GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders meet later on Monday, to discuss the finances of the regional integration movement, reviewing the budget performance of last year and a proposed fiscal package for 2026.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, says the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa when it passed through the region in late October, underscores the urgency of addressing the existential threats posed by climate change.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being represented at the 15th High-Level Forum on the Korea-Caribbean Partnership that began here on Tuesday.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary General, Dr. Amstrong Alexis has welcomed a new initiative involving the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in developing a statistical framework to measure poverty and vulnerability in the region.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Judicial and law enforcement authorities from across the Eastern Caribbean have ended a meeting here aimed at significantly enhancing regional cooperation and strategies to dismantle organised gangs and their involvement in international drug trafficking.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States is continuing to provide more aid to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries in the wake of destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa.
WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank says its Board of Executive Directors has approved a new project in Haiti aimed at improving resilient rural accessibility and road connectivity in the South and North departments.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Derek Walcott Library at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College has been officially inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Regional Register for Latin America and the Caribbean.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dr. Didacus Jules has welcomed the World Bank-funded OECS Skills and Innovation Project (SKIP) saying it spans far beyond the discussion of ideas.
UNITED NATIONS – Haiti has been identified among 16 countries and territories worldwide by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) of a major hunger emergency, with acute food insecurity set to worsen between now and May 2026, putting millions of lives at risk.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness Monday welcomed the visit of several of his Caribbean Community (CARICOM) colleagues to his hurricane battered country saying “Jamaica is grateful for the solidarity being shown and for the reassurance that we do not stand alone."
Hurricane relief supplies valued at approximately US$30,000 were shipped to Jamaica on Saturday, November 8, through a collaborative effort between the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C., the Montgomery County Council, Southwest Airlines and members of the Jamaican diaspora across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area.
SANTA MARTA, Colombia - Guyana has called for enhanced security cooperation, urgent climate financing, and stronger multilateral mechanisms as representatives from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries met with European Union (EU) officials as part of the IV Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) -EU Summit here.
