PORT AU PRINCE – The international human rights group, Amnesty International, says relentless gang violence in the Haitian capital and surrounding areas has resulted in a brutal attack on childhood.
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BELMOPAN, Belize – The European Union (EU) is providing a two million US dollar grant funding to scale up the “Digital Innovation to Boost Economic Development in Belize” programme, which is being financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
PANAMA CITY, Panama - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, has urged Latin America and Caribbean countries to strengthen productive development policies.
BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize government is considering whether or not it will deploy more soldiers to Haiti after indicating that “there are a few outstanding issues that have to be resolved” before troops could be sent to there.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr Carla Barnett, says regional heads of Government will assess challenges arising in the rapidly changing global context when they meet in Barbados from February 19-21 for the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference.
UNITED NATIONS – The head of the United Nations Office in Haiti (BINUH), Maria Isabel Salvador, says that Haiti is showing signs of progress on the political front despite serious setbacks in terms of security.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has emphasized the critical role of culture in regional development during her keynote address Wednesday evening at the 16th annual ‘Self Reliance Trefossa Lecture’ here.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to a new report from the UN office in the country (BINUH) on human rights violations recorded during the last quarter of 2024.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Monday said it is providing a seven million US dollar grant to Haiti to launch a transformative agricultural project in the country.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says it is monitoring the situation at the border with Venezuela as it expects a large number of migrants to come from the neighboring South American country in the coming days.
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), warned on Friday of the crisis facing Haiti’s children, as violent clashes this week between security forces and armed groups on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince have led to another wave of displacement, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the humanitarian crisis in Haiti has reached a critical point, with one in eight children now internally displaced due to escalating violence fueled by armed groups who continue to control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says projects from four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been selected to harness the potential of sargassum as a resource for various industries.
