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Regional countries urged to brace for floods
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 16, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is warning regional countries t
Immediate Drought Concerns for CDEMA Participating States - Information Note #1
Several Participating States in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) system have been placed under immediate drought watch or warning for 2016.
Finance sector threat to get regional attention
Placencia, Belize, 15 Feb, 2016: Ahead of Monday night’s Opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-Sessional meeting in Belize, Finance Ministers are deliberating thi
PM Dean Barrow chairs CARICOM Intersessional Meeting
The Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community CARICOM will be held in Belize 16-17 February, 2016.
First Caribbean Regional Waste-To-Energy Technology EXPO & Conference Deemed ‘A Tremendous Success’
From the 20-23 January 2016, over 100 senior professionals with expertise in energy, climate change, environment and waste management gathered at the Grenada Trade Centre to share lessons learned a
President Granger to put Guyana’s case to CARICOM Heads, meet UN Secretary General - as Geneva Agreement nears 50th anniversary date
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 12, 2016) As the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Agreement nears, President David Granger said that he will once again raise the issue of Venezuela's cl
CARICOM SG unveils software for visually impaired at Belize library
Belize City, 12th February, 2016. The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Secretariat Ambassador Irwin LaRocque visited the Belize National Library Service on Thur
Reducing non-communicable disease in SIDS through climate preservation
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease account for some 7 out of every 10 deaths in Small Island Developing States (SIDS
Atomic energy agency to help Caribbean in early detection of Zika virus
VIENNA, Austria, Friday February 12, 2016 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it will provide nuclear-derived early detection tools and training support to help Latin American and
After successful COP 21 CARICOM Climate Change Ministers hold review meeting
Ahead of next week’s CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-sessional Meeting in Belize, Ministers responsible for Climate Change are holding a two-day review of the ground breaking COP 21 Meeting in Pa
UWI launches regional Zika task force
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday February 11, 2016 – Responding to the growing threat the Zika virus poses to the Caribbean, the University of the West Indies (UWI) has launched a regional UWI Zika t
An Online Ticket Machine: The Early Stages Of Digital employment In Haiti
What if you could book your bus ticket in Haiti in under two minutes instead of four hours?
Survey shows Caribbean tourism growth driving increases in employment and investments
CORAL GABLES, USA -- The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has released the results of its first annual industry performance and outlook survey, indicating a cautious, but positive per
Free Movement of Labour workshop underway in Belize
Belize City, 10th February, 2016 – Twenty Belizeans from the private sector, public sector and union representatives attended day one of a two-day workshop on the Free Movement of Labour in Belize
Jamaica begins process to get reggae inscribed on UNESCO cultural heritage list
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday February 9, 2016 – Jamaica’s Ministry of Youth and Culture is moving to have reggae inscribed on the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UN
Barbados aims to boost exports to region and beyond
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday February 5, 2016 – Industry Minister Donville Inniss says Barbados needs to increase its export of goods and services to the rest of the world and the Caribbean re
