Call for Region to Collaborate to Capitalise on Available IMF Financing

October 12, 2021 President of the Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB) Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon has proposed that the US$2.5 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) available to Caribbean countries from…

Barbados PM Calls for altruism among Big Tech Firms.

By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says big tech firms must be held accountable for the effects they are having on the smaller state economies. Speaking at…

Bridgetown Covenant signed on as Barbados hosts UNCTAD 15

By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com This week, Barbados became the first small island developing state to host the 15th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). And to seal the…

CARIBBEAN Public Health boosted by PANCAP capacity building initiative

October 8, 2021 EIGHTEEN (18) CLINICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONERS COMPLETE THREE-MONTH COURSE ON CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides…

OAS Ministers of Tourism: Sustainable and Economic Growth in the Aftermath of the Pandemic can only be fully Achieved by Rebuilding and Reactivating the Tourism Sector

October 8, 2021 Ministers and high-level authorities of tourism of member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) urged regional efforts to help rebuild and revive tourism following the…

Luis Guillermo Solís will be the Chief of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission for the General Elections in Honduras

October 8, 2021 The Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, appointed the former President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís, as Chief of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM)…

Caribbean Export and UWI to Partner on Trade and Investment

October 4, 2021 Caribbean Export and the UWI, SRC sign an MOU. Caribbean Export and SRC to launch an internship programme for MITP students. Regional businesses to benefit from cutting-edge…

Prime Minister Mia Mottley And CDB President Dr Gene Leon to Discuss the Challenges of Securing Development Financing on “The President’s Chat”

October 5, 2021 The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) President, Dr Gene Leon will host the Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, as his featured guest on the second edition of The President’s Chat scheduled for Friday…

MEDIA ADVISORY: Opening Ceremony, Caribbean Week of Agriculture

October 1, 2021 Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) gets underway 4 October 2021. The virtual event will feature at least 32 activities and more than 100 speakers whose presentations will…

Two Central American countries top IDB “Superheroes” list

October 1, 2021 The IDB Group announced the four winners of the Superheroes of Development 2021 Initiative’s fourth edition, which recognizes creative and innovative solutions during the execution of IDB…

Secretary-General holds wide ranging discussions with Japan’s Ambassador to CARICOM

October 1, 2021 Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Her Excellency Carla Barnett and Japanese Ambassador to CARICOM His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama both praised the excellent relations between the two sides…

New IDB Publication Focuses on Closing the Gender Gaps in the World of Work

October 1, 2021 The publication performs a diagnosis of gender gaps in Central America, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic and makes recommendations on how to boost female participation at…