CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Trade ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have advanced the framework for regional trade policy making, as well as strengthening the policy for formulating and implementing trade within the sub-region.

BEIJING, China – China Tuesday unveiled five new programs to advance shared development and revitalization with Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Trinidadian-born, Justice Margaret Price-Findlay, has been sworn in as acting Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) replacing St. Lucian-born jurist, Mario Michel, whose retirement goes into effect on Monday.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The European Union is providing Haiti with a financing grant of nine million Euros for improving the performance of the country’s General Customs Administration (AGD).

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) has welcomed the decision to implement new paperless ED card system at the VC Bird International Airport with the authorities indicating that this will help with the collection of revenues that often go uncollected.

WASHINGTON, DC - United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Tuesday held talks with the leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and The Bahamas underscoring the urgent need for enhanced regional cooperation to combat drug and firearms trafficking and illegal migration.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Representatives from, Alcatel  Submarine Network  ASN) and EGS (Asia) Ltd have arrived in Antigua and Barbuda, as the Caribbean country is set to play an important role in the Caribbean Elite Alliance (CELIA) submarine cable system that is expected to be fully operational by 2027

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says the overall appeal for Haiti this year “is severely underfunded” noting that the recent wave of armed violence in the Centre Department is putting thousands of children at risk.

UNITED NATIONS - The Human Rights Service (HRS) of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Wednesday said that during the first three months of this year, at least 1,617 people were killed and 580 injured as a result of violence involving gangs, self-defence groups, unorganized members of the population, and operations by the Haitian National Police (PNH).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Deputy Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Armstrong Alexis, is leading a regional delegation to next week’s  78th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Shattered by her husband’s death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six children fled 223 kilometres from their hometown to the city of Mirebalais, where her six-year-old daughter, Leineda, began treatment for malnutrition.

WASHINGTON, DC  – A new report by the World Bank says organised crime and violence have become a central obstacle to development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).