BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Mia Mottley has welcomed the launch of the Caribbean Regional Logistics Hub and Centre of Excellence saying it will significantly strengthen the region’s ability to respond quickly to disasters and humanitarian crises.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The European Union is providing Haiti with a financing grant of nine million Euros for improving the performance of the country’s General Customs Administration (AGD).

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) has welcomed the decision to implement new paperless ED card system at the VC Bird International Airport with the authorities indicating that this will help with the collection of revenues that often go uncollected.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said talks should be held with the gang leaders in Haiti as efforts continue to end the security and political crisis in the country.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Representatives from, Alcatel  Submarine Network  ASN) and EGS (Asia) Ltd have arrived in Antigua and Barbuda, as the Caribbean country is set to play an important role in the Caribbean Elite Alliance (CELIA) submarine cable system that is expected to be fully operational by 2027

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says the overall appeal for Haiti this year “is severely underfunded” noting that the recent wave of armed violence in the Centre Department is putting thousands of children at risk.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission Monday said it has successfully concluded two high-level events aimed at bolstering investment facilitation reforms through the implementation of the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Deputy Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Armstrong Alexis, is leading a regional delegation to next week’s  78th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Shattered by her husband’s death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six children fled 223 kilometres from their hometown to the city of Mirebalais, where her six-year-old daughter, Leineda, began treatment for malnutrition.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Trade ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have advanced the framework for regional trade policy making, as well as strengthening the policy for formulating and implementing trade within the sub-region.

BEIJING, China – China Tuesday unveiled five new programs to advance shared development and revitalization with Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Trinidadian-born, Justice Margaret Price-Findlay, has been sworn in as acting Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) replacing St. Lucian-born jurist, Mario Michel, whose retirement goes into effect on Monday.