By Dr. Basil Springer “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” – Proverbs 29:18 This week a wave of nostalgia enveloped me, transporting me back to 2001 and the inaugural Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) on Sustainable Development symposium in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The genesis of […]
St. George: President of the Senate, Sen. The Honourable Dr. Dessima Williams, Speaker of the House, Honourable Leo Cato and Chair of the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus Grenada, Honourable Dr. Clarice Modeste Curwen, left the island today to represent Grenada at a Latin America and Caribbean meeting in St. Lucia. Under the four year Spotlight Initiative […]
By Dr. Basil Springer “Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.” – 1 Timothy 6:17 As I pondered over this scripture in the Book of Timothy, it […]
Grenada‘s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Ché A. Phillip, and his Italian counterpart, His Excellency Mr. Maurizio Massari, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, executed agreements that would strengthen cooperation for sustainable development. The MoU signed on 5 July 2023, underscores international collaboration that will […]
Road Town, BVI: A high-level UN Team, led by UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Didier Trebucq, is currently in the British Virgin Islands for talks aimed at strengthening the UN-BVI partnership, and earmarking critical UN support needed to advance the country’s sustainable development agenda. The UN delegation, comprising six visiting UN […]
Bridgetown 25 January 2023: With only seven years left to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals, Caribbean Governments and the United Nations have renewed their commitment to intensifying efforts to achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda, under the new UN Muti-country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (MSDCF) 2022-2026. An inaugural meeting of a sub-regional Joint […]
Young Leaders for the SDGs is a flagship initiative of the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth which recognizes exceptional young people around the world 21 September 2022 (UN Headquarters, NY) – The United Nations today announced the latest group of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), during the start of […]
Caribbean Export and the CCREEE sign an MOU Caribbean Export and CCREEE to cooperate on key areas to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy capacity building for the private sector Decarbonisation can lead to the creation of 400,000 jobs in the Caribbean Bridgetown, BARBADOS, July 19. The Caribbean Export Development Agency and the Caribbean Centre […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – May 30, 2021: Heads of four leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) will tackle the pressing matter of securing the extensive financing required to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the third edition of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) President’s Chat on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at 10:00 am AST. For the high-level […]
