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Updates Announced For National & Community Carnival Events

Updates Announced For National & Community Carnival Events The Carnival Planning and Management Committee (CPMC) in conjunction with various stakeholders, have announced updates to the National and Community events calendar. Notable updates include new dates for Canaries Carnival, and D’Segment; a Dennery Segment Festival new to the Carnival calendar of events. Lucian Carnival switched into high gear with the announcement of a packed calendar of events for the 2024 Carnival […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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National Carnival Queen Delegates Assigned Sponsors

The seven (7) delegates participating in the 2024 National Carnival Queen Pageant were officially presented to their corporate sponsors yesterday evening, at the annual Sashing Ceremony held at Sandals Grande. The event was streamed live, giving the public an opportunity to join in the excitement of the announcement. The delegates and their assigned sponsors are as follows: Aeryn George – Miss Windjammer Landing & Residences Anneka Thompson – Miss Bank […]

todayApril 27, 2024

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Registration Open for National Schools Calypso Competition

The Carnival Planning and Management Committee announces the opening of registration for all Primary and Secondary Schools on island for the 2024 National Schools Calypso Competition. The event forms part of several activities under the Junior Carnival Calendar including the Schools Panorama Festival and the Junior Parade of the Bands. All Primary and Secondary Schools on island are invited to register a representative for the Schools Calypso Competition. To register, […]

todayApril 19, 2024

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New National Events Added to Lucian Carnival 2024 Calendar

A Dennery Segment Show and National Junior Panorama competition are among the new events launched for Lucian Carnival 2024. During the press launch of Lucian Carnival 2024 held on Thursday, April 4, at Sandals Grande, Chairperson of the Carnival Planning and Management Committee (CPMC), Tamara Gibson, announced several new additions to the Lucian Carnival Calendar. According to Gibson, the CPMC’s focus for 2024 is on building capacity. “At the CPMC, […]

todayApril 10, 2024

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OECS Athletes Compete at CARIFTA Aquatics

In the XXXVII CARIFTA Aquatics Championships, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States enjoyed significant representation, with Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines all figuring in the medal count. Over four days of competition at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau, The Bahamas, some 500 athletes from 25 participating nations engaged in friendly rivalry. The host team emerged overall winners once again, with […]

todayApril 10, 2024

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ECTEL’s Digital Inclusion Strategy

ECTEL’s Digital Inclusion Strategy Gains Momentum Across 5 Eastern Caribbean Countries Courtesy Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) A survey to ascertain information about access to, use and affordability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and broadband products and services in the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority’s (ECTEL’s) five ​ (5) Contracting States is well underway. The initiative is spearheaded by ECTEL, and forms part of the World Bank-funded Caribbean Digital Transformation Project. The survey […]

todayApril 5, 2024

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Outcome declaration of CARICOM, International Partners and Haitian Stakeholders

The text of the following statement was released by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Haitian stakeholders, the United Nations, the Governments of Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, and the United States of America, on the announcement of a transitional governing arrangement between the Haitian stakeholders, in Kingston, Jamaica - 11 March 2024.   CARICOM convened Haitian Stakeholders and the following International Development Partners:   Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, the United Nations, and the United States of America to discuss […]

todayMarch 11, 2024

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CARICOM’s food security drive receives USD1.6M boost from New Zealand

The Caribbean Community’s goal to reduce food imported to the Region by 25 percent by 2025, has received a boost from the government of New Zealand to the tune of USD1.6M, targeting women and youth in agriculture. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, and the new Plenipotentiary Representative of New Zealand to CARICOM, Her Excellency Linda Charlotte Te Puni, signed a Grant Funding Agreement for the project on Wednesday, 28 February […]

todayMarch 5, 2024

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CARICOM, USAID Partner on Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project

Collaborating to build a resilient cyber future across the Caribbean The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the United States Agency for International Development launched a Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project to enhance cybersecurity capacity across CARICOM States. Against a backdrop of rising cyber threats globally, the CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development, in 2019, unanimously approved the development of the Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project. The Project seeks to […]

todayMarch 4, 2024

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Wasco successfully completes major maintenance works to raw water pipeline

The Water and Sewerage Company Inc. (WASCO) announces the successful completion of repairs to the raw water pipeline between the John Compton Dam and the Theobalds Treatment Plant in Ciceron. This is an exercise that must continue until the replacement of the entire pipeline has been completed. Despite the inherent challenges of working in wet conditions due to overnight rainfall, WASCO technicians achieved a repair turnaround time of approximately 36 […]

todayMarch 4, 2024