Caribbean Development Bank Awards Over USD400,000 in Growth Grants to Caribbean Women-Led Businesses
August 15, 2025 Twenty (20) Women-owned and led Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (WMSMEs) from seven (7) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have been awarded…
STATEMENT: CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations | Israel’s Seizure and Control of Gaza
August 15, 2025 The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community remains deeply distressed by the escalating violence and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. In light of…
Work advances on CARICOM Industrial Policy
August 15, 2025 Consultations with key stakeholders have begun across the Region to finalise the CARICOM Industrial Policy and Strategy in time for approval by Ministers of Trade later this…
Nominations open for CARICOM Energy Awards 2025
August 15, 2025 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Citizens and residents are invited to apply for or nominate a peer, mentor, or mentee for the CARICOM Women in Sustainable Energy Awards (WISE),…
CARICOM launches Logo Competition for Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians
August 15, 2025 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has launched a competition to design the official logo for the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS). The competition to create the…
Calls for more investment in nurses as shortage hurts Region
August 15, 2025 The critical shortage of nurses in the Region and the resulting impacts on the health sector of Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are major concerns…
EDITORIAL: Smear and slander at the OAS
August 12, 2025 What is happening at the Organisation of American States top level is a little concerning. Two of its top officials are embroiled in scandal foisted upon them…
AUDIO: Devotions by Fr Kari Marcelle
August 12, 2025 Originally published on March 11, 2025 Devotions for Tuesday, 11 March 2025 led by the Rev. Dr. Kari Marcelle, Chaplain and Dean of Students at The St.…
COMMENTARY: Why a vicious attack on the OAS secretary-general and an ambassador from the Caribbean?
By: Sir Ronald Sanders August 12, 2025 On August 5, a website I had never encountered published a hatchet job on Albert Ramdin, who took office as secretary-general of the…
The CDB said digital technologies provide opportunities for women
By: Staff Writer August 12, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in a recent report said that access to education and training is crucial for gender equality, enabling economic independence…
IMF: Caribbean growth prospects have weakened in past decades
By: Staff Writer August 12, 2025 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a recent Working Paper argued that economic growth and medium-term growth prospects for the Caribbean have weakened in…
International Indigenous Day – Appeal from the Bonaire Human Rights Organization
August 12, 2025 On the commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9th of August, we call upon the international community to stand in solidarity with the…