ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating its 42nd anniversary of political independence from Britain on Wednesday with Prime Minister Gaston Browne saying that the past four decades have been “nothing short of extraordinary, marked by a myriad of challenges and continued progress.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The 17^th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) began on Tuesday with the acknowledgement of the regional potential for agriculture as well as the inherent challenges to farming and agri-buisness in the region.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Bahamas and Grenada have been elected to the executive committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas as the 12th meeting of Statistical Conference of the Americas ended with countries being urged to generate and consolidate statistics and indicators on the environment, climate change and disasters.

OTTAWA, Canada – Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Thursday ended three days of a “very successful” summit laying the groundwork for “concrete plan of action” in the future relationship, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.

OTTAWA, Canada – The head of an interdepartmental task force on Haiti at Global Affairs Canada says the North American country is likely to deploy Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers to Haiti to act as trainers in a multinational military intervention headed by Kenya.

UNITED NATIONS - Guyana has objected to a statement made by Venezuela at the ongoing 78^th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), saying Caracas was engaged in making “falsehoods”.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has officially launched the OECS Regional Data Governance Council (RDGC), a  component of the World Bank-funded OECS Data for Decision Making project, which was approved in May 2022.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children in Haiti are facing the triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition and disease. 

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname has pledged personnel support to the Kenya-led United Nations multilateral security mission expected to be deployed in Haiti to help restore order and security.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Canada-Caribbean Institute (CCI) has urged Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to build on the legacy of the past to set an agenda that allows the two regions to move together as closer partners into the future.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are hoping to raise three main issues during their summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa later this month, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says.

UNITED NATIONS – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Dr. Carla Barnett has held discussions with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on regional priority issues including reform of the international financial architecture, climate change and the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States.