AN JOSE, Costa Rica, Jun 16, - CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says it is supporting institutions involved in pesticides registration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) try to generate data that make it possible for them to promote maximum residue...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 16, 2014 (SKNIS): Legendary English cricketer Sir Ian Botham has “tipped his hat” to the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis for its involvement with the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 tournament. “It’s a massive thing for St. Kit...

The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold, from June 17 to 19 the "High-level Workshop on Alternatives to Incarceration" at the Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española in Antigua Guatemala. The cours...

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is hosting some 50 trade officials from across the Region for a workshop focusing on the importance of gender equality in achieving national and regional trade goals and objectives.      The overall objective of the four-day workshop, “Gender...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Suriname is on track to welcome the largest gathering of heads of state in its history from November 6 to 7, when it hosts the eighth African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States Summit of heads of state and government under the theme “Repositioning the ACP Grou...

Caribbean foreign ministers are to Monday lobby United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary, William Hague to ask the G-20 for softer borrowing terms although the income rating for the group of largely former British colonies has gone up, a senior member of the delegation said. Chairman of the 15-nation...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica is expected to benefit significantly from an internet exchange point (IXP) facility, which the ministry of science, technology, energy and mining expects to have in place by August. The IXP enables Internet traffic routing within the country where the provision e...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – 13th June, 2014………”To God be the Glory. Today is the dawn of a new day,” were the words echoed by Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Leader the Hon. Gaston A. Browne as he delivered his first address as Prime Minister Elect of Antigua ...

In a major shift, Jamaica has announced that the country’s Cabinet has approved a proposal that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The proposed amendment to the country’s Dangerous Drugs Act ((which has been approved by Cabinet but still needs to go be in...

TRAINING gaps among health and social service workers contribute to an environment of stigma and discrimination for men who have sex with men and sex workers, according to an international report. #The study conducted by Family Health International’s Communication for Change project, and fun...