Private Sector Key To 2030 Goals
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Jerome Walcott, says it is critical that government and the private sector create partnerships as the best hope towards achieving the sustainable development goals. Speaking at the Private Sector Dialogue on the 2030 Agenda and the SDG’s at United Nations House, Dr. Walcott says the private sector has the most […]
Investigation On At Sanitation
Environment Minister Trevor Prescod has told the House of Assembly that an investigation is underway into financial matters at the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) that he suggests may amount to crimes with the potential to land people in jail. Mr. Prescod, speaking during the estimates debate in parliament, was responding to a question from opposition […]
Violence Against Women And Girls Alarming
The prevalence of violence against women and girls in the region was the subject of a survey conducted in five Caribbean countries. The study was conducted in Grenada, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Guyana, between 2016 and 2018. Isiuwa Iyahen is the representative of the UN Women’s multi country office for the Caribbean and […]
Blackman To Chair WTO Committee on Trade and Environment
Chad Blackman of Barbados has been announced by the World Trade Organization as the WTO Chairperson of the Committee on Trade and Environment. Blackman is Barbados’ Ambassador to the WTO and UN at Geneva.