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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 15, 2023: The Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB) on June 13, 2023, launched its 2023 Youth for Innovation and Resilience (Youth FIRE) Programme aimed at supporting inclusive and equitable development in the Region through youth empowerment and engagement. The launch was held at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Saint Lucia. Scheduled to run from June 13 – 16, the Programme includes the Youth FIRE Forum, a one-day event targeting young persons, aged 15-35; the inaugural meeting of the Bank’s Future Leaders Network (FLN), where the 17 Network members and two advisers will take part in two days…

BASSETERRE (15th June, 2023): The St. Kitts Music Festival presents the first ever Festival Jump Off, which will take place on Saturday 17th June, 2023. The road-jam session features the Nu Vybes Band International, Grand Masters Band, E.K. and DJ Smudge. The Festival Jump Off will commence at 5am from the Newtown Fisheries Complex, Bay Road, and proceed towards the National Museum. The jam session will take Fort Street, then make a right turn on Cayon Street, followed by another right to West Independence Square Street. After that, it will turn right on Bay Road and continue on the same route until 10am. The Festival Jump…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 14, 2023: Climate Finance, a necessity for Caribbean countries faced with multiple threats from Climate Change, is the focus of the 2023 William G. Demas Memorial Lecture to be delivered by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC) Mr. Simon Stiell at the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 53rd Annual Meeting. The hybrid event will be held at the Sandals Grande Saint Lucian on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:30 pm AST and live-streamed on CDB’s YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages. The Executive Secretary’s address will explore key factors determining climate action resource allocation on…

A wide cross-section of Haitian stakeholders, a microcosm of Haitian society, met in Kingston, Jamaica, at the invitation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 11-13 June 2023.  Stakeholders welcomed the inclusive nature of the meeting. The meeting sought to facilitate inclusive dialogue among Haitian stakeholders in an effort to find a solution to the protracted multi-dimensional crisis in which the country has been mired. Stakeholders addressed the core issues of the interim governance measures needed to restore confidence in the transition and to ensure that the government could deliver its commitments.  These commitments include the critical issue of security and stability; the…

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will celebrate its 42nd Anniversary on June 18, 2023 under the theme “Vision. Integration. Sustainability. Progress”. To commemorate this special milestone and highlight the success of our integration movement, OECS Colours Day 2023 is scheduled for Friday, June 16, 2023. Last year OECS Colours Day was successfully held, as schools, Government Agencies and businesses across the OECS Region submitted photos dressed up in the OECS Colours and conducted OECS themed Colours Day activities. Several of these submissions were posted on the OECS social media platforms. This year it is anticipated that Colours Day will…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 5 June 2023): The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Kingston, Jamaica on 16-17 May 2023, under the Chairmanship of Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. The COFCOR was attended by the Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda; the Honourable Kerrie D. Symmonds, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados; the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 14, 2023 (SKNIS) – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew spent quality time with the children of the Louisa Grant Pre-School in Conaree Village by reading to them today, June 14. Prime Minister Dr. Drew’s story-telling session with the students was designed to help engrave the love of reading in their young minds and encourage them to read. The Prime Minister read from the family-oriented book, “So Much” by Trish Cooke. Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Terrance DrewSpeaking with the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS) afterward, the Honourable Prime Minister said…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 14, 2023 (Cabinet Secretariat): The Cabinet Ministers met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, The Honourable Dr Terrance Drew, on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023, and made several important decisions to improve the welfare of our people.The Honourable Minister of Youth Empowerment et al, Isalean Phillip, shared that a Youth Unemployment Taskforce has been established to examine and present to the Cabinet, programmes and strategies to alleviate youth unemployment and to ensure that our young persons are adequately prepared for and actively engaged in the labour market. The Taskforce, comprised of governmental and private sector representatives, is currently…

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, June 14, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO) – Saint Kitts and Nevis has taken a decision to join with fellow Caribbean countries to observe July 4 as a national holiday, to commemorate the Fiftieth (50th) Anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). One of the decisions emanating from the Forty-Fourth (44th) Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in The Bahamas in February of this year, was the declaration of July 4, 2023, a National Holiday in all member states.The Community will celebrate its golden jubilee under the theme `50 Years Strong: A Solid…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 14, 2023 (SKNIS): The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is leading a delegation to visit primary schools within the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis to share with students general information about the OECS, its work, vision, progress, sustainability, and integration movement. The OECS Commission is celebrating its 42nd anniversary under the theme “Vision. Integration. Sustainability. Progress”. Students of the St. Paul’s Primary School with OECS Officials The visits run from June 13-16. On Tuesday the 13th, the Bronte Welsh Primary School, the Sandy Point Primary School and the St. Paul’s Primary School were visited. Today,…