Sir James to be buried in Bequia on Saturday after service in Kingstown
(IWitnessNew) The body of the late Sir James Mitchell will lie in State at the House of Assembly on Friday,...
UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way’
(United Nations News) Arguing that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way”, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday that countries...
CARICOM SG expresses concern about pace of vaccine uptake
Caribbean Community CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett has bemoaned the pace of vaccine acceptance in the Region, even as she...
COP26 defined by ‘reinvigorated multilateralism’
(United Nations News) The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), held last month in Glasgow, was defined by a “reinvigorated multilateralism”,...
New Caribbean trade mark tool available online
(CARIPI Press Release) On 9 December 2021, the CARIFORUM Directorate and the CARIFORUM Intellectual Property and Innovation Project, CarIPI, launched...
COVID-19 cases tripled in the Americas in 2021, but millions now protected thanks to vaccine
(PAHO Press Release) – While COVID-19 infections tripled in 2021 and health systems struggled to cope, “we have learned what...
No return to normal without universal COVID jabs: General Assembly President
(United Nations News) The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday announced a New Year resolution on vaccine equity, calling...
CARICOM: GDP as an indicator of the status of national economies – a false impression
By Elizabeth Morgan In considering their status, the World Bank using their GDP per capita, classifies 5 CARICOM countries as...
Statement by The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On the Gas Tanker Explosion in Haiti on 14 December
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened by the death of more than 60 people following the explosion of a...
COVID-19: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns
(United Nations News) The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it would be...
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