Dominican ex-president again in Caracas for talks to quell political crisis
World July 21, 2016 | 12:30 pm
Caracas.- South American Union of Nations (Unasu) secretarygeneral the Colombian Ernesto Samper, and the ex-presidents designated tomediate a possible political dialogue in Venezuela, met with offi[...]
Personal care products may still be polluting oceans despite promises by companies says Greenpeace
World July 20, 2016 | 10:05 am
Seoul. – A ranking of the world’s 30 largest personal carecompanies, published today by Greenpeace East Asia, shows that big brands arefailing to remove microplastics from their products. The r[...]
Dominican leader expresses condolences to the French people
World July 15, 2016 | 8:17 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Thursday expressedhis and Dominicans’ condolences to the French people for the terrorist attackthat took the lives of more than 80 people in Nice.
Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins endorses Espaillat for Congress
World June 20, 2016 | 12:55 pm
New York, NY – Today, State Senate Democratic ConferenceLeader Andrea Stewart-Cousins threw her support behind State Senator AdrianoEspaillat in the race for Congress in New York’s 13th Distric[...]
Dominican naturalist finds new lizard: phys.org
World June 17, 2016 | 2:16 pm
Toronto.- University of Toronto-led team has reported thediscovery of a new lizard in the middle of the most- visited island in theCaribbean, strengthening a long-held theory that communities of li[...]
A 17-year wait pays off for Indigenous Peoples
World June 16, 2016 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- When Héctor Huertas attended the first meeting to draft anAmerican declaration on indigenous peoples in 1999, he thought the end was notfar off. Neither he, nor anyone else in [...]
Greenpeace France energy campaigner, Cyrille Cormier, said:
World June 16, 2016 | 10:26 am
Paris, 16 June 2016.– A briefing on anomalies and suspectedfalsifications by Areva based on findings at the group’s Creusot Forge site wastoday published by Greenpeace France. The briefing also[...]
Increased extreme weather events predicted due to effect of climate change on the Arctic
World June 7, 2016 | 10:29 am
Madrid, 7 June 2016 -- The effects of climate change on the Arctic — including melting ice andsea level rise — may possibly alter weather patterns in the northernhemisphere. These effects could[...]
Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1: La Niña may fuel most active season in 3 years
World June 2, 2016 | 11:52 am
AcuWeather Global Weather Center.- AccuWeather reports experts are calling for an above-normalhurricane season this year with 14 named storms forecast for the Atlanticbasin.
Of those, eight [...]
World-famous cake mix Betty Crocker linked to rainforest destruction
World June 2, 2016 | 10:20 am
Jakarta.- Betty Crocker, a leading instant cake and bakingmix brand owned by US based food company General Mills, is sourcing palm oilfrom a company responsible for the destruction of rainforest an[...]
CBP announces new San Juan area Port Director
World June 2, 2016 | 10:14 am
San Juan, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection(CBP) San Juan Field Office Director Marcelino Borges announces the selectionof Edwin A. Cruz as the new area port director for San Juan.[...]
Dominican man sentenced in New York for identity theft scam
World May 28, 2016 | 10:16 am
Santo Domingo.- A Dominican man living in New York and head of an identity theft ring that used information stolen from 12,000 Montefiore Medical Center patients pleaded guilty to the scam.
F[...]
ECLAC partners with ITU and TATT to convene workshop exploring opportunities of the digital economy
World May 27, 2016 | 3:34 pm
Regional stakeholders will this week engage in interactive sessions on “Exploring Innovation in Transactions & Financing in the Caribbean,” organized by the International Telecommunicat[...]
McDonald’s, global seafood providers in landmark move for Arctic protection
World May 27, 2016 | 11:15 am
Amsterdam,25 May 2016 -- Global brands, including McDonald’s, Tesco, Iglo, Young’sSeafood, Icelandic Seachill, alongside the Norwegian Fishing Vessel OwnersAssociation, Fiskebåt, Russian f[...]
ECLAC presents a debt alleviation strategy based on a debt swap proposal at high-level meeting in Saint Kitts
World April 22, 2016 | 12:16 pm
ECLAC has made a call for the creation of a CaribbeanResilience Fund as part of a debt alleviation strategy based on a climatechange swap proposal. “The swap will involve the use of pledged clima[...]
U.S. authorities seize 1,110 kg of cocaine worth US$32.7 million
World April 16, 2016 | 8:43 am
Santo Domingo.- U.S. authorities reported yesterday they seized 1,110 kilograms of cocaine worth US$32.7 million in Caribbean waters, 150 nautical miles south of La Romana, Dominican Republic, and [...]
Taiwan’s fisheries plagued by human rights abuses and shark finning – Greenpeace investigation
World April 14, 2016 | 3:44 pm
Taipei, April 14, 2016. - A year-long Greenpeace East Asiainvestigation into Taiwan’s distant water tuna fisheries has exposed Illegalshark finning, labour and human rights abuses, as well as Tai[...]
Policy makers meet to discsus attainment of SDGs for the Caribbean
World April 5, 2016 | 9:32 am
Port of Spain.- Pursuitof the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Caribbean SmallIsland Developing States (SIDS) will be the main focus of discussion at ameeting in Port of Spai[...]
Council Member Mark Levine lauds expansion of bilingual education in NYC schools
World April 4, 2016 | 3:57 pm
New York. – The following statement can be attributed toNew York City Council Member Mark Levine:
“As the world becomes more connected, dual languageeducation programs can powerfully chan[...]
Witness to Berta Caceres’ murder allowed to return home
World April 2, 2016 | 10:10 am
New York, NY - American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, applauds the release of environmental activist Gustavo Castro, the s[...]
