UN and EU to Commemorate Human Rights Day with Inaugural Virtual Lecture Kingston, Jamaica: December 9, 2020: The United Nations Jamaica and the European Union Delegation to Jamaica with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will host a virtual lecture and panel discussion on Thursday, December 10 to mark Human […]
Farmers in Jamaica’s southern coastal plains have achieved a major milestone in their quest to increase productivity and access to markets with the launch of the Southern Plains Agricultural Development Project. The agricultural development initiative was launched today by the Government of Jamaica along with representatives of the United Kingdom and the Caribbean Development Bank […]
Bridgetown- December 8th, 2020- The Canadian Government funded IMPACT Justice Project and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) partnered with Soroptimist International of Jamestown on December 8th, 2020toraise awareness to theUnitedNation’s “16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence” through a “Say No to Violence Against Women: An Orange Presence,” campaign along Broad Street. This […]
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, December 9, 2020. CCRIF has made payouts totalling US$30.6 million to the Government of Nicaragua following the passage of Tropical Cyclones Iota and Eta, which made landfall as Category 4 hurricanes along the Nicaraguan coast within two weeks of each other in November. Both hurricanes resulted in landslides and flooding, displacing […]
Alicia Bárcena, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, participated in the III Annual Meeting of the Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework (MIRPS) on forced displacement, which was held virtually. (December 8, 2020) Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), presented today progress on the Comprehensive Development Plan for El […]
We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, gathered via videoconference on 8 December, 2020, on the occasion of the 7th CARICOM-Cuba Summit held in commemoration of the 48th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the four CARICOM independent States and Cuba and the 18th anniversary of CARICOM-Cuba Day; […]
MIAMI, Florida (December 8, 2020) – Strategies for the quick recovery of Caribbean economies from the devastation wrought by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will be discussed by regional and global stakeholders at a virtual forum hosted by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), and the Global Tourism Resilience […]
December 9, 2020, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The current COVID-19 pandemic has put into sharp focus the thorny and constantly evolving nature of corruption, and how it can reverse development gains in the Caribbean. President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Wm. Warren Smith sounded this warning today as he opened the inaugural Caribbean Conference on Corruption, Compliance, and Cybercrime, jointly […]
Bermudian Parliamentarians have come together to discuss their responsibilities as representatives and learn from others across the Commonwealth at a three-day virtual Post-Election Seminar organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The seminar, held virtually from 1-3 December 2020, was designed to provide Bermudian Parliamentarians with an overview of their role and to explore the […]
