HEADS OF GOVERNMENT START BUSY YEAR FOR CARICOM
Heads of Government set the stage for an active start to 2021 for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) when they continued their discussions towards initiating the economic recovery of the Region,…
BOOST FOR SAINT LUCIA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved the US$30 million Saint Lucia COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Resilience Development Policy Credit. This quick-disbursing credit aims to help mitigate the negative…
LAUNCHING PARIS – A CARICOM MOMENT OF AMBITION
Several Caribbean Community Member States showcased their ambitions to further address climate change at a CARICOM ‘Moment of Ambition’ event held to mark the fifth anniversary of the adoption of…
CARICOM COMMENDS BARBADOS ON ITS COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL INTEGRATION
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the Government and People of Barbados ahead its 54th Anniversary of Independence. Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Prime…
320,000 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN 2019
Approximately every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was newly infected with HIV last year, bringing the total number of children living…
WORLD LEADERS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT THE ACCELERATING CRISIS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched the new…
CARICOM EDUCATION MINISTERS REMINDED OF SECTOR’S IMPORTANCE IN POST COVID-19 RECOVERY
Caribbean Community Education Ministers were reminded of education’s critical role in the post COVID-19 economic recovery, during the 25th Special Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Human and Social and Development…