Dr Francis O. Severin confirmed as principal of UWI Open Campus Barbados Today02/05/20220265 views The Annual Business Meeting of the University Council has confirmed the appointment of Dr Francis O. Severin as Principal of the Open Campus effective August 1, 2022. Dr Severin’s appointment… Read more
UWI appoints first female principal at St Augustine campus Barbados Today01/05/20220133 views SOURCE: CMC – The University of the West Indies (UWI) on Saturday appointed Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine as the new principal of the university’s St Augustine campus. The decision was… Read more
Union distributes grocery vouchers to former LIAT staff in Antigua Barbados Today30/04/20220147 views SOURCE: OBSERVER Newsco — Concerns that not enough has been done to help former LIAT employees have been addressed by a local union leader. LIAT 1974 Limited was ultimately grounded… Read more
US Coast Guard offloads multi-million dollar cocaine seizure in Caribbean Sea Barbados Today24/04/20220117 views SOURCE: CMC — The United States Coast Guard says it recently offloaded about 1,289 pounds of cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of about US$11.7 million at Coast Guard Base… Read more
Region launches 3-year project to develop cultural and creative industries Barbados Today23/04/20220120 views SOURCE: CMC — Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Dr Armstrong Alexis says the creative industries in the region have suffered due to “insufficient government and private sector investments… Read more
T&T PM and other CARICOM leaders to meet with US officials in Barbados Barbados Today18/04/20220179 views SOURCE – CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley travels to Barbados on Tuesday to participate in a series of talks with high-level United States officials, according… Read more
REGION – UWI Climate Studies Group says Caribbean under threat Barbados Today18/04/20220132 views SOURCE – CMC – The University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group at Mona (CSGM) says Caribbean islands need to pay attention to the second instalment of the United… Read more
REGION – UWI Professor re-elected as Chair of UN C.E.R.D Barbados Today18/04/20220177 views The Director of the Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) at The University of the West Indies, Professor Verene A. Shepherd, has been reappointed to the position of Chair of the… Read more
REGION – CTU team visits French territories on CaribIX project Barbados Today18/04/20220125 views A delegation headed by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), Rodney Taylor, will visit the territories of Guadeloupe, St Barthélemy and St Martin this month. Taylor will… Read more
ICE moves to protect non-citizen Caribbean immigrants with serious mental health disorders Barbados Today17/04/20220179 views SOURCE: CMC — The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced new policies to strengthen protections for detained non-citizen Caribbean and other immigrants with serious mental disorders or… Read more