The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today sent a letter expressing his gratitude to the Minister of Education and Information of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Nigel Carty, for the award that the government official recently granted to the hemispheric institution for the support it provided in the area of education.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Opposition legislators have defended their decision to walk out on a speech being delivered by President Desi Bouterse on Monday saying he had not been showing respect to the Parliament in recent years.
Member of the NPS/New Front party, Ruth Wijdenbosch, said she participated in the walkout because it was time a clear message had been sent to Bouterse who has made it a habit of coming to Parliament once a year instead of fulfilling his constitutional duty of giving regular accounts of his administration’s plans.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Charles Angelo Savarin was sworn in as Dominica’s eighth head of state since the island attained political independence 35 years ago, promising to serve the country without malice or ill will to any member of the population.
For the former minister, teacher and diplomat, the occasion was perhaps the best gift he could have received on his 70th birthday on Wednesday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police are investigating the murder of two men, including a close relative of a candidate contesting the October 21 Local Government election on a ticket of the coalition People’s Partnership administration.
Police Public Information Officer, Acting Inspector Wayne Mystar said the deaths of 21-year old Shiloh Mc Intosh and Kernel Job, 27, were being investigated by law enforcement authorities, but could not say whether the killings were related to the upcoming poll.
environment KINGSTON, Jamaica – An expert in the study of the ills of nitrogen has said reducing meat consumption can help safeguard the environment in Antigua & Barbuda.
Professor Mark Sutton from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in the United Kingdom is one of the experts behind the “Our Nutrient World” study commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme examining the pros and cons of nutrients on the environment.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just released its latest report on global warming. The report, the fifth in the last 23 years, contains findings which are no surprise but which confirm an indisputable trend -- scientists are 95 per cent certain that global warming over the last 60 years is due to human activity.
Even more disturbing is the indication that global warming is taking place at an accelerated pace, certainly faster than anticipated in earlier reports.
KINGSTON, Jamaica COUNTRIES in the Caribbean and Latin America could improve coastal planning and develop preventive measures to adapt to the effects of climate change using a database launched yesterday by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Cantabria and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - STAFF LAYOFFS are looming at CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank in light of heavy expenses having to be set aside for bad loans.
The bank, which boasts branches in 17 Caribbean territories, is particularly concerned about its heavy loan loss provisioning in Barbados and The Bahamas, and has therefore undertaken a restructuring programme that could lead to layoffs, starting with voluntary separation packages in the next few weeks.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Barbados tourism sector has taken a nosedive so far for the year, and an imminent cut in flights to the island from at least one major source market could result in a further blow.
For the nine-month period ending September 30, the sector recorded a decline of 6.3 per cent in long-stay arrivals when compared to the same period last year, according to a dismal industry performance report presented yesterday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) Wednesday sought to distance itself from statements attributed to former chairman, Dr. Herbert Thompson, that there has been an attempt by the Parliament to destroy the EOJ.
The ECJ in a statement said the statements were made in the media and that it “notes and welcomes the fact that Parliament on the 24th September 2013 approved the Report on Campaign Financing and referred the matter to Cabinet for drafting instructions to be issued to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and then back to Parliament for passage”.