CARICOM Today - The CARICOM Secretariat has revised its organisational structure to refocus the work of its Directorates and Offices in order to improve and strengthen its work processes. The Directorate of Trade and Economic Integration has been renamed the Directorate of Economic Integration, Innovation and
Media Release - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to Northern Ireland Dr Christopher Stange opened with Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, at Hydebank Playing Fields, the first purpose-built baseball batting cage in Northern Ireland. A batting cage is an essential piece of equipment for sports
UN NEWS—The business model of the news media is ‘broken’ and with it, our fundamental right to information is at risk, a new UNESCO report examining global trends in freedom of expression warns. In the past five years, both news audiences and advertising revenues have moved
Two Caribbean nations received 10,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines from Taiwan last week. According to Taipei Times, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official statement was to help Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan's two Caribbean allies, combat the pandemic. Saint
Guyana is not backing down. In a recent report by Argus Media, the small nation in South America has submitted a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a bid to dismiss Venezuela's longstanding claim to Essequibo, which has recently been found to have
UN NEWS— Almost 500 million people have been infected with the coronavirus since March 2020 and new variants are still a threat. This Friday marks two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) characterised the global spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic. The UN health agency’s assessment
Press Release - St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) won the second edition of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States / Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (OECS / ECCB) International Netball Series on Friday, 18 February at the Windsor Park Sports Complex in Roseau, Commonwealth of
Media Release - Dominica advances to its goal of providing five thousand climate-resilient homes for the most vulnerable. Local contractors have mobilized to carry out construction works for the new developments rolled out in various locations across the island - one of which is Eggleston. For phase
CARICOM Secretariat – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has restated its condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the military attacks which has caused more than 1.7 million people to flee the country since 24 February, according to data from the UN Refugee Agency.A statement issued following the conclusion of the
UN News - Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 08 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that the world “cannot emerge from the pandemic with the clock spinning backwards on gender equality”. Mr Guterres highlighted the contribution that women have made to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, hailed the
