CARICOM salutes the late Sir Lester Bird’s commitment to Regional Integration

CARICOM salutes the late Sir Lester Bird’s commitment to Regional Integration

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has applauded Sir Lester Bird’s commitment to regional integration as it expressed deepest sympathies on the...

Get vaccinated, observe protective measures – Dr. Carissa Etienne tells Caribbean people

Get vaccinated, observe protective measures – Dr. Carissa Etienne tells Caribbean people

(PAHO Press Release)—Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), expressed concern about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy...

PAHO will begin procuring COVID-19 vaccines to expand access in Latin America, Caribbean

PAHO will begin procuring COVID-19 vaccines to expand access in Latin America, Caribbean

(PAHO Press Release) – Taking action to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccines, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will...

WHO announces three new drugs for latest COVID-19 ‘Solidarity’ clinical trials

WHO announces three new drugs for latest COVID-19 ‘Solidarity’ clinical trials

(United Nations News) Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to...

The US Government donates 5.5 Million Pfizer Vaccines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

The US Government donates 5.5 Million Pfizer Vaccines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

The US Government has generously gifted the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with 5.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines.  This is the...

CDB President on Official Visit to Jamaica

CDB President on Official Visit to Jamaica

(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) Newly appointed President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Gene Leon, is currently in Jamaica...

Where have our Traditional Agricultural Exports gone?

Where have our Traditional Agricultural Exports gone?

By Elizabeth Morgan Last week, I wrote about our primary traditional export, sugar, the production and export of which have...

UWI shares in Caribbean success at Tokyo Olympics

UWI shares in Caribbean success at Tokyo Olympics

(The University of the West Indies Press Release) The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. W.I. Wednesday, Monday, August 9, 2021—The University...

IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief

IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief

(United Nations News) Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the...