Drought in parts of the Caribbean during the first half of 2025 is a cause for concern for the Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN).
In its Drought Bulletin for January 2025, the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) – under which the CDPMN operates – advised that short-term drought could affect small rivers, streams and ponds in the northern Bahamas islands and Cuba by the end of March.
Bridgetown, Barbados, January 09, 2014 (CDEMA) - In excess of EC$ 3,000,000.00 in donations have been mobilised by the Caribbean Community since a trough system impacted St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia and Dominica over the Christmas holidays.
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of National Nursing Councils of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) met recently in Barbados to complete the final review of the process to launch the CXC managed Regional Examination for Nurse Registration (RENR) in October 2014.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Warm greetings to all delegates and CDEMA staff attending the Eighth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management.
The demands of today’s technology-driven world present a challenge to the Caribbean to invest in relevant development of its human resources. The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), in response to this challenge, is launching the first CAPE Digital Media Syllabus to give students across the region the opportunity to develop skillsets necessary to create digital content and master digital media.
St. John’s Antigua- Forty years after its establishment local administrators of the Caribbean Examination Council have defended the integrity of the test.
CXC registrar Myrick Smith told state media this morning that the council is in a continuous process of improving the exam.
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 11, 2010 (CDEMA) - CARICOM sends a regional eight member team of health personnel to Haiti. The team of specialists from Barbados and Saint Lucia left for Haiti today to begin two weeks of voluntary service. These individuals will provide emergency and specialized health care to earthquake victims and compliment the work of teams from the Sub Regional Focal Point Jamaica.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 300 persons from eleven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members have so far been involved in the response to the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January.
The Region’s initial response was spearheaded by Jamaica, the sub-regional focal point with responsibility for the northern geographic zone of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) which includes Haiti among its five countries. CDEMA is the regional response mechanism for natural disasters.
Madam Chair (Dr Lucy Steward, Registrar CXC)
Professor Kenneth Hall, Chairman of CXC
Professor Compton Bourne, President of the CDB
Dr. Stafford Griffith, Pro-Registrar CXC
Other Distinguished Guests
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), are jointly developing a study on the impact of El Nino, a global weather phenomenon, on the Region, according to Barbados' Minister for Agriculture and Urban Development, the Hon. Anthony Wood.