(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the celebration of their Thirty-Ninth Anniversary on Independence, Saturday 27th October 2018. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Vincentian Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, said “the chosen theme for […]
San José, Costa Rica, 17 October 2018 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) celebrated International Day for Rural Women and announced new and innovative work plans to empower and give greater visibility to this neglected sector of the population. During the event, which was presided over by Renato Alvarado, the Minister of Agriculture […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Singapore has said it is happy to share its development experience with the Caribbean Community, as the country’s second Ambassador to CARICOM was accredited Wednesday. Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque accepted the Letters of Credence of Her Excellency Karen Ann Tan Ping Ming, Plenipotentiary Representative of Singapore to CARICOM, […]
October 4, 2018, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Successfully addressing gender inequalities in the Region will require incorporating gender strategies in the educational system, especially at the early childhood level. Research has shown that children start to develop and exhibit stereotypical behaviour and perceptions from as early as five years old. These are not biological, but rather, socially constructed, […]
For generations, Caribbean grandmothers have steeped and brewed indigenous herbs, roots and even bush, convinced of their ability to cure just about any ailment. When two young entrepreneurs in the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago decided to pay homage to this tradition, not even in their wildest dreams did they imagine that their earthy […]
As we commemorate World Tourism Day, along with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), we celebrate what digital technology has done and can do for tourism. Still fresh in our memory is last year’s experience when our Territory had to quickly reposition its marketing strategy after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Traditional communications as […]
September 25, 2018 (Bridgetown, Barbados) – Marine experts will meet in Barbados this week for the Third Meeting of the joint Regional Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (RWG-IUU). During the meeting they will discuss how countries in the Western Central Atlantic, which includes the Caribbean region, can improve sustainable use of marine […]
The ceremony will be held on Thursday, September 27 at the global organization’s headquarters in New York. The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (the Escazú Agreement) will open for the signature of all the countries in the region on Thursday, September […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Spouses of CARICOM Leaders Action Network (SCLAN) is pleased to announce the receipt of grant funding from Gilead Sciences Inc. for initiatives under the theme “Transforming Lives through Innovation: Implementation of high-impact prevention programs for adolescents, young men and women”. The Grant will facilitate the establishment of the SCLAN Secretariat […]
