GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Forty-one Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers departed for Jamaica to support reconstruction efforts following the devastation of sections of the island by Hurricane Melissa.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, Tuesday called on Venezuela and the United States to use other means than warfare to settle their differences, insisting that the hemisphere must remain a zone of peace.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Judicial and law enforcement authorities from across the Eastern Caribbean have ended a meeting here aimed at significantly enhancing regional cooperation and strategies to dismantle organised gangs and their involvement in international drug trafficking.

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations says a record seizure of cocaine off the coast of Haiti has underlined the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country’s “pivotal role in trafficking routes linking South America, the Caribbean and the United States of America”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has stressed that global partnerships will be essential to the recovery of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), from external shocks, such as Hurricane Melissa, which devastated Jamaica.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Derek Walcott Library at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College has been officially inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Regional Register for Latin America and the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Tuesday congratulated Suriname on its 50th anniversary of political independence from the Netherlands.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders meet later on Monday, to discuss the finances of the regional integration movement, reviewing the budget performance of last year and a proposed fiscal package for 2026.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness Monday welcomed the visit of several of his Caribbean Community (CARICOM) colleagues to his hurricane battered country saying “Jamaica is grateful for the solidarity being shown and for the reassurance that we do not stand alone."

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission says it has initiated discussions with two financial institutions towards establishing a Regional Operation for Advancing Housing Resilience in the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, says the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa when it passed through the region in late October, underscores  the urgency of addressing the existential threats posed by climate change.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being represented at the 15th High-Level Forum on the Korea-Caribbean Partnership that began here on Tuesday.