BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Supporting regional trade is central to the work of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export). Caribbean Export in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH or GIZ in short, supported the participation of four CARIFORUM companies to exhibit at the recently held Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) at the Montego […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship ‘RFA MOUNTS BAY’ will pay a visit to Barbados from the 14 – 17 June 2019, as part of the UK’s preparations to provide regional support this Hurricane Season. Equipped with heavy-duty vehicles, a Royal Navy Wild-Cat helicopter and personnel from 24 Commando Royal Engineers; RFA Mounts […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – This announcement was made by the Vice-Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Verene Shepherd at a news conference held at the regional headquarters of The University of the West Indies (UWI) June 10; and also revealed that the CRC was in the process of preparing a new round of letters […]

LONDON, England – Prime Minister Therese May has announced that the UK will eradicate its net contribution to climate change by 2050. This means that by 2050, the UK will reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, improving public health, air quality and biodiversity. Legislation laid in parliament Wednesday, June 12 amends the Climate Change Act […]

By Burcu Hacibedel and Priscilla Muthoora WASHINGTON, USA  – Rising economic growth has reduced inequality in low-income and emerging market countries over the years. In good economic times, young people working helps reduce inequality in both groups of countries. But when growth slows down and jobs are lost, more young people out of work in […]

By Caribbean News Now contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announces notwithstanding the prediction of deceleration in global economic activity, the 2019 economic outlook for its borrowing member countries (BMCs) is positive, foretelling economic growth of over two percent. In its 2018 Annual Report issued at the start of the […]

By Caribbean News Now contributor PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – The latest in a series of startling similar fatalities in the Dominican Republic, a sixth American tourist was reported Monday to have died from a strange illness at a resort in the island that shares a border with Haiti. Most of the deaths, and several […]

GENEVA, Switzerland – The Centenary International Labour Conference got underway Monday [June 10] at the United Nations in Geneva, with ILO chief Guy Ryder, calling on hundreds of delegates from around the world to help “construct a future of work, with social justice for all”; and that with the possible adoption of a landmark declaration […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – At the closing of the 49th annual meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Board of Governors, President Dr Warren Smith highlighted the way forward to fulfil the promise of a sustainable future and prosperity in the region. The CDB president noted the region was facing new external threats, which […]