Expanding the Socio-Economic Value of Cultural Heritage in the Caribbean BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – At least 14 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are participating in an innovative-multi-nation initiative aimed at identifying untapped cultural heritage resources and to develop ne...

Director of Trade Matthan Walter In short order, the absence of Consumer Protection Legislation in Dominica will be a thing of the past, Director of Trade Matthan Walter has said. Late last week experts from the CARICOM Secretariat and stakeholders from the Private sector engaged for a one day co...

Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Mr. Ronald Jackson, says that although the Caribbean is one of the most hazard- prone regions of the world there are steps that can be taken to prevent the hazard impacts from becoming disasters and minimize the level of hum...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 12th August, 2015…….Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston Browne and Leader of the Opposition United Progressive Party the Hon. Baldwin Spencer, in the presence of Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda Sir Rodney Williams have signed a Mem...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will on Thursday address a special United Nations (UN) Open Debate on Peace and Security Challenges Facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the UN Headquarters in New York. A release from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) s...

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, today recommended the establishment of mechanisms of dialogue between the Dominican Republic and Haiti to resolve the situation in the border zone between the two countries, beginning with a meeting between the two sid...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Wednesday July 29, 2015 –The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is projecting that Caribbean economies will grow, on average, 1.7 per cent this year – its highest rate of growth since 2008. The new projections released today during a press c...

VETERINARY OFFICIALS from Barbados and the Caribbean, as well as members of the poultry sector, are on high alert, and have been working tirelessly to scale up their preparedness planning to prevent the introduction and spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).  The Caribbean Ani...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 6 2015 (IPS) - Threats from climate change, declining reefs, overfishing and possible loss of several commercial species are driving the rollout of new policy measures to keep Caribbean fisheries sustainable. Regional groups and the U.S.-based NGO Wild Earth Guardians ha...

The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will be hosting a series of workshops on the “Integrated Disease Management of black Sigatoka disease (BSD)” from August to October 2015. These training worksh...