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[...]
ECLAC promotes integrated national development planning to support the implementation of the SDGs in the Caribbean
World February 13, 2017 | 11:30 am
Port of Spain.- The Economic Commission for Latin America andthe Caribbean (ECLAC) is promoting integrated development planning as a keyelement of national strategy towards achievement of the Sust[...]
Espaillat warns Republicans of Trump’s ‘new America’
World February 15, 2017 | 3:18 pm
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. CongressmanAdriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement regarding lastnight’s DREAMER arrest and ongoing targeted raids conducted by the U.S.Immigra[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
New HSBC ‘no deforestation’ policy first step towards sustainable palm oil finance
World February 22, 2017 | 10:17 am
London, 20 February 2017 – HSBC todaypublished a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy coveringits financing of palm oil companies. The move by HSBC – Europe’s largest b[...]
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[...]
China forecasts 4th year of stable or declining CO2 emissions, as world awaits Trump climate action: Greenpeace
World February 28, 2017 | 12:58 pm
Beijing, 28 February 2017 – China is forecasting a significant drop in CO2 emissions of approximately 1%, according to Greenpeace East Asia’s analysis of China’s National Energy Administratio[...]
Espaillat tapped for US House Foreign Affairs Committee
World January 11, 2017 | 4:04 pm
Washington D.C. – Today, Congressman AdrianoEspaillat (NY-13) released the following statement following his appointment toserve on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs:
“I am honored t[...]
