have implications for Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) countries that cannot…
Bringing CE-INTELLIGENCE to the Caribbean
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, July 11, 2018. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the European Union officially launched their market intelligence portal, known as CE-INTELLIGENCE. At the media launch held at the newly renovated Warrens Great House on…
Trump in UK: Pomp and protest as visit stokes culture war
By James Cook From BBC News As the son of immigrants, Donald Trump has his own special relationship with the United Kingdom. His mother, Mary MacLeod, was born and raised in the village of Tong, on the Outer Hebridean island…
France: Macron warns of nationalism in palace speech to lawmakers
BY ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press From The Sacramento Bee French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the battle between nationalists and progressives will be at the heart of European Union parliamentary elections next year, a “turning point” that will define…
UK: Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson amid Brexit turmoil
From BBC Theresa May has launched a reshuffle of her top team after a string of resignations over her Brexit strategy plunged her government into crisis. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been named as the new foreign secretary after Boris…
UK: Boris Johnson tells PM she is suffocating Brexit ‘dream’
From BBC Boris Johnson has launched a scathing attack on Theresa May’s Brexit strategy, saying the “dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt”. In his letter resigning as foreign secretary, he said the prime minister was leading the UK into…
T&T civil society calls on government and international development community to ally with them to deliver 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda locally
Joint statement from SDGs Catalysts Network and wider civil society in Trinidad & Tobago Issued by: The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) Trinidad and Tobago, July 9, 2018 – Meaningful and active participation of all sectors of society is needed…
