UN warns of “further destabilisation” in Haiti
By: Staff Writer March 7, 2023 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a new report warns that Haiti is at risk of “further destabilisation” due to…
Brutal but Futile: Venezuela’s Anti-Gang ‘Mega-Operations’
By: Insight Crime March 7, 2023 For three days in July 2021, the Caracas neighborhood of Cota 905 became an urban warzone. Just blocks away from Venezuela’s Miraflores presidential palace,…
CARICOM LAUNCHES CSME TEACHERS SKILLED WORKERS PROGRAMME
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan March 7, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Over the next two weeks CARICOM will roll out its Secondary School Teacher Attachment as it activates the Teacher Component of the CARICOM…
Travel Advisories Re-Issued for Central America Countries
March 7, 2023 The U.S. Department of State recently announced revised travel advisories for two counties located in Central America. On March 1, 2023, the State Department reissued its Level 3:…
Grenadian Firms Now Better Equipped to Maximize Export Opportunities
March 7, 2023 It’s been one month since Caribbean Export’s Executive Director and Services Specialist met with Government Officials in Grenada to advance the country’s transformational agenda. One of the…
Central America: Lessons Learned
By: Nic Wirtz March 7, 2023 Central America forms new, integrated markets to fuel the region’s bounce-back. Central American institutions entered 2023 determined to learn from the difficult pandemic period—taking…
Focus on Resilience at IDB Group’s XI Consultation of Caribbean Governors
March 7, 2023 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) is holding its XI Annual Consultation with the Governors of the countries comprising its Caribbean Country…
Governance the Key to Fast and Just Renewable Energy Transition
March 7, 2023 Fast and just. These are the foremost principles which must underpin the renewable energy (RE) transition in the Caribbean, asserts President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr…
CARICOM Skilled Workers Programme to be launched with Secondary School Teacher Attachments
March 7, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat launches a CARICOM Skilled Workers Programme on Monday, 6 March, 2023 at 10.30 am, with a short hybrid ceremony held at its…
STAY IN THE LOOP with CARICOM
March 7, 2023 In this episode, Communications Officer at the CARICOM Secretariat, Mrs Tusankine English-Francis, presents a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community.
STATEMENT BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON HAITI
March 7, 2023 Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have resolved to continue efforts to encourage dialogue among Haitian stakeholders and to support efforts at finding solutions to…
EDITORIAL: The US taking gun trafficking in Caribbean more seriously!
March 3, 2023 The United States State Department’s recently released bullet point notes about gun trafficking to the Caribbean sparks some hope for putting an end to the gun trafficking…