NASSAU, Bahamas – CARICOM leaders on Friday ended three days of “robust and fruitful; discussions” and that they are confident that their deliberations have advanced the agenda for Caribbean integration, the growth of national and regional economies and the well-being of the people of the 15-member grouping.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Mami Mizutori, says “even if lives are saved, disasters do crush livelihoods,”, as she visited some of the areas in north-eastern St. Vincent affected by climate change and the April 2021 eruption of La Soufriere volcano.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM says it is deeply concerned that the contrasting incidents involving the Haitian national Police indicate the severity of the challenges that the police face as well as further breakdown in security in Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has encouraged the deepening of tourism and trade linkages between the Caribbean and the African continent.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, Monday endorsed the launch of the United Nations Early Warning for All (EW4ALL) initiative, saying the region had no choice, but to pour its collective efforts into improving early warnings for all of the various natural disasters that befall the Caribbean.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina –Haiti’s Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has called on countries within the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), “especially those who can” help deal with the ongoing socio-economic and political situation.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States says it is partnering with CARICOM governments in defense of their “shared values”, and to improve the region’s resilience in all aspects including the economy, security and democracy “ so that the people of the Caribbean and the United States enjoy prosperity, health and freedom”.

WASHINGTON, DC - Jamaica’s former representative to The Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador to the United States, the Late Richard Bernal, was on January30th 2023 hailed by the OAS as not only an economist, a diplomat, and a regionalist but also an educator and a consummate negotiator.

WASHINGTON, DC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US$105 million for Haiti under the Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility to help Haiti address an urgent balance of payment needs related to the global food crisis.

SANTIAGO, Chile – Women Affairs ministers and other officials from the Caribbean have joined their counterparts in Latin America in commuting committed themselves to “promoting intersectoral public policies that include affirmative action to foster women’s and girls’ participation, continuation and completion of education in the spheres of science, technology, engineering and mathematics”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says it is “willing to participate in a multinational security assistance deployment to Haiti”  which is going through a period of political turbulence and economic and social difficulty, aggravated by a climate of insecurity fueled by armed criminal groups.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has reiterated the “the urgent need” for the deployment of an international specialized armed force to Haiti.