BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says the Third Regional Conference on Reparations should not be viewed as a gathering intent on reopening old wounds on slavery “because these wounds were never properly addressed”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana remains on course to help the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) achieve its target of reducing the region’s food import bill by 25 per cent by 2030, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha said Tuesday.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The  Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has officially unveiled the OECS Regional Child Policy and Strategic Plan 2026-2032, signaling a transformative step forward in strengthening the sub region’s commitment to safeguarding and advancing the rights, development and well-being of children.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, is calling for stronger development cooperation between OAS member states and the organisation’s Permanent Observers.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Barbados will host the third Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Regional Conference on Reparations later this month, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced on Wednesday.

GEORGETOWN , Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is calling for stronger policies to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and expand opportunities for their social and economic development across the region.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre, Monday, urged Africa and the Caribbean regions to leverage a collective voice to advocate for sustainable development, climate resilience, and the interests of vulnerable states.

NEW YORK, New York – The international human rights group Amnesty International, is calling for an end to the United States military’s “deadly, ongoing and illegal campaign” of air strikes against suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), UN Women Caribbean and The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus have joined forces to confront what they describe as one of the Caribbean’s most urgent challenges: the increasing prevalence of violence, including youth violence.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said the victory of Ashma McDougall in the Roseau North by election on Monday should put to an end the debate in Dominica as to whether or not the country is on the right or the wrong track for its development under the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP).

PANAMA CITY – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the European Union (EU) in 2026 has allocated US$19.9 million to support vulnerable children and families across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) through programmes focused on disaster preparedness, education, child protection and assistance for the most vulnerable children, including refugee and migrant populations.

SANTIAGO, Chile - A new report is suggesting that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region possesses strategic assets to drive development, but that doing so will require clear strategies and effective governance.