GENEVA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned of a massive surge in child armed group recruitment in Haiti, saying that the ongoing emergency in the French-speaking Caribbean country is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs. 

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Monday said Haiti continues to experience “massive human rights violations” as efforts continue to bring about peace and stability in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres says he intends presenting to the United Nations Security Council, a new initiative aimed at supporting security and stability in Haiti.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government of Guyana has alerted the international community to threats by the Venezuelan military against various oil production vessels operating in Guyana’s waters.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, on Thursday signed an agreement  with the President of the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique (CTM), Serge Letchimy, for the French Caribbean territory’s accession to the regional body.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade marked his return to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit saying that the 51 year-old regional integration movement as “we know it is no longer affordable to most of us and it does not provide value for money”.

UNITED NATONS - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Ulrika Johnson, says the ongoing gang violence in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has displaced more than a million people, nearly a tenth of the population, or three times more than last year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended a three-day summit here on Friday night, describing their deliberations as “very good and instructive”  and signaling their intention to hold talks at the highest level with the United States as Washington adopts a new foreign and trade policy under Donald Trump.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Wednesday underscored the importance of closer collaboration with the Caribbean saying Europe will always be ready to listen and to engage with the region.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres is urging the international community to “act quickly” as he acknowledged that each new wave of criminal attacks against Haiti’s communities and institutions “is a distressing sign that time is running out.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness Friday urged Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to  adopt  a strong position against criminal gangs as regional leaders said that certain acts of violence “must now be regarded as acts of terrorism”.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he does not support only selected categories of  persons being afforded the opportunity to move  and work freely within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), insisting that such a privilege should be given to every Caribbean national.