International Day of Nursing: Nursing staff are vital for making progress towards universal health
Nurses make up more than 50% of health workers yet, in many countries of the Americas, shortages persist. New PAHO guidelines seek to strengthen their role in achieving health for all. Washington, DC, 8 May 2019 (PAHO)- Today, at the launch…
The Editor speaks: Another International Day I wasn’t aware of……
It seems every day on our Calendar has “A Day” set aside to remember and/or recognize some one, some people, some occupation, etc. etc… The list goes on and on and as all the days in our Calendar Year have…
Joint message from Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women and Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO for the International Day for Women and Girls in Science 11 February
Recently, young women and girls around the world have been vocal in calling for action to combat climate change everywhere. When 16-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg charged World Economic Forum attendees in Switzerland to ‘act as if our house is on…
Cayman Islands: UCCI Celebrates International Day of Education
Education Is the Future In recognition of the International Day of Education, UCCI TV sat down with faculty and administrators of the University College of the Cayman Islands to ask them some questions about their views on education. Check out…
Cayman Islands Celebrates International Day for Persons with Disabilities
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) –The yellow t-shirts of staff and students of the Sunrise Adult Training Centre made the sun shine just a little brighter on Monday, 3 December 2018. The group travelled to George Town to join His Excellency the…
Int’l Day for Disaster Reduction observed in St. Kitts and Nevis under “Resilience for All” theme
“Here in St. Kitts and Nevis, the Government has been responding to the felt needs of the people by integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) and risk-informed measures into new programmes and policies largely focused on building back better and increasing…
Living on the frontline: Building resilience
OECS observes International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018 By Josette Edward-Charlemagne Environmental Sustainability Cluster Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Saturday, October 13, 2018 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States joins the global community in observance of International Day for Disaster…
Monday, 25 June is International Day of the Seafarer: Message from Cayman Islands Minister
Message by Minister for Culture Hon. Dwayne Seymour to mark International Day of the Seafarer Monday, 25 June 2018 It gives me great pleasure today to commemorate the International Day of the Seafarer. Here in the Cayman Islands our rich…
OECS Commission observes International Day of Biological Diversity
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 — This year’s theme in observance of International Day for Biological Diversity is “Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity”. This theme was chosen by the Secretariat to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) to mark…
Caribbean ‘Needs Women’s Desk to combat gender violence’
From teleSUR The Caribbean Women’s Association is also calling on individual governments to examine the economic impact of domestic violence across the Caribbean. The Caribbean Women’s Association (Cariwa) is calling on the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to reinstate its Women’s Desk in…