Long before the recent all-inclusive boom reshaped Cancun’s coastline with rooftop lounges, celebrity-chef restaurants and wellness clubs, Hyatt Zilara Cancun was already one of the anchors of the adults-only resort market in the Mexican Caribbean. The property built its reputation on something simpler: a wide stretch of white sand in the heart of the Hotel […]
Above: PM Keith Mitchell (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell met Thursday with a delegation from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States led by Director General Len Ishmael. The group, which also included senior director Randolph Cato and coordinator of the Regional Integration Unit, Elma Gene, was […]
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer at the OECS Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States held its first-ever session on Tuesday in Antigua. The assembly is made up of appointed members from both the governments and opposition parties of each member state. It followed a session Monday to determine the […]
Above: the OECS Regional Assembly in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Assembly will hold its first official sitting on Tuesday. The regional assembly, consists of a group of appointed government and opposition Parliamentarians from each OECS member state. It was inaugurated in Antigua in the summer of 2012, […]
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the government of Argentina have established formal diplomatic relations. The relations were formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation. Newly-appointed Argentine Ambassador to the OECS Marcelo Aldo Salviolo presented his credentials to OECS Director General Dr […]
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Brazil is offering its help across the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States in a bid to fight the HIV/AIDS virus. The country has offered the region anti-retroviral medicines on consignment to treat patients with the disease. “I feel highly honoured to know that these consignments have and […]
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Dominica Cabinet Secretary Felix Gregoire has been appointed the country’s new Commissioner to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. Gregoire succeeds the late Ambassador Charles Maynard. “For a while now, we’ve been looking at integration in the region at the CARICOM level and at the […]
Above: Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda By the Caribbean Journal staff In an event with significant implications for the Eastern Caribbean, the OECS Assembly began its first-ever meeting Friday in Antigua. The session is featuring addresses by Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, current OECS Chairman and St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff The new OECS Assembly, which was initially slated to hold its first meeting in the middle of this month, will be inaugurated Aug. 10. This was disclosed at the 55th meeting of the OECS Heads of Authority, which concluded in St Vincent last week. According to Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt […]
Above: Ambassador Salles and Director General Ishmael (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Joaquim Augusto Whitaker Salles, the new Brazilian Ambassador to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, has presented his credentials to Director General Dr Len Ishmael. During the ceremony, which took place Tuesday in Antigua, the two sides spoke of the importance […]
Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Education Ministers from Organization of Eastern Caribbean States member countries met in Basseterre this week, looking to tackle the problem of creating secure learning environments for students. The Ministers looked to address the problem by focusing on disadvantaged groups and people, and implementing strategies to […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Gaston Browne, and Member of Parliament Molwyn Joseph attended a one-day meeting on the OECS Economic Union Friday. The two lawmakers, who were joined by their college of opposition MPS from the OECS, received an update on the implementation of the OECS Economic Union […]
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