WASHINGTON, DC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US$105 million for Haiti under the Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility to help Haiti address an urgent balance of payment needs related to the global food crisis.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell appears to have abandoned his idea of Grenada leasing or owning its own aircraft as part of measures to improve regional transportation following the demise of the inter-regional airline, LIAT, and is instead focusing on subsidizing airlines.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said Tuesday his island is buying ready-made houses from Guyana, more than two years after the La Soufrière volcano in his homeland erupted in 2021, wreaking havoc across the country.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has reiterated the “the urgent need” for the deployment of an international specialized armed force to Haiti.

NEW DELHI, India – Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali proposed a new global food system that incorporates the tax and financial system to directly combat hunger, in his address at the inaugural Voice of Global South Summit that began here on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden administration has extended interview waivers for certain nonimmigrant visa applicants.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the official portrait of its outgoing Dominican-born Director, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, was unveiled on Friday at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Mayors from the Caribbean are expected to join their global partnerships in London on March 15 for the first ever “healthy cities” summit where they will discuss strategies to combat the global burden arising from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the increasing toll on urban health systems caused by injuries.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has commended the Dutch government for acknowledging the role it played in slavery but called for reparations negotiations between The Netherlands and the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, says improving governance is part of the solution to addressing slow and uneven implementation of policies within the 15-member regional integration grouping.

Ottawa, Ontario - The Honorable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, today announced that he will travel to Barbados and Jamaica from January 9 to 14, 2023. He will arrive in Jamaica on January 11.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Dec 20, CMC – CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett says “strenuous efforts” have been made this year to ensure that the regional integration process improves the lives of the people of the 15-member grouping.