KINGSTON, Jamaica – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr.  Carla Barnett says the nine-year tenure of Roderick Rainford as secretary general of the 15-member grouping was historic not only for his seminal role in defining a strengthened integration project for CARICOM, but also because of the deep regional and global crises unfolding at that time.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Friday said it has approved a technical assistance grant of US$346,000 to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency (CDEMA) to support a comprehensive institutional assessment aimed at strengthening the agency’s ability to support Caribbean countries before, during and after disasters.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Tuesday said that the recent violence in the Artibonite department in Haiti has now triggered a new wave of displacement in the country.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says security efforts must be sustained and international engagement must remain focused and coherent as Haiti enters a new critical juncture in its process of rebuilding democratic institutions.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Friday made an urgent appeal, calling for support to protect recent fragile gains in the fight against hunger and to foster stability in Haiti.

UNITED NATIONS - The UN has issued an urgent call for international support as Cuba grapples with a ‘worsening’ humanitarian crisis fuelled by a prolonged energy blockade and the lingering devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa last October.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s already fragile security environment is entering a new phase with the gradual departure of nearly 500 Kenyan police officers who had been supporting operations against armed gangs there. Their withdrawal, expected to be completed by Thursday April 30, 2026, has left the Haitian National Police (PNH) and Armed Forces of Haiti scrambling to fill critical gaps. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations has released US$140.5 million in emergency funding to assist more than one million people in here , where over half the population now needs assistance as violence, hunger, and displacement push families to the brink.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica says it participation in the Caribbean Digital Transformation Project is aimed at creating the enabling environment to encourage growth, development and digital transformation,  calling also for developing countries to be involved in the greater adoption of emerging technologies, including advancements in telecommunications.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to begin oral hearings on May 4 in the long-running border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, marking a pivotal phase in one of the country’s most consequential legal battles.

UNITED NATIONS – A senior United Nations aid official warned on Friday that Haiti is facing “one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere,” underscoring the need for continued global attention to alleviate suffering in the French-speaking Caribbean country.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Caribbean Community (CCARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, Tuesday said the increased involvement of the global energy community in the region underscores the fact that energy in the Caribbean is no longer viewed solely as a sector of economic activity.