GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador –  Three international banks says they will collaborate and cooperate more closely to generate knowledge and support public policies related to transnational organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Kingdom of Spain have signed a new agreement for technical cooperation in food and nutrition security, health, climate change, and disaster risk reduction for the next five years.

ST.  GEORGE’S, Grenada - The 15-member regional integration movement, CARICOM, Sunday began the second half of its march towards the next 50 years with regional leaders critical of what they presented as a failure of the media to highlight the successes of the bloc.

NASSAU, Bahamas –  New historical research into one of the world’s richest treasure galleons, the Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas that was wrecked on January 4, 1656, has discovered a link between the wreck and the rise of the notorious pirates of the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says increasing administrative capacity, implementing cashless payment systems and user information portals as well as enhancing accessibility for vulnerable populations, form part of a comprehensive framework aimed at sustainably improving public road transportation in the region.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The Department of Immigration says 20 Haitians were picked up in North Sound area of Virgin Gorda earlier this week, intensifying concerns over human smuggling in the British Virgin Islands.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The government of Suriname, through the National Coordination Center for Disaster Management (NCCR), says it will be sending a shipment of rice, flour, pasta and tarpaulins to Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – the islands that were severely hit by Hurricane Beryl last month. 

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas says Curacao’s accession to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as an associate member “is a testament to our shared vision of a united, prosperous, and resilient Caribbean Community”.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The head of the United Nation’s humanitarian coordination office (OCHA), Abdoulaye Sawadogo, says the entire social fabric of families is unraveling in Haiti as displacement in the country reaches record numbers due largely to insecurity and gang-related violence.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United States Department of State says Special Representative for Global Partnerships Dorothy McAuliffe, US Ambassador to Jamaica Nick Perry and the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, Caribbean on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) launching a Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship (CCE) Hub here

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali Friday underscored the importance of research and development in the agricultural sector, noting that the region also lacks data when seeking to implement important projects in the sector.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has approved US$110 million from its grant facility to improve food security, health, and the inclusion of vulnerable children and youth in Haiti.