Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations at the CARICOM Secretariat Ambassador Colin Granderson (top left) joined national coordinators in a preparatory session of the Fourth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) which opened in Quito, Ecuador on Sunday and ends Wednesday.
Dr. James Hospedales, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and senior technical officers will engage the media on Monday on issues related to Zika, including facts about the disease, tourism and health, and surveillance and ethical issues.
The Press Conference will be held at 9 am at CARPHA’s Headquarters at 16-18 Jamaica Boulevard, Federation Park, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Italy continued on the path of stronger relations on Wednesday as the new Italian Ambassador to the Community presented his credentials at the Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters.
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque received the letters of credence from His Excellency Silvio Mignano who is based in Caracas, Venezuela.
As Barbados works to ensure that its radiological sources are secure and safe, Minister of Health John Boyce announced today that the country’s application for membership to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been accepted.
He was speaking at a course on Physical Protection and Security Management organised by the Office of Radiological Security in the United States Department of Energy.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 20, CMC – Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says the key to the Caribbean achieving economic growth and development will be its ability to “think strategically and collaborate”.
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 19, 2016) Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, has challenged the Caribbean community to employ and promote sustainable and environmentally friendly practices in their energy sectors, even as they pursue development for their countries, in his address at the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference currently being held in Port of Spain.
The CARICOM Secretariat continues its series of national consultations in Member States to advance the implementation of the Community Procurement Regime within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). On Tuesday, January 19, Belize wrapped up its two-day consultation that focused on the system requirements and infrastructure for a fully functioning Community Public Procurement Notice Board (CPPNB). The (CPPNB) is the electronic platform and system that will be established for the publication of all procurement opportunities in Member States.
The collective actions and accomplishments of integration, to date, are proof that the regional integration process is strong and inexorably deepening.
This sentiment was expressed by the Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers, as he addressed his colleague Ministers at the recently concluded 37th meeting of the Council, in Georgetown, Guyana.
As the Zika virus spreads, PAHO advises countries to monitor and report birth anomalies and other suspected complications of the virus
Washington, D.C., 18 January 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — With the Zika virus now circulating in 18 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is recommending that its member countries monitor and report any increases in neurological syndromes and congenital anomalies, which growing evidence suggests may be linked to Zika infections.
Gender stereotypes can be imposed on children from infancy, and therefore, the process of dispelling them must start in the early childhood years of development. This was a central message as the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) hosted a Conversation on Gender Socialisation and Early Childhood Development (ECD), entitled ‘Teaching Them’, at its headquarters in Barbados on Friday January 15, 2016.