(United Nations News) The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga followed by another earthquake and aftershocks just days afterwards, has highlighted once again the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a meeting this week convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization…
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Global food prices rise in January
(Food and Agriculture Organisation Press Release) The gauge for world food prices went up in January, largely…
CDB Mobilised US$80M in Flexible, Swift Pandemic Response in 2021
(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) As the Caribbean faced down the second year of COVID-19 in 2021, the…
CARICOM gender ministers meet ahead of global women’s conclave
Stakeholders in gender development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are examining women and girls’ empowerment…
CCJ Finds Males Can be Raped
(Caribbean Court of Justice Press Release) In a judgment released (1 February 2022), the Caribbean Court of…
Call For ICT Sector to Support Safe Return to Online Classes
(Caribbean Telecommunications Union Press Release) The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the delivery of…
CDB to Create Regional Financing Ecosystem to Rescue and Reposition Caribbean…
(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is moving to create a “financing…
CARICOM Consumer Food Choice Survey launched
The CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO), along with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, and…
Caribbean needs new markets for new times
by Deodat Maharaj, Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency
Earlier this week, the…
Trade and Education: prioritizing human resource development
By Elizabeth Morgan
“Health, Education and Trade are essential to development”; I came across this recently as…