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An Online Ticket Machine: The Early Stages Of Digital employment In Haiti
What if you could book your bus ticket in Haiti in under two minutes instead of four hours?
UWI launches regional Zika task force
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday February 11, 2016 – Responding to the growing threat the Zika virus poses to the Caribbean, the University of the West Indies (UWI) has launched a regional UWI Zika t
After successful COP 21 CARICOM Climate Change Ministers hold review meeting
Ahead of next week’s CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-sessional Meeting in Belize, Ministers responsible for Climate Change are holding a two-day review of the ground breaking COP 21 Meeting in Pa
CARICOM SG unveils software for visually impaired at Belize library
Belize City, 12th February, 2016. The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Secretariat Ambassador Irwin LaRocque visited the Belize National Library Service on Thur
President Granger to put Guyana’s case to CARICOM Heads, meet UN Secretary General - as Geneva Agreement nears 50th anniversary date
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 12, 2016) As the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Agreement nears, President David Granger said that he will once again raise the issue of Venezuela's cl
Reducing non-communicable disease in SIDS through climate preservation
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease account for some 7 out of every 10 deaths in Small Island Developing States (SIDS
First Caribbean Regional Waste-To-Energy Technology EXPO & Conference Deemed ‘A Tremendous Success’
From the 20-23 January 2016, over 100 senior professionals with expertise in energy, climate change, environment and waste management gathered at the Grenada Trade Centre to share lessons learned a
PM Dean Barrow chairs CARICOM Intersessional Meeting
The Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community CARICOM will be held in Belize 16-17 February, 2016.
Atomic energy agency to help Caribbean in early detection of Zika virus
VIENNA, Austria, Friday February 12, 2016 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it will provide nuclear-derived early detection tools and training support to help Latin American and
Immediate Drought Concerns for CDEMA Participating States - Information Note #1
Several Participating States in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) system have been placed under immediate drought watch or warning for 2016.
Finance sector threat to get regional attention
Placencia, Belize, 15 Feb, 2016: Ahead of Monday night’s Opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-Sessional meeting in Belize, Finance Ministers are deliberating thi
Regional countries urged to brace for floods
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 16, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is warning regional countries t
World Bank provides $150 million to combat Zika in Latin America and Caribbean
WASHINGTON, United States, Friday February 19, 2016 – The World Bank Group has made US$150 million immediately available to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fight the Zika virus.
CARICOM to take concern about banking threat to US, UN, WTO
PLACENCIA, Brazil, Friday February 19, 2016 – Concern that a decision taken by global banks could ruin the region’s financial sector has prompted a decision by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders
KingstOOn a springboard for the Caribbean’s animation industry
THE Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), World Bank and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) all agree that KingstOOn 2016, scheduled for March 12-13 at the Edna Manley College, will have a region-wide imp
Caribbean journalists gain insight into ways to report climate forecasting
Thirteen journalists from across the region gathered for a one-day workshop in Barbados, as part of an international initiative sponsored by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), to show how
‘Address past head on’ – Sir Hilary on reparatory justice
Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission and Vice Chancellor of the
Caribbean economies in ‘recovery mode’ – CDB
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The economies of Caribbean countries are in a “recovery mode” even though it is still operating in a “somewhat topsy-turvy external environment,” the president of the Ba