BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) Wednesday said that the Caribbean’s risk landscape is not static and that disasters are becoming more frequent and more costly.

UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Thursday said that state authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralyzing daily life and forcing families to flee”.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Japan's government says it will contribute US$10 million to the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, reaffirming its commitment to regional stability.

BRASILIA, Brazil - Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being represented at the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Thursday said Dominica remains committed to the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) position that the Caribbean should remain a “zone of peace” even as he  refused to comment on the position taken by his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad Bissessar, on the matter based on the presence of United States military off the coast of  Venezuela.

Washington, D.C. – The Embassy of Jamaica’s annual Jamaica Fest drew more than six thousand patrons to Veterans Plaza in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, on Sunday, August 17, making it one of the largest cultural celebrations in the DMV region as the nation marked its 63rd anniversary of Independence.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has welcomed the decision by two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that are part of a Standing Group of Partners to provide high level strategic direction  for any revamped force in Haiti.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Four member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are from Tuesday participating in a World Bank-funded initiative promoting digital transformation across nine-member sub-regional grouping.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The humanitarian coordinator of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Christian Vovi, says the gang violence in Haiti is affecting the organization’s work in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has praised the cultural, economic and regional contributions of Trinidad and Tobago, as the nation marks its sixty-third Anniversary of Independence today.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, Wednesday said the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping will have a “critical role” to play in the ongoing efforts to restore stability and security in Haiti.

UNITED NATIONS – The  United Nations designated expert on human rights for Haiti, William O’Neill, is warning that with armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defense groups morphing into gang-like entities and public officials acting with impunity, Haiti is slowly becoming something like the Wild West.