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17 September 2022 – Panama City, Panama – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently trained 79 participants including fisheries officers from Panama, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua in Analysis and Interpretation of Fisheries and Aquaculture Data for the Panama Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP).The course took place virtually from 27 June 2022 to 1 July 2022, and introduced Fisheries Statistics based on […]

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 sharp rise in hunger in recent years, highlighting the need for robust actions to transform the region’s agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts (September 20, 2022) – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew and his delegation will be attending the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The UNGA is held every September at the UN Headquarters in New York where world leaders from the United Nations […]

The global community is confronting a number of unprecedented crises: from the ongoing challenge of COVID-19 variants and stalled efforts on climate change, to supply chain disruptions and Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Now more than ever, China’s increasing rhetorical and military intimidation is jeopardizing regional peace and stability. All these will impact security and […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 20, 2022 (SKNIS): The Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons in Canada have extended best wishes to St. Kitts and Nevis on the occasion of the twin-island Federation’s 39th Anniversary of Independence. In a letter dated September 19, 2022, the Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker of the Senate, and the […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts (September 20, 2022) – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew and his delegation will be attending the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).  The UNGA is held every September at the UN Headquarters in New York where world leaders from the United Nations member states meet […]

Buenos Aires, 20 September 2022 (IICA) – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) was among the massive crowd of more than 4,000 producers, professionals, researchers, business people, schoolchildren and university students attending the inauguration of the Congreso 2022 conference in Buenos Aires. The conference was organized by Argentina’s Regional Consortium of Agricultural Experimentation, CREA, […]

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 granted by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), the Italian National Promotional Institution to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), a financial institution that helps Caribbean nations to […]

The CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) extends its condolences on the passing of the Honorable Mr. Justice (Retired) Duke E. E. Pollard. Justice Pollard, one of the Commonwealth’s foremost legalscholars, dedicated himself to the construction of a Caribbean Society underpinned by the Rule of Law and the principles of inclusion and equal access to justice for all. […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, September 20, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla Trading and Development Company (TDC) Limited’s Warren Tyson Memorial Scholarship Programme, which was launched in 1981, has offered equal opportunities to children from poor families who are now making significant strides in nation building.  That is the view of one of the scholarship […]