CDB Starts Process of Updating Energy Sector Policy and Strategy

CDB Starts Process of Updating Energy Sector Policy and Strategy

(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) The guidelines which direct the energy investments and approach of the Caribbean Development Bank are...

Teleworking during COVID: Risks, benefits and steps to a ‘new normal’

Teleworking during COVID: Risks, benefits and steps to a ‘new normal’

(United Nations News) More than two years since COVID-19 began disrupting office life around the world, crucial changes are needed...

Education: an essential tool for agriculture in the 21st century

Education: an essential tool for agriculture in the 21st century

By Manuel Otero, IICA Director General It is… a matter of priority to align actions with future demands and to...

Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline

Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline

(United Nations News) Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant...

Bahamas: VAT collections jump by 100% in 6 months

Bahamas: VAT collections jump by 100% in 6 months

The Bahamas, for the first 6 months of the 2021/2022 fiscal year, collected $588 million in VAT revenue, accounting for...

CARICOM Congratulates Grenada on its 48th Independence Anniversary

CARICOM Congratulates Grenada on its 48th Independence Anniversary

The Caribbean Community has congratulated Grenada on its Forty-Eighth Anniversary of Independence, noting the country’s resolute movement along the path...

Special COTED on Agriculture held

Special COTED on Agriculture held

Lead Head of Govt with responsibility for agriculture in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet, H.E. Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Friday 4...

World Cancer Day 2022: Closing the Gap on Inequalities

World Cancer Day 2022: Closing the Gap on Inequalities

(Caribbean Public Health Agency Press Release) Cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death.  No part of...

Americas: Pace of Omicron slows amid rising COVID infections

Americas: Pace of Omicron slows amid rising COVID infections

(United Nations News) COVID infections and deaths in North America continue to rise, as hospitalisations increase throughout the whole continent,...