BELMOPAN, Belize – The Director General of the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), Diana Castillo-Trejo, says the country’s population has been growing at a “slower rate than was previously estimated,” after the preliminary results of the 2022 census showed that the population had increased by 23 per cent since 2010.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The United nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has signed a partnership agreement with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that will directly impact the lives of children and young people across the nine-member sub-regional grouping.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Monday criticised Venezuela for the “unacceptable escalation of tensions” with Guyana over the border dispute regarding the ownership of the Essequibo, an oil-rich region that makes up about two-thirds of Guyana and is home to 125,000 of its 800,000 citizens.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Wednesday condemned the ongoing political and socio-economic situation in Haiti questioning also the motivation for the criminal acts by gangs bent on overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry.

ST.  GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada says it has started the process of developing a food security crisis preparedness plan (FSCPP) aimed at defining what constitutes a major food and nutrition security crisis for the country in the event of a national hazard or external shocks such a global health pandemic.

GENEVA - Haiti’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Justin Viard, Tuesday welcomed the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, who had earlier warned that the scale of human rights abuses is unprecedented in modern Haitian history.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says humanitarians continue to support Haitians affected by rampant gang violence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, while an appeal for the French-speaking Caribbean country remains underfunded.

GENEVA – A UN Human Rights Office report published on Thursday, calls for immediate and bold action to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti.

UNITED NATIONS – The executive director of the United Nations Children  Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, Tuesday said “countless children” are at risk of death in Haiti as gangs tighten their grip on power and the humanitarian crisis worsens in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government on Friday said it is “gravely concerned” at the decision of the National Assembly in Guyana to adopt a law declaring the Essequibo region to be a constituent part of Venezuela.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – An underwater power line will be installed between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic  by Caribbean Transmission Development (CTDC) .

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean women are being encouraged to participate in the United Nations “We the Women Global Survey” that is intended to capture the perspectives of women on global issues they care about most, and how the international community can address them.