GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says construction of a regional food hub designed to strengthen food security and boost agricultural exports across the Caribbean is about 50 per cent complete and remains on track for completion by the end of the year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Executive Director of Jamaica’s Integrity Commission, Craig Beresford, is urging Caribbean countries to strengthen collaboration and align their anti-corruption laws, warning that fragmented approaches undermine efforts to tackle corruption.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Dr. Terrance Drew says meaningful and lasting progress in addressing crime and violence across the Caribbean region cannot be achieved without decisive leadership and political commitment.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Sixty-Second Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened on Thursday,  at the CARICOM Secretariat here. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A senior official of the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Monday said that the Caribbean, with its interconnected economies and shared aspirations must adopt new initiatives allowing regional countries to respond with equal sophistication and unity against corruption.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, (CAAC), Vanessa Frazier, says children living in Haiti are under “constant fear” amid displacement, intimidation and trauma caused by gang violence.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Safety measures, charger installation requirements, and inspection procedures are among the areas identified as critical to harmonising electric vehicles (EVs) charging infrastructure across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

SANTIAGO,  Chile – The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim, Tuesday said there is a need to address issues such as non-tariff barriers that affect trade in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

CASTRIES, ST. Lucia – A senior official of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Patrice Quesada, Monday said that Caribbean countries need to develop policies that will assist them deal with a decline in their populations.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana and Brazil have signed a letter of intent to establish a science, technology, and innovation hub backed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA ).

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Tuesday said that the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, particularly in the neighbourhood of Cité Soleil, following an escalation of armed violence in Haiti earlier this month.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Monday said that the future of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will depend on its ability to transform pressures into momentum for democratic renewal and progress in well-being.