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Article by Social Share Residents and businesses in Church View and Newcastle in St. John and surrounding districts are asked to store an adequate supply of water because the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be carrying out work in the area. The BWA said in a media release it will be connecting new mains at Church View and Newcastle between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. this coming Monday. As a result, residents and businesses located in the area may suffer low pressure or a water outage during th...

Article by Social Share KINGSTON – Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles wrote new Secretary-General of CARICOM, Dr Carla Barnett to congratulate her on the appointment. Barnett, a two-time UWI graduate, will become the first woman to serve in the position, after her appointment was announced on Tuesday. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the UWI Mona in Jamaica. Sir Hilary said in the corr...

First female Secretary General of Caricom elected Dr Carla Natalie Barnett - Dr Carla Natalie Barnett Dr Carla Barnett was elected as the eighth Caricom Secretary General – and the first woman in this position – on Tuesday. This was done virtually during a Heads of Government Special Session of all Caricom members. This was announced in a release. The decision was unanimous. Barnett is a national of Belize, the first woman and the first Belizean to be elected for the post. She replaces Am...

Dr. Leon gets the nod for top job DR. HYGINUS ‘Gene’ Leon yesterday took office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), becoming the sixth chief executive of the regional multilateral institution. A solid foundation for the evolution of a financially strong Bank that responds to the development needs and priorities of its BMCs has been laid by successive leaders Dr. Leon The seasoned economist will lead a team of more than 200 employees headquartered in Bridgetown, Barbados...

Dr. Gene Leon Takes Office as CDB President Share this post: DR. HYGINUS ‘Gene’ Leon yesterday took office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), becoming the sixth chief executive of the regional multilateral institution. Dr. Gene Leon The seasoned economist will lead a team of more than 200 employees headquartered in Bridgetown, Barbados. He comes to the assignment with 35 years of experience in economics, financial policy development and executive management, more than 20 ...

Barbados Today Dr. Hyginus Gene Leon today took office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), becoming the sixth chief executive of the regional multilateral institution. The seasoned economist will lead a team of more than 200 employees headquartered in Bridgetown, Barbados. He comes to the assignment with 35 years of experience in economics, financial policy development and executive management, more than 20 of which were spent working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF...

Date Time Share ECLAC’s Associate Member Countries Call for Cooperation and Support towards a Resilient COVID-19 Recovery and Readvancing 2030 Agenda The “High-level meeting on the challenges faced by Associate Members of ECLAC in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was held ahead of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2021. Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean...

48 SANTIAGO, Chile — Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and sustainable development and identifying common responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level meeting with Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Chair of the Commission, Costa Rica. United Nations’ Resident Coordinators and ...

Published: 15 March 2021 The “High-level meeting on the challenges faced by Associate Members of ECLAC in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was held ahead of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2021. (March 15, 2021) Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and s...

Blue economy innovators to get startup funds, technical help Article by February 26, 2021 Innovative entrepreneurs in the blue economy are to get the chance to start up their projects under a new initiative – the Blue Economy Innovation Challenge – that will give them up to $320,000 (US$160,000) in grant funding. The challenge was announced on Thursday by Compete Caribbean, a partnership of the Inter-American Development Bank, the British and Canadian foreign aid agencie...