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Global Environment Facility to Finance Projects in 23 Latin American and Caribbean Countries
The Voice
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August 21, 2024
Photograph credit: © FAO/Santiago Billy The Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced this week that it would fund projects in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that address urban sustainability, groundwater management,...
Saint Lucia: The Land, the People, the Light — This Small Caribbean Island is Taking on Climate Change & Inspiring Others
CleanTechnica
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August 31, 2024
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Caribbean Island of St. Lucia is known for its beautiful beaches, lush rainforests, and colorful coral reefs. But for some of the almost 200,000 people...
International Court Sets December Hearings For Climate Change Opinion
Forbes
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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 09: A general view of the hall during a public hearing at the ... [+] International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands on April 09, 2024. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu...
Coreas gives over $300,000 to S. Grenadines after Hurricane Beryl
I Witness News
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August 23, 2024
Coreas Building Supplies Ltd. had announced that over EC$300,000 worth of goods and vouchers were donated to the people of the Southern Grenadines as part of the ongoing relief efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Beryl. The...
Coreas Building Supplies Donates Over $300K in Aid to Southern Grenadines
St. Vincent Times
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August 22, 2024
Coreas Building Supplies Ltd. Contributes Over $300K in Relief Efforts to the Southern Grenadines Following Hurricane Beryl Coreas Building Supplies Ltd. is proud to announce that over $300,000 worth of goods and vouchers were donated to the...
Minister holds consultations with southern Grenadines Tourism Stakeholders
Searchlight
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August 13, 2024
THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, in collaboration with the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA), held a series of consultations on Union Island, Mayreau, and Canouan on August 8,...
Tourism Resurgence: Key Consultations Held in Southern Grenadines
St. Vincent Times
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August 12, 2024
Tourism Stakeholders in Focus as Government Aims to Rebuild Industry The Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, in collaboration with the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority, held a series of...
Guyanese expert Muhammad Ibrahim has the knowledge and experience to lead IICA
Jamaica Observer
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July 6, 2025
. The Government of Guyana has nominated Dr Muhammad Ibrahim as the country’s candidate for the position of director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), a key agency for agricultural policies in the...
COMMUNIQUE | Forty-ninth (49th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community | Montego Bay, Jamaica
Magnetic Media
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July 14, 2025
Montego Bay, Jamaica, July 14, 2025 – The Forty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 6-8 July under the chairmanship of Dr the Most Honourable...
Virgin Islands too small for CARICOM free movement — Premier
BVI News
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July 15, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on July 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM / The Virgin Islands will not adopt full free movement of people under CARICOM’s arrangements due to its small population, Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has said. Dr Wheatley confirmed that...
OECS Ministers for Environmental Sustainability affirm key decisions at COM:ES 11
Dominica News Online
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August 2, 2024
OECS Press Release - Friday, August 2nd, 2024 at 11:22 AM The 11th OECS Council of Ministers for Environmental Sustainability (COM:ES 11) took place in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on July 24-25, 2024, bringing together Ministers and...
Caribbean Cruising: Wind Woes in the Grenadines
Cruising World
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August 23, 2024
It was a clam, blue world we passed en route from Carriacou up to Chatham Bay on Union Island. David H. Lyman Someone has stolen the trade winds. It’s Easter Weekend, and I’m aboard Strider, Richard Thomason’s Reliance 44 cutter. We are anchored...
CTO launches plan to reimagine Caribbean tourism
Travel Press
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July 7, 2025
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is planning to transform the region’s tourism sector with a new three-year plan that outlines a strategic vision that will position the Caribbean as a global leader in sustainable tourism, while...
Police Summer programmes aim to engage youth in safe, fun activities
NBC SVG
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July 15, 2025
All summer programmes offered by the Police are geared at meaningfully engaging the youth. That’s according to National Coordinator of the Police Summer Programmes Sargent Stephen Billy. He was speaking on the Police on the Beat Program last...
June too soon? – Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures fuels Major Hurricane Beryl as it ploughs through the Southern Grenadines
NBC SVG
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August 19, 2024
June, too soon; July, stand by; August, come they must; September, remember; October, all over. This is an old adage we have heard for many years as it relates to the hurricane season, but this time around, the story was different—at least so...
ST. KITTS & NEVIS NOW HAS THE HIGHEST VAT RATE IN THE OECSECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Reversal of VAT Cut Places Increased Pressure on Households and Businesses
Times Caribbean
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July 5, 2025
— By Times Caribbean News BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — St. Kitts and Nevis now holds the distinction of having the highest Value Added Tax (VAT) rate in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), standing at 17%, according to the latest...
PM Pierre Calls for COP 29 to Focus on Climate Finance and Action
The Voice
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August 3, 2024
Philip Pierre at the Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has underscored the critical need for COP 29 to prioritize climate finance and take decisive...
Disaster response must keep up with climate change
Taipei Times
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August 5, 2024
Hurricane Beryl earlier this month swept through the Caribbean, flattening entire islands and causing “Armageddon-like” destruction. As the earliest Category 5 storm to form in the Atlantic Ocean, it marks the beginning of what is forecasted to be...
SVG sailors shine at Bahamas ILCA pathway clinic
St. Vincent Times
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July 10, 2025
St. Vincent Sailors Shine at Caribbean ILCA Pathway Clinic in The Bahamas From July 1st to 7th, the shores of The Bahamas played host to the first-ever Caribbean ILCA Pathway Clinic, led by three-time Olympian Andrew Lewis of Trinidad and Tobago....
Shower activity expected to increase by Sunday –SVG Met Services
I Witness News
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June 20, 2025
St. Vincent and the Grenadines can expect isolated showers on the weekend, with showers expected to increase on Sunday. In a 72-hour weather outlook, the SVG Met Service said that an increase in showers is expected on Sunday as a moisture surge...