GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — A study has found that while the Caribbean has made progress in responding to the HIV epidemic, the impact of the prevention response has been inadequate, particularly among key populations. The study also found that of concern to regional stakeholders is that the annual number of new HIV infections among adults […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Adrian Saunders, says he remains convinced that in order to gain stronger support in the region, more information must be provided to the Caribbean public about the regional court. The CCJ was established in 2001 to replace the […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana announced that the US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil, had made two additional discoveries of oil offshore Guyana building on the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than five billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek block. “This continues to be positive news for the people of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, […]
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has commended Jamaica on its work to advance activities relating to its climate change agenda. “Jamaica is in a position of leadership. You are way ahead of a lot of countries in this realm,” said chief of operations, IDB Jamaica, Adriana La Valley, who was speaking at a Capacity-building Initiative […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging people to practice good personal hygiene in order to reduce the risk of transmission of influenza and other respiratory viruses especially as the region prepares to host carnivals and other festivals. It said that influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press after attending a United Nations Security Council meeting on Venezuela, January 26, 2019 at the United Nations in New York. (Photo: AFP) WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said that it has handed control of Venezuela’s bank accounts in the United States to Juan Guaido, the […]
Associated Press
This June 2018 photo shows protesters walking along Montana Avenue outside the El Paso Processing Center, in El Paso, Texas. Federal immigration officials are force feeding some of the immigrants who have been on hunger strike for nearly a month inside the Texas detention facility. (Photo:AFP) TEXAS, United States (AP) — Immigrants around the country […]
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belize on Monday announced that it had exported five containers of crude soybean oil to Jamaica, making this the first ever shipment of soybean oil to the region. The government said that the shipment was made last Thursday and that the Directorate General for Foreign Trade (DGFT) has been monitoring requests […]
Ravi B Maharaj
When news first broke regarding the joint CARICOM – UN meeting on the Venezuelan crisis, I was initially perplexed about what they were going have on the agenda. With no prior evidence that either side of the conflict were willing to mediate, it almost appeared that the CARICOM delegation was simply distributing brochures of different […]
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is warning countries in the region to brace for a severe outbreak of the dengue virus. According to the agency, the current outbreak of dengue in Jamaica has raised the level of concern in other Caribbean islands. Local health authorities say up to January 3 there were 830 cases […]