Energy, Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, is underscoring the need for greater female involvement in the field of information and communication technology (ICT). Speaking at the Girls in ICT Day seminar and exhibition, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, on A...

The Government will be appointing a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission, aimed at positioning the country to take full advantage of benefits under the organisation. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (April 27), at the unveiling ceremony for new eq...

Grenada’s CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Amanda Scott and Judd Cadet have embarked on several activities to promote health and wellness among young people in their country. The CYAs collaborated with local and national stakeholders in hosting the activities. The CYAs hosted a F...

C@ribNET, the Regional research and education network, is to be the primary platform for the research and education initiatives of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of UWI, the largest University in the English-speaking Caribbean, confirmed t...

The Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Antonio Prado, opened the 26th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee in Saint Kitts and Nevis. “The challenge facing the Caribbean is to identify paths to development that emphasize macroeconomic stability with growth, equity...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 21ST, 2016 (PRESS SEC) – High-level government policymakers from the Caribbean, including Acting Prime Minister Honourable Vance Amory and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Mark Brantley, are convening today and tomorrow at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort f...

April 25, 2016, KINGSTON, Jamaica – National population and housing censuses provide data that could help countries in the Caribbean Region improve decision-making, accountability, and address development challenges such as inequalities in employment, education and wealth. As Caribbean nations...

  UN Live United Nations Web TV – Dean Barrow (Belize – on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)), High-level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Agreement, National Statements Remarks by Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Belize, at the National S...

Several CARICOM Member States will join more than 150 countries across the world which will begin to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at a special Ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters in New York today. The Signing Ceremony takes place on the first day that the Agreement will open ...

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Wednesday April 20, 2016, IPS – Over 150 countries, including Caribbean nations, are expected to sign the Paris climate change agreement on Friday, but the historic treaty will not come into force until it has been ratified by 55 countries. United Nations Secre...