January 6, 2023 Government representatives from 33 member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) concluded today the United Nations regional commission’s thirty-ninth session, held in…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
CDB Approves US$5 million for Belize Agriculture Project
January 6, 2022 A multimillion dollar project to improve agricultural productivity and resilience for small farmers in rural Belize, is receiving a US$5 million injection in funding from the Caribbean…
CARICOM SG congratulates Haiti on its Two Hundred and Nineteenth Anniversary of Independence
January 6, 2022 Congratulatory Message from CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett to the Prime Minister of Haiti, Dr. Ariel Henry: “On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I wish to…
You can’t fight corruption on an empty stomach!
By: Staff Writer December 13, 2022 A noted academic said that where there are no jobs and people have to make due in order to survive, corruption will always be…
CDB to Fund Consultancy to Address Eastern Caribbean Air Transport Crisis
December 13, 2022 The air transportation woes affecting the Eastern Caribbean since LIAT’s collapse, will be getting closer attention from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) as the Board of Directors…
Training opportunity in treaty and legislative drafting open to CARIFORUM residents
December 9, 2022 CARIFORUM legal drafters, legal officers and senior trade officials of CARIFORUM States and Members of Parliament of CARIFORUM States are eligible to participate in the CARIFORUM Legal…
EIGHTH CARICOM-CUBA SUMMIT BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS: FINAL DECLARATION
December 9, 2022 We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the occasion of the Eighth…
CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA- PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
December 9, 2022 At the invitation of the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Her Excellency Dr. Carla Barnett…
FRANTZ FANON’S LEGACY CONTINUES: DAUGHTER VOICES CALL FOR REPARATIONS FOR HAITI AT INAUGURAL UN FORUM ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DECENT
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan December 6, 2022. The issue of reparations for the enslaved in the Caribbean goes deep, and with the winding down of the International Decade for people of…
Governance, Cybercrime, Sports Corruption, FTX Collapse in Focus at CDB’s Free 3Cs 2022 Conference Starting Wednesday
December 6, 2022 Governance, sports corruption and the implications of the stunning collapse of crypto-currency exchange FTX are some of the current and topical issues which will be examined by world-leading experts…
CARICOM mounts Election Observation Mission to Dominica
December 6, 2022 At the invitation of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be fielding a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to monitor the General…
CARICOM SECRETARIAT GOES “ORANGE” TO HIGHLIGHT ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
December 2, 2022 The CARICOM Secretariat illuminated its Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, with orange spotlights on Tuesday, 29 November, in recognition of “16 Days of Activism” which is being observed internationally. The awareness…