Entertainers Champion ReMLit Initiative to Reduce Marine Litter in the Eastern Caribbean
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Entertainers from the OECS are calling on OECS nationals to help reduce pollution of the marine environment. Ten artistes from the islands have participated in a music video, drawing attention to the alarming level of litter in the Eastern Caribbean ocean space.
Teddyson John
The music video forms part of a public education campaign for the Building Resilience in the Eastern Caribbean through Reduction of Marine Letter (ReMLit) Project, currently being implemented by the OECS Commission with the support from the Government of Norway.
The ReMLit Project is implementing a number of priority actions under the Eastern Caribbean Regional Ocean Policy (ECROP), an OECS-wide framework for regional coordination of sustainable development, management and conservation of ocean resources.
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The Saint Lucia National Reparations Committee (NRC) will on Thursday evening (March 18) host its seventh monthly National Reparations Lecture – but with a major difference: honouring 30 Saint Lucian Women who have contributed to the island’s History, Education, Arts & Culture and Preservation of its Kweyol Language and African Cultural Heritage.
June Soomer
The event will observe recognition of three international anniversaries in March: International Women’s Day (March 8), International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21) and International Day to remember Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (March 25).
Topping the list of the 30 Saint Lucian women (alive and deceased) are Ambassador Dr June Soomer and Mrs June King-Frederick, for their respective roles in contributions to History and Education, Arts & Culture and Preservation of the island’s African Heritage.
The everyday struggles of the common man remain a major area of concern for independent senator Adrian Augier. He is imploring the government to do more to provide financial security for those who have lost their livelihoods to the covid-19 pandemic.
Moving Forward As A ‘Whole People’
February 17, 2021
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This year’s annual Nobel Laureate Festival [NLF] winded down with some amazing productions and by all accounts the presentation delivered by Dr. Adrian Augier at this year’s Sir Derek Walcott annual lecture series evoked much social discourse amongst literary critics and the wider civil society.
The NLF main presenters were Augier, economist, novelist and cultural entrepreneur/ activist; and UWI Head of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee.
Dr. Adrian AugierDr. Augier’s presentation in honour of Sir Derek, was entitled: “A Whole Country”; while Professor Henry-Lee delivered on the topic: ‘I Can’t Breathe – Sir Arthur Lewis and Caribbean Reparations’.