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State of Emergency Curfew announced for Saint Lucia and increase protocols - Feb 3, 2021 - 10:11:07 AM
Following a meeting of the National Emergency Management Advisory
Committee (NEMAC) and private sector organizations, the Government of
Saint Lucia announced that a State of Emergency comes into effect for
Saint Lucia as of Wednesday 3rd February 2021.
In a
statement delivered on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Honourable Allen
Chastanet explained that Saint Lucia is currently experiencing its third
wave...
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CDEMA successfully hosted GeoSpatial online training for Participating States - Feb 1, 2021 - 4:05:07 PM
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
successfully hosted an online training programme and simulation exercise
in geographical information systems (GIS) for disaster risk management
(DRM) in the Caribbean region. The training programme was delivered
between January 11th and 28th 2021, with the final two days dedicated to
a simulation exercise where the participants’ learning was tested in a
controlled scenario, under time constrained conditions...
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Saint Lucia: NEMAC/Stakeholders meet to discuss and assess protocols - Jan 29, 2021 - 12:45:04 PM
The National Emergency Management Advisory Committee (NEMAC) and
various stakeholders met on Friday 29th January 2021 to discuss Saint
Lucia’s National Response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In
attendance at the meeting was Prime Minister Honourable Allen
Chastanet, Command Centre Chairman Hon. Dominic Fedee, Health and
Wellness Minister Hon. Mary Isaac, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon
Belmar-George...
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Deodat Maharaj to Lead the Caribbean Export Development Agency - Jan 25, 2021 - 4:24:15 PM
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is pleased
to announce that Mr. Deodat Maharaj has been appointed as its Executive
Director effective February 1, 2021.
Mr. Maharaj, a national of
Trinidad and Tobago has extensive experience in international trade,
working with the private sector, governments, and multi-lateral
institutions in a career spanning more than 25 years. He knows the
region well...
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Barbadian Energy Official appointed Chairman of the CCREEE Executive Board - Dec 18, 2020 - 3:34:50 PM
Mrs. Francine Blackman - Permanent Secretary in Barbados’ Ministry of
Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship - has been elected as
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE).
Mrs Blackman takes over
from Ambassador Dr Vince Henderson – Dominica’s Ambassador to the
United States and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of
American States (OAS)...
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CDEMA launches new Caribbean Risk Information System Platform - Nov 13, 2020 - 10:50:34 AM
The Caribbean Risk Information System (CRIS) platform was officially
launched on November 12, 2020, by CDEMA, to fulfil its mandate of
enhanced knowledge management in the Caribbean. The CRIS was designed to
serve as the ‘one stop shop’ for hosting a wealth of information,
contributing to the evidenced based decision making processes to build
disaster resilient states and promote sustainable development in the
region...
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Financial Institutions Sensitised on RE and EE Support Mechanisms - Oct 30, 2020 - 2:14:36 PM
Financial institutions across the Caribbean Community this week had the
opportunity to learn more about project support systems and tools
within the renewable energy and energy efficiency space.
Although
renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies have seen notable
decreases in cost, leading to significantly lower capital needed to
invest in new systems, financing renewable energy projects remains a
major difficulty in the region...
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St. Lucia Government announces Stricter Protocols to Address COVID-19 Community Spread - Oct 30, 2020 - 1:55:38 PM
Given the current status of active COVID-19 cases and projections, the
Government of Saint Lucia is implementing protocols in order to curb the
spread of COVID-19 to be effective today, Friday October 30th 2020 and
to remain in effect for the next 30 DAYS.
On the recommendations
by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), the Command Centre and following a
consultative session with the National Emergency Management Advisory
Committee (NEMAC) and various stakeholders...
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Caribbean Export and WIRSPA partner on the Absolutely Caribbean Virtual Expo - Oct 28, 2020 - 7:34:04 PM
Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the West
Indies Rum & Spirits Producers Association (WIRSPA) are working
together to support increased trade of rum and spirits between the
Caribbean and Europe with the Absolutely Caribbean Virtual Expo,
scheduled for November 17-18, 2020.
The Absolutely Caribbean
Virtual Expo will host some 50 exhibitors from across the Caribbean that
manufacture products in the areas of sauces and condiments, natural
products and alcoholic beverages...
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Caribbean Export builds a Services Supplier Registry for the Caribbean - Oct 21, 2020 - 12:20:17 PM
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has expanded
its CE-Intelligence Portal to include a registry of Caribbean based
service providers in its CE Services Registry.
UNCTAD has
reported that internationally, in many developing states, Services
exports rapidly grew, between 2005 and 2018 at a rate of 7.6 per cent
annually. Additionally, services’ direct contribution to exports in
developing countries grew from 14 to 17 per cent between 2005 and 2018...
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UWP calls on Wayne Girard to come clean about Freedom Bay - Oct 16, 2020 - 2:50:40 PM
The United Workers Party is appalled at recent statements by St Lucia
Labour Party candidate for Anse La Raye/Canaries, Wayne Girard, on the
reason why his investment project, Freedom Bay failed. Appearing on the
Choice Television Program, SoLucians, Girard told the Nation that
Freedom Bay never opened its doors because Prime Minister Allen
Chastanet upon assuming Office in 2016, whispered to his partners that
he, Girard, ought not to be part of the Project and so to protect
himself and the investors a decision was taken “to put the Development
into receivership”....
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The CCREEE and CIMH sign agreement to partner on climate services for energy - Oct 15, 2020 - 4:02:37 PM
The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE)
has signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) to be the lead energy partner in
the co-development of state-of-the-art, tailored climate information
and services for the energy sector in CARICOM Member States.
The
Centre signed on to the agreement which first went into force in 2016,
making the Caribbean the first region globally to officially create and
implement a commitment between climate-sensitive sectors and a climate
services provider to build climate resilience at regional and national
levels...
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ECADE elects new Directors via virtual AGM - Aug 14, 2020 - 5:13:53 PM
The Board of Directors of the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity
and Equality (ECADE) is energised to move forward with a renewed mandate
from its membership, after its annual general meeting on August 8,
2020.
The meeting, attended by ECADE membership from across the
EC, reviewed ECADE’s operations since the last AGM and its current
financial standing...
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United States working with The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency to build disaster resilience - Aug 14, 2020 - 2:30:55 PM
On August 14, the United States Government in partnership with the
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) launched a new
USD $4.5 million initiative entitled “Caribbean Climate Resilience
Initiative.” This new initiative will help countries reduce disaster
risks as well as absorb and recover from hazard impacts and climate
variability.
In December 2019, the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) announced the availability of funding
to improve disaster resilience in the Caribbean...
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