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Gov’t to Provide Assistance to Sports Associations
The financial burden being faced by sporting associations for the use of the stadium and sporting venues managed by Independence Parks Limited (IPL), will shortly be eased as Government is to provi
Jamaica improves its trade balance with CARICOM
KINGSTON, February 7, 2015 - While Jamaica’s Trade deficit with the United States showed need for improvement, Jamaica's trade balance with the rest of the region improved over the first ten
Dominica Adopts CCJ as Court of Final Appeal
RUSSEAU – The government of Dominica announced Tuesday that the Caribbean Court of Justice, or CCJ, will become the country’s court of final appeal starting this month.
Record tourist arrival and earnings for Caribbean – CTO
More than 26 million visitors and over US$29 billion in earnings in 2014 ~
CKLN Urges More Caribbean Participation in International R&E Network Activities
With C@ribNET the Region's only research and education network (REN) fully established, the emerging national research and education networks (NRENs) and their respective member institutions should
Caribbean Export Supports the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions (C-NSC) towards strengthening the Region’s Services Sector
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) facilitated the planning session for the 2015 work programme and annual general meeting of the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions las
Sustainable Energy Incubation & Development Fund in Support of Business in Bio & Renewable Energies in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) is organizing a two-day
Haiti Tourism Ministry launches first US television advertising campaign
NEW YORK – February 11, 2015 – The Haiti Ministry of Tourism has today launched the country’s first-ever television advertising campaign aimed at attracting U.S.&nbs
Time is ripe to export Caribbean culture – lifestyle entrepreneur
Caribbean culture is ‘hot’ on the international market right now, says lifestyle entrepreneur Juliette Maughan.
Two Caribbean countries to benefit from fisheries project
(PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC) – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries stand to benefit from a project to establish ecosystem-based shrimp and groundfish fisheries management in the Guianas-Braz
Caribbean delegates discussing new climate change tools
(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC) – A three-day workshop aimed at exposing senior Caribbean technocrats to a suite of tools developed under the Climate and Development Knowledg
World “dangerously unprepared” for pandemics warns bank chief
WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Wednesday February 11, 2015 – World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says the world is “dangerously unprepared” for future pandemics and lessons need
Inequality Fuels HIV Epidemic in the Caribbean
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Feb 10 2015 (IPS) - At 49 years old, Edison Liburd has established himself as one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most recognisable artists.
CARICOM SG, Guadeloupe in Associate Membership talks
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, met on Wednesday 11 January 2015 with a delegation from Guadeloupe, which is one of five Caribbean territories
Region must boost surveillance to prevent measles outbreak – PAHO
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is urging health authorities in the Region to maintain high levels of measles vaccination coverage at the national and local levels, as part of efforts t
Winner of CARICOM Triennial Award for Women heads UWI Cave Hill
For the first time in almost half-century of its existence, the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados will be headed by a woman.
Electoral Council announces schedule for elections in Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb 11, CMC – The Electoral Council has released a schedule that will allow voters to elect a new legislative assembly as well as the first round of the presidential ele
Grenada Gets $1.6 Million Grant from Germany for Green Energy
Germany’s government has agreed to provide just under $1.6 million in funding to support reforms in Grenada’s energy sector.
OAS Group Notes Electoral Developments in Haiti
The Group of Friends of Haiti at the Organization of American States (OAS) met this week at the headquarters of the institution in Washington, DC under the Chairmanship of OAS Assistant Secretary G