Hilary Beckles

(Caribbean Media Corporation) – The University of the West Indies (UWI) is to become the world’s first climate smart study university offering degrees and certificates at all levels, the Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles…
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(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) – Formalising their longstanding relationship, which spans several decades, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and The University of the West Indies (The UWI), signed a historic Memorandum of…
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(Barbados Today) 12 October, 2018 - A CARICOM leader’s “shuttle diplomacy” appears to be prompting governments to clear arrears in contributions to the University of the West Indies (UWI) as the Vice Chancellor reports progress in recouping…
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The CARICOM Reparations Commission is currently meeting in Jamaica at the UWI Mona. The purpose of this retreat is to review the work of the Commission to date and to have an in-depth discussion on the reparations strategy and related…
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Emancipation Day Message by Dr. Hilary Beckles, Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission We join annually with communities across the world in marking the moment in which the crime of chattel enslavement was confronted and uprooted…
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