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Protecting their crops through green technologies, Caribbean women fend for themselves
Through workshops, women farmers in Barbados, Grenada and Jamaica are learning more sustainable farming techniques and securing their livelihoods.
Countries Say Equality is Not Possible without a Gender Perspective in Sustainable Development Goals
The fifty-second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean ended on Friday in the Dominican Republic.
CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana relief supplies arrive in Dominica
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque was on hand on Saturday to welcome a special flight with relief supplies for Dominica donated by members of the Guyana Private Sector Commission
IMF and St. Kitts and Nevis put on Caribbean Forum focusing on “Financing Growth”
Financial stakeholders from the Caribbean region and further afield are presently attending the fourth edition of the Caribbean Forum at the St.
Arrival Statement: CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Trinidad and Tobago
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago by way of letter dated 15 July 2015 invited CARICOM to deploy a mission to observe the General Elections which will be held in the country on 7 September 2015.
CARICOM Energy Programme Provides Solar Lanterns to Dominica
As part of the disaster response activities of the CARICOM Secretariat, the Energy Programme has provided four hundred Emergency LED Solar Lanterns to the Government of Dominica.
COMMENTARY: The cost of disaster relief
The overwhelming loss of life and destruction wrought on the Caribbean island of Dominica by Tropical Storm Erika is utterly heart wrenching and would I like to convey my sincere condolences to the
CARICOM to mount Observer Mission for the Trinidad and Tobago General Elections
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mount a CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the general elections to be held in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday 7 September 2015.
Caribbean Carbon Forum 2015 looks towards International Climate Conference
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Chile will host the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF 2015) next week with “an eye”
CARICOM SG congratulates World Champions
Once again the youth of the Caribbean Community have demonstrated without a doubt that a nation’s size is no barrier to global success.
CARICOM SG receives Guyana Private Sector Commission donations for storm-hit Dominica
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque today received a donation of items from member companies of the Guyana Private Sector Commission (PSC) to support the recovery effort in storm-da
CARICOM Youth Ambassadors launch Dominica drive
The CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) Corps today launched an “I am CARICOM” drive to raise “much needed financial assistance for storm-affected Dominica”.
Spouses of Heads of Government of the Caribbean round table meeting
Network of Spouses of Heads of Government of the Caribbean established to champion the reduction of adolescent pregnancy in the region
Development of Regional standards for adolescent friendly health services
Caribbean Experts seek to develop regional standards for adolescent friendly health services
Changing the world through our participation: Caribbean overview of the Sustainable Development…
Six strategic action areas were agreed as critical for the Caribbean in achieving substantive gender equality and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Open Data, Open Mapping: TeachOSM in the Caribbean
Web-based mapping is an activity of growing importance in many countries around the world, especially in places where base map data is often scarce and out of date.
Statement by Honourable Premier Donaldson Romeo on Montserrat’s Assistance to the Commonwealth of…
I have spoken directly to the Prime Minister of Dominica and to the Director-General of CDEMA, who were able to give me a more personalised overview of the situation on the ground in Dominica and t
Montserrat sends Defence Force contingent to Dominica
With the passage of Tropical Storm Erika and coming right after the conclusion of the Royal Montserrat Defence Force annual camp the Government of Montserrat with the UK Department for Internationa
US and UK governments announce humanitarian aid for storm-ravaged Dominica
The United States and the United Kingdom governments are sending personnel and humanitarian aid to assist in Dominica’s ongoing recovery effort on the heels of the destructive Tropical Storm Erika.