CARICOM SG expresses concern about pace of vaccine uptake

CARICOM SG expresses concern about pace of vaccine uptake

Caribbean Community CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett has bemoaned the pace of vaccine acceptance in the Region, even as she...

COP26 defined by ‘reinvigorated multilateralism’

COP26 defined by ‘reinvigorated multilateralism’

(United Nations News) The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), held last month in Glasgow, was defined by a “reinvigorated multilateralism”,...

New Caribbean trade mark tool available online

New Caribbean trade mark tool available online

(CARIPI Press Release) On 9 December 2021, the CARIFORUM Directorate and the CARIFORUM Intellectual Property and Innovation Project, CarIPI, launched...

COVID-19 cases tripled in the Americas in 2021, but millions now protected thanks to vaccine

COVID-19 cases tripled in the Americas in 2021, but millions now protected thanks to vaccine

(PAHO Press Release) – While COVID-19 infections tripled in 2021 and health systems struggled to cope, “we have learned what...

No return to normal without universal COVID jabs: General Assembly President

No return to normal without universal COVID jabs: General Assembly President

(United Nations News) The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday announced a New Year resolution on vaccine equity, calling...

CARICOM: GDP as an indicator of the status of national economies – a false impression

CARICOM: GDP as an indicator of the status of national economies – a false impression

By Elizabeth Morgan In considering their status, the World Bank using their GDP per capita, classifies 5 CARICOM countries as...

Statement by The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On the Gas Tanker Explosion in Haiti on 14 December

Statement by The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On the Gas Tanker Explosion in Haiti on 14 December

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened by the death of more than 60 people following the explosion of a...

COVID-19: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns

COVID-19: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns

(United Nations News) The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it would be...

CARICOM SG expresses profound sorrow at loss of life in Haiti gas tanker explosion

CARICOM SG expresses profound sorrow at loss of life in Haiti gas tanker explosion

CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, on Tuesday expressed profound sorrow at the loss of life following the explosion of a gas...