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GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) released on Monday fresh guidance on shaping policies to best protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing. “Aggressive and pervasive marketing of foods and beverages high in fats, sugars, and salt to children is responsible for unhealthy dietary choices,” said Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the UN health agency’s Department of Nutrition and Food Safety. “Calls to responsible marketing practices have not had a meaningful impact.” As such, he said governments should […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and prime minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness yesterday officially handed over Jamaica’s first therapeutic centre for children in state care, valued at J$202 million, to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). The Therapeutic Centre which is located at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in St Andrew was built to meet the need for a facility for the delivery of effective screening, assessment and therapeutic treatment […]

CUBA / CHINA (TV BRICS) – Representatives of Cuba and China have signed an agreement to research, produce and develop innovative immunotherapies against various types of cancer, said the diplomatic sources. According to the Cuban embassy in Beijing, the agreement was signed by the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) and the ChangHeber joint venture following the eighth meeting of the board of directors of the two organisations. The agreement includes the transfer of technology for the product CIGB247, […]

– Foreign Secretary speech at UK/EU parliamentary partnership assembly By James Cleverly It is an honour to be the first UK Foreign Secretary to speak at the UK/EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly. We are here amongst friends. It has always been obvious to me that close and friendly cooperation between the UK and the EU would be the ultimate and eventual outcome of Brexit, because that is the sensible and pragmatic outcome and we are all sensible and pragmatic people. Though it did […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali is set to meet with United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on July 6 to discuss key bilateral issues, including food and energy security and decarbonization, climate resilience, regional migration, and building local capacity. The Secretary of State will also attend the Caribbean community (CARICOM) heads of government meeting and CARICOM’s 50th-anniversary celebration in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti within the Bureau of […]

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The World Bank has officially opened its Sint Maarten Country Office, reinforcing the bank’s commitment to the people of the country in its role to support the implementation of the Sint Maarten Reconstruction, Recovery, and Resilience Trust Fund. This country office is the bank’s 144th worldwide, the 21st office in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, and fourth overall in the Caribbean. It is unique in that this will be the first non-member county office in […]

LONDON, England – In a region of growing importance for the UK’s prosperity and security interests, Europe minister Leo Docherty will champion UK business in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan and the role UK expertise can play in the transition to clean energy. Building on a successful visit to the region last month, he will cement UK support for the region as a close and valued partner, as they deal with the economic uncertainty caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and […]

Public debate will provide a platform for constituents to engage Potential by-election By ABLP St Mary’s South ST JOHN’S, Antigua – In the spirit of open democracy and a commitment to serving the constituents of St Mary’s South, Samantha Marshall, representing the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP), hereby challenges Kelvin Simon from the United Progressive Party (UPP) to a public debate. This debate aims to provide an opportunity for us to share and outline our plans and programs for […]

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The European Union continues to provide support to CCRIF SPC as a means of subsidizing premiums on the parametric insurance policies of its Caribbean members. This policy year, which started on June 1, 2023, the EU provided CCRIF with US$4.7 million in support of the 12 ODA-eligible Caribbean members of CCRIF1 to subsidize premiums for tropical cyclones and excess rainfall. CCRIF’s parametric insurance helps countries to financially protect their economies from devastating natural disasters such […]