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UK Foreign Office responds on FAC report, sorta

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United Kingdom, March 14, 2019 – The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has still not given its response or indication of its reaction to the Foreign Affairs Committee report of last month which has outraged Overseas Territories as a serious encroachment on islanders’ way of life.

Radical changes in voting privileges, pressure to legalise same-sex marriage and a demand for that public register of beneficial owners of companies, are some of the major issues which have been cited by Caribbean British Territory leaders as overboard and invasive.

Cayman 27 recently reported that reply from the FCO and Lord Tariq Ahmad has not been definitive about what the British Government thinks and when precisely there will be a formal response to the back-benchers report.

An FCO spokesperson is reported as saying: “We will carefully consider the report from the Foreign Affairs Committee and respond fully in due course. We take our responsibilities to the Overseas Territories extremely seriously and are committed to assisting them in a range of areas – from building strong economies, to improving standards of governance and protecting vulnerable groups, to providing support to help protect the environment.”

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Jamaican gets multi-million dollar grant to enhance resilience 

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Rashaed Esson

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Jamaica got a 3 million US dollar grant from humanitarian charity organisation Direct Relief, as part of its mission to strengthen resilience in the Caribbean region. This is also an effort to enhance Healthcare systems and infrastructure throughout Jamaica in preparation for natural disasters as the organization renews its ongoing partnership with the island. This was announced by Direct Relief in an article on May 1.

 

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Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana sign security agreement 

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Rashaed Esson

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To enhance and strengthen security in the Guiana Shield, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana on Monday April 29, signed a security common master plan following a meeting in George Town, as announced By President of Guyana Irfaan Ali on Facebook. Ali expressed that the agreement will hopefully enhance collaborations and relations between Suriname and French Guiana.

 

 

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Grenada Prime Minister says there needs to be greater focus on coral health in the region’s universities. 

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Rashaed Esson

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The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, at the 2024 Sustainable Tourism Conference on April 22, expressed that Caribbean universities should be leading researchers for coral restoration as he addressed the importance of corals to the region’s capacity for tourism sustainability amid climate change

Regarding this, he called for more funding to encourage universities to create more marine experts, given the region’s vulnerability to climate change effects.

 

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