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Accompanied by rural women and young people, ministers of agriculture from the Eastern Caribbean make a historic visit to IICA Headquarters aimed at accelerating transformations and strengthening territorial communities
Win Media SKN
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June 3, 2025
Media Release Courtesy of IICA San José, 27 May 2025 (IICA). Ministers of agriculture, senior officials, and rural women and young people from the Eastern Caribbean nations began a historic joint work and study visit to the Headquarters of the...
This seaweed is taking over Caribbean beaches
AS
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June 10, 2025
The Caribbean region is experiencing a record influx of sargassum seaweed, a brown, prickly algae, impacting beaches, tourism, and even wildlife. This natural phenomenon has escalated in recent years, causing a “plague” that affects the region’s...
Grounded cargo vessel off Monos Island leaking hydrocarbons, says FFOS
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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A cargo vessel grounded off Monos Island is said to be leaking hydrocarbons into the waters of the Chaguaramas Basin, raising fears of environmental damage and threats to livelihoods. The Hein (IMO 6702284), carrying a load of...
Caribbean Countries Strengthen Energy Resilience via New Facility
Win Media SKN
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April 18, 2025
17 April 2025, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the Caribbean Resilient Renewable Energy Infrastructure Investment Facility for Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint...
Regional Energy Facility to Bring Clean Power to SVG, Grenada, St Lucia
St. Vincent Times
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April 18, 2025
Caribbean Countries Strengthen Energy Resilience via New Facility The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the Caribbean Resilient Renewable Energy Infrastructure Investment Facility for Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent...
World Bank: New Energy Facility for the Caribbean
I News Cayman
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April 17, 2025
Caribbean Countries Strengthen Energy Resilience via New Facility Washington, D.C., April 17, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the Caribbean Resilient Renewable Energy Infrastructure Investment Facility for...
SVG is 2nd fastest growing Economy in Region
St. Vincent Times
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May 5, 2025
ST VINCENT IS REGION’S SECOND FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY The World Bank has reported that St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the second fastest growing economy in the region. The report indicates that this country has experienced consistent economic...
Saharan dust pushes air quality to unhealthy levels in parts of Trinidad
The Gleaner
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June 9, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) in Trinidad Monday said that a thick plume of Saharan dust has pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in Port of Spain, Point Lisas and San Fernando. It said the dust has...
Minister of Finance: Government’s Policy on Holiday Inn has not changed
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, has said that a statement about the sale of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel by the Director of Invest SVG, Glen Beache, was taken outof context. Speaking in Parliament on Monday, June 23, 2025, Minister...
“OECS In the Classroom School Tour” successfully completed in SVG
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
students pose with technical officers and teachers as the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission celebrates another anniversary with the Classroom School Tour As part of its 44th Anniversary celebrations, the Organisation of...
Qshan Deya finds peace in Ghana
Jamaica Observer
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June 28, 2025
At the inaugural Sunflower Festival in Austria last year, Qshan Deya was backed by House Of Riddim, a homegrown band that has worked with some of reggae’s biggest artistes. Their instant chemistry resulted in recording sessions that produced...
A United Caribbean Voice for the Ocean: OECS Member States and CBF to Amplify Regional Action at UNOC-3
I News Cayman
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June 4, 2025
From OECS Communications and the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund For Caribbean people, the ocean is more than a resource—it is central to our identity, our food systems, our economies, and our way of life. It sustains cultures, drives livelihoods, and...
Gomery Led Us Safe Thus Far, Grace Will Lead Us Home
St. Vincent Times
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April 6, 2025
Celebrating 24 Years of Progress and Leadership with the Unity Labour Party For 24 years, the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have placed their trust in the Unity Labour Party, and together, we have transformed this nation. Over the...
SVG’s Recovery Progress Amidst Ongoing Relief Efforts
St. Vincent Times
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June 4, 2025
REBUILDING AFTER BERYL AS 2025 HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS THE ISSUE As global climate change accelerates with devastating knock-on effects to vulnerable Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as SVG, the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season commences,...
Lulley’s Fishing Supplies: A generational legacy rooted in the Caribbean Sea
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
In 1950, Ross Lulley and his wife Shirley, made a bold decision that would shape the future of fishing in the Southern Caribbean. Initially visiting Bequia as tourists, the couple fell deeply in love with the island’s charm, beauty, and seafaring...
Hurricanes, an annual threat
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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May 22, 2025
Letters to the Editor Newsday 2 Hrs Ago Homes sit destroyed by Hurricane Beryl in Clifton, Union Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines, on July 4, 2024 - AP PHOTO THE EDITOR: As the rainy season transitions into the hurricane season in just two...
Confronting Caribbean Obesity With Healing And Hope
St. Kitts Gazette
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June 25, 2025
By Suzette A. Henry News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. June 25, 2025: Along the sun-kissed shores of the Eastern Caribbean, a silent epidemic is growing. It threatens the future of our youth and the strength of our communities. Obesity,...
Eastern Caribbean Ministers and Officials at IICA Headquarters
St. Vincent Times
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May 31, 2025
Ministers of agriculture from the Eastern Caribbean make a historic visit to IICA Ministers of agriculture, senior officials, and rural women and young people from the Eastern Caribbean nations began a historic joint work and study visit to the...
Rebuilding after Beryl as 2025 hurricane season begins
I Witness News
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June 3, 2025
By Unity Labour Party The issue As global climate change accelerates with devastating knock-on effects to vulnerable small island developing states (SIDS) such as SVG, the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season commences, officially, on June 1, 2025. This...
Tinubu to meet Eastern Caribbean leaders in St Lucia
Daily Trust
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June 27, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is billed to meet with members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) at St Lucia during his visit to the Caribbean country. The president is scheduled to visit St Lucia from June 28 to July 4, Prime...