COMMENTARY: REMARKS by CARICOM Secretary-General | Interactive Session #3 | 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
By: Dr Carla Barnett October 1, 2024 The Caribbean Community last year celebrated 50 years of our integration grouping. Our founding Heads of Government were acutely aware of the immense…
The Caribbean will starve if US dockworker strike prolonged
By: Staff Writer October 1, 2024 The Caribbean, heavily dependent on imports from the US and using their ports as transshipment points from around the world and even from around…
Summit of the Future: Bonaire’s Cry for Justice – Demanding Self-Determination and an End to Human Rights Violations
October 1, 2024 Following the participation of our organizations at the United Nations’ Summit of the Future in New York, Davika Bissessar president of Bonaire Human Rights Organization and James…
DUKHARAN: Caribbean Monthly Economic Report
October 1, 2024 T&T’s external debt and homicide numbers reach record highs; Bermuda recorded its 6th consecutive quarter of real growth; Guyana’s growth projections for 2024 move higher than initial…
Security Forces in Venezuela Extort Detainees Amid Political Repression
By: Insight Crime October 1, 2024 The United States sanctioned several Venezuelan government officials for extorting money from political detainees, highlighting how President Nicolás Maduro’s administration relies on criminal rents…
Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: A Path to Economic Resilience
October 1, 2024 Sustainable development is not just a buzzword in the Caribbean but a critical path toward securing the region’s future. As climate change intensifies, the need for sustainable…
ECLAC Executive Secretary: Road to Caribbean Sustainable Development not Easy, ECLAC Here to Support… T&T Elected Chair of Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee
October 1, 2024 In the 30th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Caribbean ministers, ambassadors and development specialists discussed solutions to pressing development challenges. ECLAC Executive Secretary…
STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community Council for Foreign and Community Relations| Candidature of H.E. Albert Ramdin| Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (2025-2030)
October 1, 2024 At the Twentieth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reaffirmed its unwavering support for the candidature of H.E.…
OAS Observation Mission for the Selection of Judicial Authorities in Guatemala Calls on Congress to Consider the Honorability of Candidates
October 1, 2024 The Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the Selection of Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and Courts of Appeals and Other…
Caribbean Development Bank and Key Partners Advancing Resilient Construction Practices with new Safer Building Programme
October 1, 2024 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), in collaboration with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and other key partners,…
EDITORIAL: Holness falling apart with Clarke making exit
September 27, 2024 So all of Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s dirty little business is coming out. His hidden bank accounts revealed by the Integrity Commission is not surprising, but…