PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago is one of six Caribbean countries to benefit from a US$800,000 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) grant to develop and implement a regional tourism health information, monitoring and response system. The other Caribbean nations that are beneficiaries...

Three Regional Fisheries Bodies (RFBs) on Wednesday 27 January signed  a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)  to facilitate, support and strengthen the coordination of actions to increase the sustainability of fisheries. The Caribbean Regiona...

Paramaribo, Suriname, January 26, 2016 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are seeking to strengthen and sustain national resilience through prioritized targetin...

The Guyana delegation will be seeking to ensure that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) plays a greater role in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) at the IV Summit of the Heads of State and Government underway in Quito, Ecuador. Improving the integration process between Lat...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called on all the stakeholders in Haiti’s electoral process to do their utmost to resolve the current political crisis. Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council in a recent meeting with President Michel Martelly at the National Palace (Photo President...

The public-sector-led Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and its private sector counterpart, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) said Monday that they were observing national, Regional and international health protocols in dealing with mosquito-borne viral diseas...

Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations at the CARICOM Secretariat Ambassador Colin Granderson (top left) joined national coordinators in a preparatory session of the Fourth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) which opened in Quito, Ecuador on ...

Dr. James Hospedales, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and senior technical officers will engage the media on Monday on issues related to Zika, including facts about the disease, tourism and health, and surveillance and ethical issues. The Press Conference will...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Italy continued on the path of stronger relations on Wednesday as the new Italian Ambassador to the Community presented his credentials at the Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque received the ...

As Barbados works to ensure that its radiological sources are secure and safe, Minister of Health John Boyce announced today that the country’s application for membership to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been accepted. He was speaking at a course on Physical Protection and...