Today is being observed as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. From 25 November to 10 December,  there will be a 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence initiative aimed at raising public awareness and mobilizing people everywhere to bri...

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – (November 25, 2015) President David Granger, this morning departed for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be held in Malta from November 27-29, 2015. With the President set to once again deliver a strong message on th...

What is the importance of having a goal of sustainable development specifically dedicated to energy (SDG 7) as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2016 to 2030? Representatives of the Ministries of Energy of 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Tarija, Boli...

Saint Lucia will lead the CARICOM delegation to COP 21 in Paris and will make a case for the survival of small island states at the talks. With less than a fortnight left before the 'make or break' climate talks, Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says he is pleased with the...

As the sense of urgency continues to grow regarding the Caribbean region’s response to the appearance of the sargassum seaweed which litters the nation’s beaches, the Government is very concerned that it is still negatively impacting this country’s economic, social and environmenta...

 Barbados has launched its first effort to map its capacity to produce and use climate information for risk-informed decision-making across its climate-sensitive sectors to combat the challenges related to climate variability and climate change.  In a meeting on November 20th, hosted by t...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 22, 2015 (SKNIS)—Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, gave a passionate plea, often to rousing applause, to OECS (Organization of Caribbean States) Heads “to be wedded to efforts of regional integration in the OECS and ...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 20, 2015 (SKNIS):  In an effort to effectively and efficiently report on children’s issues in the Caribbean region, media practitioners from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), as well as Barbados, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, hav...

“Mr. Stuart said the potential outcomes of the Paris discussions would be important to Barbados and the CARICOM region, given the projected adverse effects climate change would have on the countries.” The Prime Minister pointed out that the CARICOM Heads of Government at their meeting ea...

Castries, Saint Lucia, November 19, 2015:  Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr C James Hospedales said economic growth should not come at the expense of healthy people and a healthy environment; and referred to this imbalance as one of the greatest challenges t...