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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, Thursday July 23, 2015

It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the CARICOM Secretariat on the occasion of the Eighth General Meeting of the Caribbean Community, its Associate Institutions and the United Nations (UN) Syst

For the first time in Animae Caribe Festivals fifteen-year history, region-wide participation will be achieved.

The Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) hosted a workshop titled Strengthening Caribbean Regional Health Security, Preparedness and Response from 20-22 July 2015

Thirty (30) sex workers from six Caribbean countries are now equipped to better advocate for their right to appropriate health care and to help their peers to do the same.
 

WASHINGTON, United States, Wednesday July 22, 2015 – Three CARICOM nations have been identified as having the highest rates of harmful alcohol consumption in the Americas, and the Pan American

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A theme has been announced for the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)’s State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) in Curaçao from 21-23 October.

Boukman Eksperyans, one of Haiti's best known music bands, had guests on their feet as Carifesta XII was launched in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last Tuesday.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jul 21, CMC – More than 5.8 million people have been registered to vote in the elections to be held in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country later this ye

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) opened the two-day sub-regional workshop on branding and the use of geographical

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, Wednesday July 22, 2015, IPS – A leading geothermal expert warns that the small island states in the Caribbean face “a ticking time bomb” due to the effects of glob

Agriculture Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has again underscored the importance of food safety, as the Government seeks to reduce the imbalance between imports and exports.

The Ministry of Agriculture is endorsing the use of the Health 2000 (H2K) AGRO line of organic stimulants in Jamaica in an effort to boost soil health and crop productivity.

Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Minister of Finance of Ethiopia

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary-General

Bridgetown, Barbados (CDEMA) –  The Deputy Executive Director (DED) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ms.

The heads of state from the Mercosur sub-regional bloc assembled in the capital of Brazil Friday for its 48th summit.

Former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, has strongly commended  Jamaica’s  social partnership thrust, saying the Caribbean cannot afford to “waste its democracy” like some other nat

The International Disaster Database, Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters, has found a threefold increase of natural disasters from the period 1980-90 to the last decade (2000-09).