[OECS States]
Dr. Hickey: “for too long, small islands have had their backs to the ocean, allowing other nations to come in and reap the benefits of their ocean resources, especially fisheries, with fishing fleets from larger nations depleting the fish stock in the Caribbean.”
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Eastern Caribbean
OECS: Eastern Caribbean States Poised for Blue Economy Growth
OECS AND CARPHA STRENGTHEN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH ISSUES IN REGION
[Caribbean News\OECS]
The objective of the second project is to understand and decrease the risks directly due to natural disaster and the subsequent disruption in healthcare for vulnerable persons with diabetes and other NCDs in 6 Eastern Caribbean states recently affected by natural disasters – Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Dominica, Montserrat and St Kitts and Nevis.
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INTERREG CAP 3D COOPERATION PROJECT SEEKS TO CREATE ANIMATION INDUSTRY IN CARIBBEAN
[Education News\Animation]
Saïdou Bernabé and Yoane Pavadé founders of Parallel 14 “Our professional backgrounds have led us to work in Paris, London and New Zealand on film production teams such as “MOI, MOCHE ET MECHANT”, “BATMAN, THE DARK KNIGHT” and “THE HOBBIT” by Peter JACKSON. We wanted to share this knowledge, these technical skills and this experience with the next generation. Thus was born the school PARALLEL 14 in 2013.”
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VINCENTIAN DESIGNER KIMYA GLASGOW HOSTS MARTINIQUE FASHION SHOW ON EVE OF PARIS FASHION WEEK
[Caribbean News\Fashion]
Kimya Glasgow holds an Associate Degree in Fashion Design from the Barbados Community College and has been mentored by several of the Caribbean’s most influential designers, including Trinidadian fashion maven Claudia Pegus, with whom she apprenticed. She has been shown in Miami Fashion Week, Caribbean Fashion Week in Jamaica, Fashion Week Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados Fashion Week, St. Kitts Fashion Weekend and repeatedly in Fashion Caribbean – St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ premier Fashion show. She is a 2009 Caribbean Fashion Awards winner.
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