Island States must bolster resilience to existential climate threats

Island States must bolster resilience to existential climate threats

(United Nations News) The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga followed by another earthquake and aftershocks just days afterwards,...

Global food prices rise in January

Global food prices rise in January

(Food and Agriculture Organisation Press Release) The gauge for world food prices went up in January, largely catalysed by supply-side...

CDB Mobilised US$80M in Flexible, Swift Pandemic Response in 2021

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 Caribbean Development...

CARICOM gender ministers meet ahead of global women’s conclave

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 in the context of climate...

CCJ Finds Males Can be Raped

CCJ Finds Males Can be Raped

(Caribbean Court of Justice Press Release) In a judgment released (1 February 2022), the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in...

Call For ICT Sector to Support Safe Return to Online Classes

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 education, forcing educational institutions to utilise online...

CDB to Create Regional Financing Ecosystem to Rescue and Reposition Caribbean Economies

CDB to Create Regional Financing Ecosystem to Rescue and Reposition Caribbean Economies

(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is moving to create a “financing ecosystem” to support the...

CARICOM Consumer Food Choice Survey launched

CARICOM Consumer Food Choice Survey launched

The CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO), along with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, and the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food...

Caribbean needs new markets for new times

Caribbean needs new markets for new times

by Deodat Maharaj, Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency Earlier this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its...