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Caribbean makes progress but more to be done to end AIDS Epidemic
Significant progress has been made in the Caribbean towards achieving the goals of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, according to Mr.
Education and Employment among key targets in EU-CELAC Action Plan
“Education and employment to promote social inclusion and cohesion” is one of ten key areas in the Action Plan from the just-ended 2nd summit of the European Union and the Communit
Jamaica implements vector control programme as Zika virus gets closer
KINGSTON, Jamaica – With the mosquito-borne Zika Virus closer to home, Jamaica has now implemented a five-point integrated vector management control programme that includes prosecuting people
2015 State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) (20 – 23 October 2015), Curaçao
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Curaçao Tourist Board have announced the dates for the region’s leading tourism forum, the State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2015.
Guyana cops MDG award for reducing hunger
Guyana was bestowed an award for achieving the distinction of meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), relating to hunger.
Climate Change, Citizen Security, Migration, Financial Services key focus at EU-CELAC Summit: CARICOM Chair
I wish to stress the issue of citizen security and the adjunct to that public policy issue: the education and training of our young. I have said this many times before.
Strong CARICOM presence as EU-CELAC Summit opens today in Brussels
Several CARICOM Heads of Government are in Brussels for the 2nd EU-CELAC Summit, which opens today and concludes tomorrow.
CRDARI wants to help CARICOM Cannabis Commission
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jun 8, CMC – The St.
World Oceans Day: an opportunity to showcase new, emerging opportunities
World Oceans Day was celebrated on Monday 8 June 2015.
NCDs under focus in Barbados
The Forum of ‘Key Stakeholders on NCDs: Advancing the NCD Agenda in the Caribbean’, now underway in Bridgetown, Barbados, is a high level meeting were health leaders from throughout the Caribbean a
The Region and US commit to strong joint citizen security measures
Governments of the Caribbean and the United States agreed to undertake a number of security-related priority actions at a High Level Security Cooperation Dialogue, held in The Bahamas, 4 June, 2015
Region a steward to important ocean resources
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has links with the ocean that surrounds it that can be described as spiritual, cultural and economic.
Red Cross builds just six houses with $500 million after Haiti quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Monday June 8, 2015 – The Red Cross has been called to account for its operation in Haiti, after reports emerged claiming that the charity had built just six houses in the im
CKLN-C@ribNET - Part of the Global MAGIC Project
Caribbean academics and researchers are now able to be part of a network of worldwide collaborators with access to collaboration tools, as well as a means to application-sharing over the next 24 mo
CARICOM critical to Coalition administration’s foreign policy –President Granger tells T&T-based WIN TV
THE A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Government will be prioritising regional integration, President David Granger told Trinidad-based media entity, WIN T
Saint Lucians on heat stroke alert as drought conditions persist
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Friday May 5, 2015 – St.
Beyond Ebola, laying foundations for Caribbean Regional Health Security
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, June 4, 2015: Diseases do not recognise borders, and as such, communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics pose a major threat to health, tourism, social a
Influx of gun, youth hopelessness must be tackled – CARICOM Chair at Security Dialogue
A problem that is of special concern to us is the continuing influx of guns, and the increase in gun-related criminality, not only in The Bahamas but throughout the region.