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Barbados is the first country to reach a staff-level agreement to access the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), which aims to provide affordable, long-term financing to help build…

Washington, DC, 28 September 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Dr. Barbosa da Silva Jr., a national of Brazil, will be the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). He was elected today by the PAHO…

Source: Barbados Today Article by Marlon Madden President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr. Gene Leon is calling for urgent improvement in the region’s air, sea and land infrastructure in…

Representatives of OECS, Caribbean Export Development Agency, the Chamber of Commerce of Martinique and the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique, met in Martinique on September 27th to officially…

Source: W writeup 24 By George Henry The President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is recommending a tiered “dynamic taxation system” as a novel and potential solution to address…

CARICOM is launching a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. This CARICOM Marketplace dubbed CIMSUPRO (CARICOM Market Place and Suspension…

Environmental officials from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic participated recently in a training workshop in Saint Lucia as the Region continues…

San Jose, 23 September 2022 (IICA) – Tom Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture, appealed to his peers in the Americas to work together, without delay, to build a resilient agriculture sector…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge sentenced former Honduran First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo to 14 years in prison Wednesday on corruption charges, the second time Bonilla had been sentenced.…

Inclusive and sustainable development needed, FAO Director-General tells CAF Development Bank of Latin America 20/09/2022 New York – Latin America is an agricultural powerhouse yet has suffered a…

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is urging the children of the world to “lead the revolution” as well as hold their leaders responsible as the annual spotlight on the…

New York, 20 September 2022 – Countering the effects of climate change and supporting the sustainable development of the Caribbean countries: these are the objectives of the 50 million financing…

(Loop news) Four swimmers made history as they covered a distance of 60km in an attempt to swim from Tobago to Trinidad on Saturday. William Carr, Patrick Lee Loy, Roger Watts, and John Procope began…

SOURCE: AP – Tropical Storm Fiona was expected to become a hurricane as it neared Puerto Rico on Saturday, threatening to dump up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain as people braced for potential…

Tropical Storm Fiona threaded between Guadeloupe and Montserrat while entering the eastern Caribbean and dropping heavy rains over the northern Leeward Islands. Forecasters said the storm would slowly…