All of us at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are deeply saddened by the killing of Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse and the wounding of his wife, First Lady, Martine Moïse. We offer our most sincere condolences to the entire nation, especially the family and friends of the late President and Mrs Moïse. The CDB pledges its […]
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in a Special Emergency Session on Wednesday, 7 July, in the wake of the assassination of the President of Haiti. The Heads of Government are shocked and saddened by the assassination of a member of the CARICOM family, His Excellency Jovenel Moise, during the early […]
MIAMI (July 7, 2021) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is strengthening its collaboration with one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to promote sustainable tourism throughout the Caribbean and bolster its efforts to keep the region’s waters healthy and thriving. “The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed two years ago […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Tuesday, 6 July 2021) – After months of lobbying third states and international institutions for them to share their supplies of COVID-19 vaccines with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Region is now closer to inoculating “as many citizens as possible,” Outgoing Chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Tuesday, 6 July 2021) – As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to confront challenges on several fronts, Chairman, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, is lauding the establishment of several institutions which are at the forefront of the Region’s responses. In an address to the opening of the Forty-Second Meeting of the Conference […]
World’s Leading All Inclusive Company continues efforts to drive the recovery of Caribbean Tourism A landmark meeting between top executives of American Airlines (AA) and Sandals Resorts International (SRI) took place at the American Airlines Headquarters in Dallas, Texas on June 27th, and comes at a time when the regional tourism and hospitality sector along […]
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have the COVID-19 pandemic and the Region’s response high on the agenda for their 42nd Regular Meeting to he held online on the 5-6 July 2021. The impact of recent natural disasters, including the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the widespread flooding in […]
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne, assumed the Chairmanship of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 1 July 2021. Prime Minister Browne succeeds Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, and will serve for the next six months. The Antigua and Barbuda Prime […]
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2021 – Lilia Burunciuc is the new World Bank Country Director for Caribbean countries, effective July 1, 2021. She will be based in Kingston, Jamaica. Ms. Burunciuc brings a wide range of development experience to her new position. A Moldovan national, she first joined the World Bank in 1996 and has held leadership […]
