President Ali leads delegation to ‘Agro Fest’ in Barbados
President Dr. Irfaan Ali is leading a delegation to attend ‘Agro Fest’—The National Agricultural Exhibition to be held at Queen’s Park in Bridgetown, Barbados,...
CARICOM govt. reps gather to draft law to counter smuggling of migrants
Recent data from the Caribbean have shown increases in the number of migrants being smuggled into different parts of the region. To address these...
Op-Ed: The Caribbean’s role in the transformation of agri-food systems
By Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean
The global food security crisis has revealed an increase in undernourishment,...
Regional Heads deem implementation of 17-year-old “Jagdeo initiative” vital for vision 25 by 2025
Almost, if not all, of the Heads of Government who spoke at the opening of the Agri-Investment Forum and Exhibition held this morning at...
CARICOM Heads appoint VP Jagdeo to lead improvement of financing strategy for climate adaptation
CARICOM Heads on Wednesday agreed on the need to immediately improve the fiscal structures in place to address climate change and adaptation. Notably, Vice...
New UN report to highlight Latin America, Caribbean have the highest cost of access...
A United Nations report, set to launch next week, is expected to highlight that Latin America and the Caribbean have the highest cost of...
CARICOM has survived tempests of change, turbulence of global challenges – President Ali
See message from Guyana's President, Dr Irfaan Ali on the occasion of CARICOM Day:
The Treaty of Chaguaramas, signed on this day forty-nine (49) years...
Failing to act on Jagdeo’s advice; CARICOM’s food import bill balloons by US$3.2B
Seventeen years ago, then President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo warned CARICOM leaders about the importance of removing key trade barriers.
In fact, the economist had...
Despite unprecedented floods, COVID-19: Guyana leads Region with highest GDP for 2021, 2020
For two consecutive years, Guyana has held the number one spot for the nation with the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is according...
Improvement in 55 per cent cancer survival rate among children, adolescents needed in Latin...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for improvements in survival rates of children and adolescents with cancer, currently at 55% in Latin...
