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Will we ever get regional travel right?
(Barbados TODAY Editorial) — In one of his first public engagements since being appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr Kevin Greenidge shone a spotlight on the bothersome question of regional air travel. The occasion was the Central Bank’s public engagement discussion known as the Caribbean Economic Forum, staged on Wednesday and broadcast…
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Jamaican gets 50-year sentence for sexually abusing foster children
(Jamaica Gleaner) — A Jamaican man residing in the United States, who sexually abused two of his foster children over a two-year period, has been ordered to serve 50 years in prison. Eric Norman Stewart, 66, of Missouri City, Texas, will have to serve his sentence “day for day” under state law, the Fort Bend…
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Bank of St Vincent acquires FCIB In Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Branch
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) hereby advises that effective 24 March 2023, the operations of FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited (FCIB) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will cease, and will now be subsumed as part of the Bank of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (BOSVG) operations. The ECCB, in consultation with the ECCB…
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Safeguarding Reef Fish and Queen Conch fisheries in the wider Caribbean
Photo Credit: Nassau grouper: Photographer – Cristina Limonta The Working Groups on Spawning Aggregations and Queen Conch of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC), convened hybrid meetings on 14-15 and 16 March respectively in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The meetings were led by WECAFC, a regional fisheries body established under the Food and Agriculture…
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Climate Change, Disaster Displacement and Environmental Migration High on OECS-IOM Workshop Agenda
A two-day workshop kicked off this morning in Saint Lucia to discuss policy recommendations built on the human security framework, one day after the IPCC released an alarming report regarding the state of climate change. The workshop brought together technical officers in the fields of disaster management, immigration, regional integration, environment, climate change, and more,…
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Large mass of seaweed threatens Caribbean tourism
A massive collection of seaweed that is said to have grown in the Atlantic Ocean is making its way toward Florida’s shores and other Gulf of Mexico coastlines, potentially depositing deadly masses over beaches and significantly affecting the summer travel season. It is said that the seaweed, a variety called sargassum, has long generated substantial…
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Caribbean universities strategize to reduce regional food import bill
Caribbean universities from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, with faculties responsible for agriculture and or food, have agreed to partner with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to support reductions in the region’s food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025. The Anton de Kom University of Suriname is due to join the initiative. CARICOM leaders…
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Barbadians told to be prepared for long drought and hot season
The Director of the Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS), Sabu Best, is warning Barbadians that they should be prepared for a long drought period given that “there is not going to be any rainfall that is going to be coming in anytime soon”. Best said that over the past couple of weeks, there has been a…
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Dominican man searches for Jamaican sailor dad
Dominican national Carlos Martinez has one dream: to locate his Jamaican father Lincoln George Roach. Martinez, 27, speaking through a translator in order to reach out and communicate with the Jamaica Observer as he speaks only his native Spanish, stated that he had been on a quest to meet his father who was a sailor aboard the…
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Senior officers and future leaders of the region’s NDOs to benefit from strategic leadership programme, Sandals Foundation pledges support.
The Regional Training Centre (RTC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is currently facilitating its Strategic Leadership Programme for Senior Officers of National Disaster Organizations (NDO). First offered in 2021, the second cohort commenced training on February 3 and is set to finish on May 17, 2023. The intense 15-week course targets senior…
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Barbados union official calls on regional gov’ts to follow PM Mottley’s example and settle LIAT dispute
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