Regional policymakers, young entrepreneurs, and other major stakeholders, will meet in Barbados on Thursday 24th September, 2015 during the Caribbean Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (C-YES), to chart a future for youth entrepreneurship in the Caribbean.
New CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration (TEI) Mr. Joseph Cox visited key Institutions and Departments during a visit to Barbados. Mr. Cox, a Jamaican, joined the management team at the CARICOM Secretariat at the start of this month.
The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) has had its crime-fighting capacity beefed up with the donation of a master of biohazard evidence collection forensic kit donated by Amalgamated Security Services Ltd (ASSL) of Trinidad and Tobago.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to tackle the growing level of youth unemployment in the Caribbean through a youth employment programme called FAO/FIDA-Youth Caribe.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD, or FIDA by its Spanish acronym) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to tackle the growing level of youth unemployment in the Caribbean.
Two weeks before the 193 member-states of the United Nations approve the sustainable development agenda for 2030 in New York, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved several key objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of The Bahamas the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie heralded the theme that the time is right for Caribbean investment, and that "good news" is on the horizon, with respect to the state of affairs of Caribbean economies.
PAHO/WHO is coordinating with health officials in Dominica to mitigate the impact of Tropical Storm Erika, which struck the island on August 26, causing widespread damage. Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, dropped nearly 13 inches of rain on the island in a 12-hour period. Landslides and flooding resulted in 11 confirmed deaths, 39 missing, and widespread damages including more than 2,500 homes destroyed. On August 29, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit declared nine "Special Disaster Areas," with Petite Savanne being the most significantly affected.
The Americas region, which includes the Caribbean, has become the first region in the world to be declared free of the endemic transmission of rubella.
The declaration of the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) was made by the International Expert Committee for Measles and Rubella Elimination in the Americas during a recent meeting of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Washington DC.
As we observe this year’s commemoration under the theme “Love that Body – Eat Healthy, Live Longer”, we must encourage more Member States to adopt the measures recently taken by two of our Member States to discourage the consumption of products with high sugar, trans fats and salt content.
These measures will not be without resistance from industry but evidence from the United States shows that at the local level there has been a 33 per cent reduction in premature mortality due to NCDs in its communities by curbing these risk factors.
Recognizing the threat posed by NCDs, in the Declaration of Port of Spain, CARICOM Heads of Government outlined key strategies to prevent, control and reduce NCDs through the life course. This year, 2015, attention is on the ageing population.