KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica says Caribbean countries share common goals of utilizing information and communication technologies to drive economic and social development.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Partnership of the Caribbean and the European Union on Justice (PACE Justice) says it has developed a new initiative aimed at helping Caribbean countries battling overwhelming backlogs of cases through the use of alternate dispute resolution.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission Monday said it has successfully concluded two high-level events aimed at bolstering investment facilitation reforms through the implementation of the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, has sounded the alarm over the sexual violence crisis in gang-ravaged Haiti.

GENEVA — The head of disaster risk reduction at the United Nations, Kamal Kishore says he is pleased that countries in the Americas are taking seriously the financing of disaster risk reduction.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Trade ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have advanced the framework for regional trade policy making, as well as strengthening the policy for formulating and implementing trade within the sub-region.

GENEVA – The head of the Disaster Risk Reduction, Recovery and Resilience Building Team at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Crisis Bureau, Ronald Jackson, says a new report is calling for a reimagining of development strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with a resilience lens.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Mia Mottley has welcomed the launch of the Caribbean Regional Logistics Hub and Centre of Excellence saying it will significantly strengthen the region’s ability to respond quickly to disasters and humanitarian crises.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The European Union is providing Haiti with a financing grant of nine million Euros for improving the performance of the country’s General Customs Administration (AGD).

GENEVA – The Bahamas will host the Ninth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP26) during the first week of May next year,’ Minister of State responsible for Disaster Risk Management, Leon Lundy, has announced.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said talks should be held with the gang leaders in Haiti as efforts continue to end the security and political crisis in the country.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Representatives from, Alcatel  Submarine Network  ASN) and EGS (Asia) Ltd have arrived in Antigua and Barbuda, as the Caribbean country is set to play an important role in the Caribbean Elite Alliance (CELIA) submarine cable system that is expected to be fully operational by 2027