With one month left until the end of the year, Nassau Cruise Port has surpassed its all-time annual passenger record. The port set its previous record of 3,859,183 passengers in 2019. As of the end of November, the port team had welcomed 3,869,003 passengers for the year. Nassau Cruise Port CEO, Mike Maura Jr., called […]

Washington, DC./Panama City, 30 November 2023 (PAHO) – On World AIDS Day (December 1), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlight the key role of communities and civil society in the provision of HIV information and services, such as testing, prevention and treatment, in Latin America and the Caribbean. […]

Achieving a robust Global Stocktake, keeping 1.5C goal are imperative to SIDS’ survival. Small island developing states (SIDS) from the Pacific, Caribbean, African, Indian Ocean and South China Seas have converged in Dubai ahead of the pivotal United Nations climate summit, COP28, to solidify priorities that must be achieved to give SIDS the best chance […]

Yesterday, the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation and CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) met to celebrate the Foundation’s donation of US$75,000 to help enhance rainfall monitoring systems and disaster preparedness in the Caribbean and another US$5,000 to print and disseminate additional copies of CCRIF’s children’s publication on “Hazards, Disasters and Climate Change”, […]

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), with funding support from the United States Government donated a variety of equipment to the Nursing Simulation Laboratory of the University of Belize. From the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, a country’s health system must build the […]

With a major international organization reporting that more Caribbean workers have wage-earning jobs than did before the pandemic, a regional recruitment firm says it’s doing its part to help people easily find better-paying and higher-quality jobs. Caribbean Employment Services Inc. is a market-leading digital talent acquisition service that aims to connect the top talent from […]

In celebration of World Food Day, officers of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations visited the St. Catherine Primary School in St. Philip, Barbados to chat with the children on the important of World Food Day and water as an important resource. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) […]