Community News
Community News
Displaying 6886 results
Targeting Vulnerable Communities to Strengthen National Resilience – CDEMA
Paramaribo, Suriname, January 26, 2016 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societ
Drug Commanders meet to combat illegal drugs, firearms
The number of individuals interdicted for illegal substances has increased by as much as 50 per cent across Barbados and the region.
MOU boosts regional sustainable fisheries coordination
Three Regional Fisheries Bodies (RFBs) on Wednesday 27 January signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to facilitate, support and str
Caribbean tourism sector to be enhanced by better health systems
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago is one of six Caribbean countries to benefit from a US$800,000 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) grant to develop and implement a regional tourism
CDB launches education sector reform project in Belize
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Thursday launched a programme that will build 35 new schools, benefitting 5,300 students at
Guyana presses other CARICOM states to respect free movement and CSME privileges
Minister Volda Lawrence made the call while joining Guyanese stakeholders from the private sector, employer organizations and trade unions on Wednesday for the opening of a sensitization workshop o
Local ruminants: Reducing reliance on imports
Although the 15 Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries consume over 11 million kg of goat and sheep meat annually, only about 30% is produced locally.
Caribbean countries report end to mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis
- 17 countries in Americas may have eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission - U.N.
Region’s Climate Change concerns captured in song
The Climate Conference COP21 opened in Paris yesterday and, to accompany and support the efforts of Caribbean delegates in the difficult negotiations of the next two weeks, Caribbean artists have r
Region in efforts to prevent bird flu from wiping out poultry industry
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday December 2, 2015 – Agricultural officials are pushing for heightened biosecurity on poultry farms across the region in a bid to prevent avian influenza – better
Nagoya Protocol capacity-building workshop underway in Suriname
A workshop to build CARICOM Member States’ capacity to implement the
Special circumstances of Small Island Developing States must be reflected in final COP21 Agreement – CARICOM SG in Paris
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque says recent severe weather events have signaled that the Caribbean region is already being impacted by climate change and the Region is taking th
Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Urges UN Conference to Support CARICOM Position on Climate Change
PARIS, France, Dec 02 2015 – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on the global community to support CARICOM’s posit
Pushing the Caribbean agenda in Paris
St Kitts-Nevis PM makes impassioned plea at climate change conference
Dominica to establish an IT Academy
An Information Technology academy to facilitate ongoing capacity building on a range of ICT tools is to be established here.
CARPHA gets IDB funding to address tourism sustainability challenges
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved funding to the tune of US$800,000 for the Caribb
Farmers praised for helping to reduce Jamaica food import bill
With the $5.014 billion dollar decline in the country’s food import bill, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Derrick Kellier is praising farmers in St.
Human Rights Day being observed today
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.