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Home / Top Featured Article / Guyana’s president asserts ‘breadbasket’ label in call to eat Caribbean food Guyana’s president asserts ‘breadbasket’ label in call to eat Caribbean food
Article by May 29, 2021
Guyana’s President Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday has urged the Caribbean Community to move away from consuming poor-quality imported food and eat food grown in CARICOM.
Nine months into the presidency of the vast, resource-rich CARICOM state in South America, the 41-year-old sought to reassert Guyana’s long-held identity “breadbasket of the Caribbean”. He invoked the name of a past president’s pro-farming policy as he urged the 15-nation bloc to eat more of what it grows, slash its $9 billion (US$4.5 billion) food import bill and improve health and nutrition.
Caricom wants world summit on vaccine access
Friday 26 February 2021
In this file photo a health worker holds a vial with the covid19 vaccine at the Couva hospital on February 18. - Marvin Hamilton
CARICOM is calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to hold a global summit to discuss the ability of countries to access covid19 vaccines.
In a communique issued on Friday, after the end of the 32nd inter-sessional meeting of Caricom heads of government on Thursday, Caricom said this summit must address urgently equitable access to covid19 vaccines, particularly for developing countries, which should be held in the context of the World Health Organization’s ACT-A Facilitation Council.