KINGSTON, Jamaica – The inaugural Caribbean Youth Summit (CYS) gets underway in Jamaica on Wednesday providing Caribbean youths with an opportunity to engage in capacity building methods to mitigate community violence, gender-based violence (GBV), sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and mental health challenges.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says it has signed an agreement with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to establish a framework for cooperation to promote the nexus between holistic development and the resilience ecosystem for joint efforts to reduce poverty and transform lives through sustainable, resilient and inclusive development in the Caribbean.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have ended a one -day “historic” summit with Saudi Arabia on Thursday that both sides regarded it as a landmark event aimed at fortifying partnerships and opening new avenues for collaboration between the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula and the Caribbean.
TANGIER, Morocco – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit sys that CARICOM would regard the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 28 as a “grave injustice to small states, it is plays out as another talk shop”.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries have reaffirmed their commitment to the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development.
APIA, Samoa – The European Union (EU) Wednesday signed a new partnership agreement with the 79 member Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) that will serve as an overarching legal framework for their relations for the next 20 years.
SANTIAGO, Chile – A new United Nations report stays that 6.5 percent of the population, or 43.2 million people, of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) suffers from hunger.
GEORGETOWN , Guyana – Leaders from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will attend the inaugural CARICOM-Saudi Arabia Summit next week, where they will engage in substantive discussions with Saudi Arabian counterparts
WASHINGTON, DC – Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) cities have the potential to boost their economies by better integrating migrants, according to a new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda is considering becoming a full-fledged member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and is initiating a consultation process.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating its 42nd anniversary of political independence from Britain on Wednesday with Prime Minister Gaston Browne saying that the past four decades have been “nothing short of extraordinary, marked by a myriad of challenges and continued progress.
OTTAWA, Canada – Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Thursday ended three days of a “very successful” summit laying the groundwork for “concrete plan of action” in the future relationship, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has officially launched the OECS Regional Data Governance Council (RDGC), a component of the World Bank-funded OECS Data for Decision Making project, which was approved in May 2022.