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EAST LONDON, South Africa– South Africa Women took a 44-run victory over the West Indies Women to earn their first points of the Tri-Nations Women’s T20 International Series at Buffalo Park in East London. Shamilia Connell had a top all-round performance for the West Indies Women, finishing with bowling figures of 3-0-17-2 then contributed 15 […]

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Belize City, Thursday, 19 January 2023 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has a new fisheries assessment scientist on its technical team. Dr. Pranaya Kumar Parida, who holds a Ph.D. in Fisheries Resource Management from India with more than 18 years of experience in Fisheries Research, Teaching and Extension, was recruited to assume a three-year […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, January 20, 2023 (SKNIS) –Speaking at the Launch of ECCB’s (Eastern Caribbean Central Bank) at the ECCB Sir Cecil Jacob Auditorium on January 19, Governor of the ECCB, Timothy N. J. Antoine said that the EC dollar remains strong with a foreign reserves backing of 91 percent. “Forty years on our foreign […]

The socioeconomic panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean is not encouraging. The most affected population groups are children under five and women, who suffer a higher prevalence of food insecurity than men. The Regional Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security 2022 is a joint publication of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United […]

Washington, DC, 20 January 2023 (PAHO) – Local Jamaican artist, Greg Bailey, unveiled his portrait of outgoing Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, today at a ceremony at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C.  Bailey, an award-winning fine artist who specializes in depicting persons of colour in the context of postcolonialism, was […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 20, 2023 (SKNIS): Hundreds of children and proud parents from the Basseterre area, as well as track and field lovers, filled the Kim Collins Athletic Stadium on Thursday, January 19, 2023, for the return of the Department of Sports Public Primary Schools Zonal Championships. It was the first time the event was […]

The President of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo (center), ratified the new State Agrifood Policy Act in the rural area of San Sebastián de Ocú. Among the attendees was IICA Director General Manuel Otero (standing, to the right).San Sebastián de Ocú, Herrera, Panama, 20 January 2023 (IICA) – Panama’s State Agrifood Policy Act, aimed at guaranteeing the human right to […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 20, 2023 (SKNIS): Minister of Public Infrastructure and Utilities et al, the Honourable Konris Maynard said the Government has committed to fixing the water problem that the country has been faced with. Responding to a question about the water issue at the Prime Minister’s Press Conference on January 18, Minister Maynard said that […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 20, 2023 (RSCNPF): The Police have found that several of the offenders caught using illegal motorised bicycles are juveniles. The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force issued a community notice on January 18, 2023, advising the public that it had observed a sudden increase in the number of bicycles that have […]