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United States Secretary of Agriculture urges…

San Jose, 23 September 2022 (IICA) – Tom Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture, appealed to his peers in the Americas to work together, without delay, to build a resilient agriculture sector…

Ex-Honduras first lady sentenced to prison for…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge sentenced former Honduran First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo to 14 years in prison Wednesday on corruption charges, the second time Bonilla had been sentenced.…

Agrifood systems transformation can help resolve…

Inclusive and sustainable development needed, FAO Director-General tells CAF Development Bank of Latin America 20/09/2022 New York – Latin America is an agricultural powerhouse yet has suffered a…

Mottley calls on youth to lead new world…

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is urging the children of the world to “lead the revolution” as well as hold their leaders responsible as the annual spotlight on the…

50 million financing from CDP to combat climate…

New York, 20 September 2022 – Countering the effects of climate change and supporting the sustainable development of the Caribbean countries: these are the objectives of the 50 million financing…

Swimmers Create History

(Loop news) Four swimmers made history as they covered a distance of 60km in an attempt to swim from Tobago to Trinidad on Saturday. William Carr, Patrick Lee Loy, Roger Watts, and John Procope began…

Fiona batters Eastern Caribbean islands with one…

SOURCE: AP – Tropical Storm Fiona was expected to become a hurricane as it neared Puerto Rico on Saturday, threatening to dump up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain as people braced for potential…

Tropical Storm Fiona heads for Puerto Rico with…

Tropical Storm Fiona threaded between Guadeloupe and Montserrat while entering the eastern Caribbean and dropping heavy rains over the northern Leeward Islands. Forecasters said the storm would slowly…

Eastern Caribbean weather department shares…

Weather Update: Fiona’s centre of circulation has a small area of thunderstorms near its east, and the larger mass of thunderstorms further east have shifted a bit south and southwest. The centre has…

U.S. Embassy Bridgetown resumes processing of…

The U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown is pleased to resume processing routine in-person appointments in all non-immigrant visa categories starting in September 2022. To schedule an appointment, please visit…

Mottley’s plea

Article by Marlon Madden Source : Barbados Today Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Wednesday threw down the gauntlet to the United States Congress to better regulate banking relations and deal with the…

Morocco Scholarship Programme 2022/23 for OECS…

The Government of the Kingdom of Morocco has announced the opening of the Morocco Scholarship Programme 2022/23 for citizens of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Member States of…

T&T signs contract to host Commonwealth Youth…

Trinidad and Tobago last week signed the contract for the staging of 2023 the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) which required signatories of approval of the host nation, Ministry of Sport, Commonwealth…