Having experienced the pains and devastation of Hurricane Ivan in 2004, the island of Grenada is expressing solidarity with Dominica as it too grapples with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Erika and as a consequence a special day has been declared on that island for of the people of Dominica. On Fr...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in addressing adolescent pregnancy. The strategy is one of five elemen...

Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) paid a visit to Montserrat on Friday October 9th, 2015. The Honourable Richard L. Sealy, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Barbados and also Chairman of CTO and Mr. Hugh Riley, Secretary General of CTO, visited with the Honourable Premier and Mini...

“You have refused to apologize.   Yet your Government has apologized to everyone else for horrid crimes.   Are we not worthy of an apology or less deserving? “Mere acknowledgment of the crime is insufficient.   The international community and international ...

BELIZE CITY, Belize -- A full line-up of international tech experts will gather in Belize from November 2 to 6, when Belize City plays host to a historic regional ICT development conference. Among the expert facilitators is Bevil Wooding, a founder and a director of the Caribbean Network Operat...

On the Northern Grenadine island of Bequia, if a pregnant woman goes into labour unexpectedly, sometimes her only option is to risk danger to herself and baby by traveling via speedboat to Kingstown, St. Vincent to deliver. For many years, residents of Bequia and neighbouring Mustique could not dep...

Progress towards food self-sufficiency and the achievement of economic and technical efficiency in food production were the primary objectives a senior Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade official identified for a renewed agriculture sector. Food production efficiency should be achieved t...

Policy-makers and other stakeholders in the Region’s agriculture sector have been challenged to quickly move forward with renewed resolve to ensure increased productivity and competitiveness in the agriculture sector. Mr. Joseph Cox, new Assistant Secretary-General (ASG), Trade and Economic I...

The CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP) is currently being finalised by a Technical Working Group (TWG) which was convened on Wednesday 7 October, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Guyana. CYDAP aims to support the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)&nbsp...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 07, 2015 (SKNIS): A strategic response to HIV/AIDS is necessary in order for St. Kitts and Nevis and the wider Caribbean to end AIDS by 2030.   National AIDS Programme Cordinator, Gardenia Destang-Richardson, informed that this goal is indeed possible and rei...