Roseau, Dominica, March 12, 2015: The Caribbean is in the midst of a childhood obesity epidemic, despite the fact that the health status of the Region’s children and young people has dramatically improved over the past decades. Statistics show that at least 1 in every 5 of our children carry u...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be hosting its 7th Annual International Law Moot this Friday 13th March, 2015, at its Headquarters in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Students from throughout CARICOM are set to participate in the competition which was established in 2009 to p...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 10, 2015 (SKNIS): One day ahead of the international observance, Cyndie Demming and Samantha Rochester were identified as pioneers and honoured by the Department of Gender Affairs in commemoration of International Women’s Day on March 07, 2015. At a classy br...

ROSEAU, Dominica -- The ministry of trade, energy and employment in Dominica has launched the CSME Report Card, a bi-annually hosted press conference that will serve as a direct reporting mechanism from CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) touch-point agencies to Dominicans, in partnership with ...

BRUSSELS, Mar 11, CMC – Caribbean countries are expected to benefit from funds being made available to the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) that has now come into full force. The European Commission announced the full entry into force o...

CARICOM Foreign Ministers held wide-ranging engagements with various interest groups in addition to meeting their German counterpart, 2-3 March 2015. The Foreign Ministers met with representatives  of the German business sector in Berlin, representatives of the renewable energy sector in Hambu...

At the Conference of   Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers and Germany, held on 2-3 March 2015, in Berlin, representatives renewed their commitment to further strengthen existing fields of cooperation and to explore new areas for interaction. The Conference, held at the invita...

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says the Government will shortly be making announcements in relation to the introduction of initiatives to facilitate the building of cultural industries here. He made the disclosure during a News Conference on Tuesday, as he provided the media with an update on t...

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  --  Population Services International (PSI), Domincan Republic, organised a press conference this morning to share the work PANCAP is supporting in the Dominican Republic. Dereck Springer, Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AI...

Port-au-Prince, Haiti  --  Mr Dereck Springer, Director of the Coordinating Unit of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) visited Haiti last week, 2- 5 March,  to strengthen relationships with various stakeholders.    Early in the week, Mr Springer me...