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The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) will host its first virtual travel expo under the theme Adventure + Sustainability on November 17-18, 2021. This will be the initial of a series of virtual…

An effective response to the post Covid-19 economic situation must include significant and broad debt reduction for all developing countries, including vulnerable middle to high income states. This was one…

The 16th Caribbean Week of Agriculture concluded on 8 October 2021 with the presentation of inaugural awards for CARICOM-Caribbean Development Bank Young Farmer of the Year, Citerina Atkins of Jamaica,…

Blues and Blues Ltd. of Anguilla is scheduled to start with the inter-island trips between Statia, Saba and Sint Maarten on November 1, 2021. Preparations by an inter-island team are in full progress…

The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met virtually on Monday 13 September at its 16th Special Emergency Meeting to consider a regional response to the recent…

Sept. 15, 2021 Good Morning, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Launch of the CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force. The Task Force has been established to provide…

The Pitch Tank Competition is one of the main components of the project "Urban Labs for Youth Innovation in Jamaica”, implemented by The Trust for the Americas, through the DIA…

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is inviting persons in Barbados to register and participate in its global signature fundraiser, RBC Race for the Kids, which will return in a virtual…

Iberostar Group, a global hospitality chain with 80% of its hotels on the seafront, has joined Expedia Group and UNESCO in the expansion of the UNESCO Sustainable Travel Pledge (hereafter…

In response to COVID-19 severely damaging the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Latin America and the Caribbean countries, the World Bank Group deployed a record $29.1 billion…

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) created history on Friday, July 23, 2021, with the successful completion of a catastrophe bond (CAT bond) issuance through the World Bank (International Bank for…

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the leading global community tourism non-profit based in Canada, Planeterra, have joined forces to support community tourism in CTO member countries. This strategic partnership…

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, presented progress on the Comprehensive Plan for Health Self-Sufficiency, during the XXI Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of CELAC. Latin America…

While Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have welcomed the progress on the Fisheries Subsidies negotiations, they have signalled that further adjustments are required, underlining the necessity for special and differential…

The virtual competition invited tech-savvy innovators from Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago to develop new ideas that support the COVID-19 recovery response. The Trust for the Americas, an NGO…