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TB is still a Health Threat in the Caribbean – CARPHA
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, March 23, 2015: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins the Region in observing World Tuberculosis (TB) day.
2015 poses ‘extraordinary opportunity’ for Haiti democracy – OAS SG
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday concluded his visit to Haiti, during which he met with the country’s President, Michel Martelly,
Major Caribbean public health Issues being addressed by CARPHA
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA is working to address the most prominent health issues within public health in the Caribbean.
CARICOM expresses sympathy to cyclone ravaged Vanuatu
Message of Condolence from the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to the Prime Minister, Honourable Joe Natuman and the Government and People of the Rep
Customs officers being trained in fight against wildlife trade
A number of Guyanese Customs and other Border Control Officers are currently undergoing a three day capacity building programme that is expected to better enable them to not only protect
How Latin America and the Caribbean is ending hunger
BY RAÚL BENÍTEZ —This year marks a turning point in the global fight against hunger: 2015 is the deadline that world governments set to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and the go
Cholera coalition urges stepped-up support of water for Haiti
(PAHO/WHO) — On World Water Day 2015, the Regional Coalition for Water and Sanitation to Eliminate Cholera in Hispaniola is calling for stepped-up support from the internation
Trinidadian Simmons New West Indies Cricket Head Coach
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board announced today the appointment of Phil Simmons to the role of West Indies Head Coach on a three-year contract.
St. Kitts/Nevis Youth Minister engages CARICOM Youth Ambassadors
New St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Youth, the Hon. Shawn K.
UN Permanent Memorial to honour slavery victims for unveiling Wednesday
The United Nations Permanent Memorial to Honour Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade&
New OAS Assistant Secretary-General acknowledges ‘clear mandate’
The election of Ambassador Mendez took place in a vote in which he obtained 24 votes from the member states, compared with 10 received by the Permanent Representative of Guyana, Bayney Karran.
73-year-old graduates in computer literacy
Some 312 participants, including a 73-year-old woman, on Monday graduated from a computer literacy class hosted by the National Poverty Reduction and Eradication Programmes Coordinating Unit.
CARICOM Creole speaking stakeholders talk CSME in Dominica
Creole speaking Dominicans, as well as Haitians residing in that CARICOM Member State got their chance on Thursday February 27th, 2015, to learn about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) a
Jamaica To Lead Reform Of Int’l Laws On Ganja
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon.
University of the West Indies’ Professor Verene Shepherd
University of the West Indies’ Professor Verene Shepherd, has been invited by the United Nations to deliver the keynote address at the special commemorative sitting of the UN General Assembly
Caribbean Countries Sued For Banning Entry Of Gays, Lesbians
Port of Spain, March 19: A Jamaican lawyer has filed a lawsuit in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) aimed at forcing the governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Belize to scrap immigration laws t
AMCHAM Jamaica, T&T turn to SOCA to expand services sector under CBI
THE American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM) of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have teamed to promote trade and investments in s