GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Last week, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff became the first head of state ever to postpone a state visit to the United States of America. Given that state visits are the highest form of diplomatic contact between two nations and Washington usually reserves them for its closest strategic partners, Ms Rousseff’s decision could only be interpreted as a major snub.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana is seeking to export gold to markets in India and China as the country recorded an estimated 353,000 ounces of the commodity so far this year.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud said that the gold produced so far this year, compares favourably with the 313,000 ounces produced for the same period last year.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Governor General Dame Cecile La Grenade will deliver her first the throne speech on Friday, October 4, when Grenada opens the second session of the ninth Parliament at the Trade Center – the temporary home of Parliament since the passage of Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
Delivering the Throne Speech is the highlight of a traditional ceremonial event involving the members of both the lower and upper houses, which signals the start of new parliamentary year.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization is urging regional governments to introduce various policies, including legislation and tax rebates, so as to ensure the survival of the tourism industry.
In a message marking World Tourism Day on Friday, CTO chairperson, Beverly Nicholson-Doty, said there was need for a “multi-sectorial approach – combining public policy and incentives; private-sector financing and endorsement; backed by effective community and visitor education and awareness programmes” to ensure the sustainability of the industry.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Government officials have confirmed than Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris will be investing millions of dollars in Grenada’s hospitality industry.
Sawiris who flew into the island on his private jet, met with Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell on Thursday at the Maurice Bishop International Airport before departing.
He is said to be the unnamed investor who will be build a hotel on lands which was recently acquired by Government on the Grand Anse.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Rats and mosquitoes plus some severe flu attacks are causing health authorities to put the public on alert.
Concerned about the incidence of leptospirosis and a tripling in the number of dengue fever cases, health officials disclosed yesterday there was a spike in “influenza-like illnesses” in the last few weeks and the severity of some of those cases was troubling.
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Guyana on Thursday joined Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago in warning that several countries, including some in the Caribbean, are likely to fail in achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
In addressing the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly Debate, President Donald R. Ramotar said while a review has revealed that the world as a whole has witnessed substantial progress towards the achievement of the MDGs, “prospects vary significantly within and across countries.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was forced to halt her exit from the 68th United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, yesterday afternoon, as a group of gay activists protested outside the Ford Foundation offices.
The group of seven protesters shouted, "Gay rights are human rights!" and "Portia, shame on you!" as Simpson Miller exited the building.
Simpson Miller appeared unperturbed, waving at the protesters and blowing kisses, but was later redirected by a security detail.
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations has “a moral responsibility” in the deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 8,500 Haitians and sickened another 600,000-plus, the head of Haiti’s government said Thursday in his debut before the global body.
With President Michel Martelly among a list of world leaders shirking off an appearance at this year’s U.N. General Assembly, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe used his appearance in the global spotlight to call on the U.N. to do more to help Haiti eradicate what experts are calling the world’s worst cholera outbreak.
UNITED NATIONS, 2013, CMC - Haiti has asked the global community to give the earthquake-ravaged, French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country a “second look” following the devastation caused by the powerful earthquake in 2010.
“Despite our extremely difficult legacy and countless setbacks, a new Haiti is making progress on the path of democracy and development,” Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe told the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Debate.