January 13, 2023 Deepening collaboration between Canada and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on areas of mutual interest such as climate action and gender equality, was on the agenda when…
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CARICOM mounts Election Observation Mission to Antigua and Barbuda
January 10, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has responded to the invitation extended by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to mount a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe…
Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Decelerate in 2023 and Will Grow by 1.3%
January 6, 2022 In its annual report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC projects that regional growth next year will be a third of…
Latin American and Caribbean Countries Approve ECLAC’s Proposals for Propelling a Change in the Region’s Development Pattern
January 6, 2023 Government representatives from 33 member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) concluded today the United Nations regional commission’s thirty-ninth session, held in…
CDB Approves US$5 million for Belize Agriculture Project
January 6, 2022 A multimillion dollar project to improve agricultural productivity and resilience for small farmers in rural Belize, is receiving a US$5 million injection in funding from the Caribbean…
CARICOM SG congratulates Haiti on its Two Hundred and Nineteenth Anniversary of Independence
January 6, 2022 Congratulatory Message from CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett to the Prime Minister of Haiti, Dr. Ariel Henry: “On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I wish to…
You can’t fight corruption on an empty stomach!
By: Staff Writer December 13, 2022 A noted academic said that where there are no jobs and people have to make due in order to survive, corruption will always be…
CDB to Fund Consultancy to Address Eastern Caribbean Air Transport Crisis
December 13, 2022 The air transportation woes affecting the Eastern Caribbean since LIAT’s collapse, will be getting closer attention from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) as the Board of Directors…
Training opportunity in treaty and legislative drafting open to CARIFORUM residents
December 9, 2022 CARIFORUM legal drafters, legal officers and senior trade officials of CARIFORUM States and Members of Parliament of CARIFORUM States are eligible to participate in the CARIFORUM Legal…
EIGHTH CARICOM-CUBA SUMMIT BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS: FINAL DECLARATION
December 9, 2022 We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the occasion of the Eighth…
CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA- PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
December 9, 2022 At the invitation of the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Her Excellency Dr. Carla Barnett…
FRANTZ FANON’S LEGACY CONTINUES: DAUGHTER VOICES CALL FOR REPARATIONS FOR HAITI AT INAUGURAL UN FORUM ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DECENT
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan December 6, 2022. The issue of reparations for the enslaved in the Caribbean goes deep, and with the winding down of the International Decade for people of…