Region-wide movement to end violence against women and girls boosted by CARICOM Model KAP Tool
June 30, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has produced its first Compendium of Model Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) Tool for the Region on Social Gender Norms and Violence…
Country Report No. 2023/231 : Costa Rica: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, First Review Under the Resilience and Sustainability Arrangement, Request for Modification of Reform Measure Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, and Monetary Policy Consultation
June 30, 2023 Recent developments. Growth has been resilient despite global headwinds and inflation is on a strong downward trend. The easing of external pressures has allowed the authorities to…
Jamaica: Technical Assistance Report-Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA)
June 30, 2023 Jamaica is highly exposed to multiple natural hazards, including tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts. Jamaica ranks 47th out of 191 countries in the 2023 Inform Risk index.1…
Suriname: Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Rephasing and Reduction of Access, Waivers of nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review
June 30, 2023 The program went off-track in mid-2022, due to the delayed completion of a prior action on parliamentary approval of the VAT law and, subsequently, to spending overruns…
Annual Performance Review of the Portfolio of World Bank-Financed Projects in Haiti
June 30, 2023 The Government of Haiti and the World Bank Representation in Haiti held the annual meeting on the performance of the portfolio of projects financed by the World…
St Kitts and Nevis announces extension to Citizenship by Investment Programme Sustainable Growth Fund Limited Time Offer due to unprecedented demand
June 30, 2023 International investors have been clamouring to take advantage of one of the best deals in the investment migration industry this year – St Kitts and Nevis’ Sustainable…
EDITORIAL: BARBADOS MOURNS THE DEATH OF FORMER PM SIR LLOYD ERSKINE SANDIFORD
June 27, 2023 Barbados’ fourth Prime Minister, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, died at the age of 86. Remembered as one of the nation’s post independence architects in its development, particularly…
AUDIO: Devotions led by Fr Andrew Toppin
June 27, 2023 Devotions led by Rev’d Fr. Andrew Toppin, Rector of St. George’s, New Providence, The Bahamas.
COMMENTARY: ‘Song for my Father: A West Indian Journey’ tells a different narrative of the Black father
By: S. Brian Samuel June 27, 2023 What if I told you that I had the worst father imaginable; that he abandoned his wife and three young sons, leaving them…
Ex Grenada PM: Current government “green” and “inexperienced.”
By: Staff Writer June 27, 2023 A former Prime Minister of Grenada said that the current Dickon Mitchell led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government is “green” “inexperienced” and finding a…
Guatemala Presidential election heads for runoff!
By: Staff Writer June 26, 2023 Guatemala’s presidential election has been whittled down to two candidates from 20 as a former first lady aims to become the first female president…
PM GASTON BROWNE TALKS REGIONAL INTEGRATION INCLUDING POLITICAL UNION, AND REGIONAL TRANSPORT WOES
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan June 27, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com With just under one week to go before the Caribbean Region converges in Trinidad for CARICOM’s 50th celebration, Antigua and Barbuda held its…