Caribbean academics and researchers are now able to be part of a network of worldwide collaborators with access to collaboration tools, as well as a means to application-sharing over the next 24 months as a European Commission supported project called MAGIC has begun. The Middleware for collaborativ...

THE A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Government will be prioritising regional integration,   President David Granger told Trinidad-based media entity, WIN TV, on Saturday during an interview.Asked about future cooperation between Trinidad and Tobago...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Friday May 5, 2015 – St. Lucia’s Ministry of Health has put the public on alert for increased risk of heat stroke and other heat related illnesses in light of the continuing drought conditions affecting the island. Heat stroke, also known as sunstroke, is a severe i...

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, June 4, 2015:  Diseases do not recognise borders, and as such, communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics pose a major threat to health, tourism, social and economic development in every country in the Caribbean region.  In light of this, the Caribbea...

A problem that is of special concern to us is the continuing influx of guns, and the increase in gun-related criminality, not only in The Bahamas but throughout the region. I am convinced that there is a great deal more that we can and should be doing to fight this common menace. As a country that ...

I am happy to be a part of such a timely and dynamic youth-focused workshop and I am immensely grateful for the opportunity to be a presenter.” Those were words of CARICOM Youth Ambassador to Barbados and Vice Dean of Regional Initiatives, Ms. Sade Jemmot, regarding a&nbsp...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday June 4, 2015 —The first-ever Caribbean Peering and Internet Connection Forum (CarPIF) has concluded with commitments from Internet companies Akamai Technologies and Google to pay closer attention to the needs of Caribbean Internet service providers and consu...

Kitty Stapp UNITED NATIONS, Thursday June 4, 2015, IPS – After a difficult infancy, the Green Climate Fund is finally getting some legs. The big question now is what direction it will toddle off in. Local ownership, sustainability and a firm commitment to clean energy are a few of the non-ne...

(Bridgetown, 4 June 2015) - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced the signing of a grant agreement between the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the CDB. The grant is valued at EUR213,820, and was approved under the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM...

Bilateral trade relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and India have much room for growth with current figures in the region of $1 billion. This is the view expressed by India’s Vice Minister and Special Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India, His Excellency Mr. ...