GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Even as a high-level dialogue among states and governments on the issue of international migration began at the United Nations Headquarters in New York last Thursday, October 3, the media were reporting that more than 100 African migrants had perished (now believed to be more than 300) when their boat capsized and sank in the Mediterranean off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines has reiterated its support for Taiwan to be recognised by various international agencies saying the Asian country has done much to improve the socio-economic well being of people in developing countries.
Foreign Affairs Minister Camilo Gonsalves, speaking at a ceremony here to mark the 102nd National Day of Taiwan on Thursday, said Kingstown remains steadfast in its political support for Taiwan that China regards as a renegade province.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - President Desi Bouterse Wednesday fired his Finance Minister, Adelien Wijnerman, according to an official statement issued here.
“This is part of the Reconstruction of Financial Management … and the seriousness with which Government intends to bring improvement to this matter,” the President’s Cabinet said in the statement.
Wijnerman, an economist and career civil servant, was appointed in June 2011.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua - The treatment and rehabilitation of drug users is a major part of a new, holistic strategy Organization of American States (OAS) member are putting in place to address widespread drug abuse.
Head of the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) Colonel Edward Croft said demand for the drugs must be reduced and education at school level is an appropriate approach to begin combatting drug use.
(GEORGETOWN) - The European Union agreed Wednesday to spend US$15.7 million on improving systems to ensure that Caribbean food exports meet international standards, officials said.
The EU Ambassador to Guyana, Robert Kopecky, and the Director General of the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, Victor Villalobos, signed the agreement on the margins of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, being held in Guyana.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - President Donald Ramotar said that agriculture is finally getting the recognition it deserves in the Caribbean. The president made this remark while addressing the official opening of the 12th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) being hosted here after 10 years.
Ramotar said there are many challenges that confront the Caribbean and the world at large, but one of the most important challenges is the quest for food.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, -- Caribbean Week of Agriculture officially began here on Wednesday night with Guyana’s President Donald Romatar expressing support for the efforts being made in the region to reduce food imports and ensure food security.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A senior official of the Netherlands-based Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA) says developing countries could benefit from duplicating the format used by the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to discuss the development of the sector.
“I think this is the only region where there is a specific week every year dedicated to bring the key stakeholders dealing with agriculture together. So we want to encourage other regions to do the same”, CTA director Michael Hailu told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Caricom project backed by Canada was launched in Kingston Tuesday to drive implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
The CSME aims to harmonise rules for the movement of capital, goods and services, as well as skills among the member countries of the regional trading bloc.
Phase two of the CARICOM-Canadian International Development Agency Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP) aims to drive the process by "harmonising legislative and administrative systems and processes" among CARICOM member states.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A United Nations official on Tuesday made a rare case for compensation for the thousands of Haitians who have died of a cholera outbreak in the Caribbean nation.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay didn't say who she thought should pay, but activists have demanded the world body provide compensation to the victims of a disease believed brought in by U.N. peacekeepers.