Category: Sector News

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PHILIPSBURG–Interim Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI, Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs signed an agreement with Eric van Putten of Designer’s Choice on Thursday, for sewage connections to the homes and properties directly along the main road in Middle Region. The agreement is valued at NAf. 450,000, and is financed by the government. […]

The Virgin Islands became the first Caribbean Territory and a leader amongst small island states globally in establishing the policy and financing framework needed to address the causes and impacts of climate change. This milestone was achieved with the passage of the Climate Change Trust Fund Act 2015 in the House of Assembly Tuesday March […]

Antiguan Attorney-at-Law, Andrea A. Jacobs was nominated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as the coordinator for the first ever Caribbean Environment and Climate Change Lawyers Network (CECCLN). Firstly, and as part of its mandate in the progressive development of international environmental law, UNEP through its Division of Environmental Law and Conventions has developed […]

Can you imagine yourself walking 500 meters or even a mile every day to get water to cover your basic needs? Can you imagine thinking that every drop you use has to be efficiently distributed between cooking, cleaning and personal use and just a minimal waste can represent another trip to the nearest community water […]