UNITED NATIONS – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Tuesday reported that over the past 48 hours, more than 4,500 people have become newly displaced due to ongoing insecurity in Haiti where criminal gangs have been seeking to overthrow the government an increase the level of insecurity in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), aimed at improving the region’s food security and nutrition by 2030.
WASHINGTON, DC - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it has received only 19 per cent of the requested US$28 million in international aid to deal with the gender-based violence in Haiti.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – At least 14 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are expected to attend the second India-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit here on Wednesday, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat has announced.
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Friday reported that the humanitarian situation remains dire for millions of people across Haiti and that insecurity continues to impact the capital with tens of thousands of people remaining uprooted since the escalation of violence in November.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the number of children being recruited into armed groups across Haiti has increased by 70 percent over the past year.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says fisheries professionals from Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago are participating in a workshop on fisheries statistics and data analysis aimed at enhancing their capacity.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has launched the Antigua and Barbuda’s Tourism and Health Programme.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – India on Wednesday outlined a number of areas ranging from health to energy as well as technology in which it says it is prepared to assist Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in their future socio-economic development.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says the Permanent Mission of St. Kitts and Nevis has donated the artwork “Mosaic – A Woman of Power in an Everyday World” by artist Vaughn Anslyn into the permanent art collection of the OAS Art Museum of the Americas.
SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the population in the region reached 663 million this year, nearly four percent less that what had been forecast in 2000.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARCCOM) leaders Wednesday said they were seeking further enhanced economic and commercial cooperation with India.
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says this year has seen a staggering 1,000 percent or ten-fold surge in sexual violence against children in Haiti during an unprecedented crisis which has also seen armed gangs continue to terrorize communities amid a growing humanitarian disaster.
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