Regional News

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum is warning that the peak of the wet, heat and hurricane seasons are forecast to bring an increase in wet days and wet spells, heatwaves, and […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean Community member nations Barbados and Guyana are considering mandatory vaccination for COVID-19. Barbados is also giving consideration to the possibility of mandatory testing for the virus which has affected 196 […]

WASHINGTON, D.C (PAHO) –-The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted essential health services in most countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, threatening immunization of children and care of expectant mothers and people with chronic […]

Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell has extended congratulations to the victorious St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP), which secured 13 of the 17 seats contested in Monday’s poll. In a letter dispatched Tuesday […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The global economy will expand by six per cent this year, but disparities between nations are widening as advanced economies accelerate while developing countries fall behind, the IMF said Tuesday. While the […]

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CMC) — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) wants the region to develop platforms for producing and distributing new vaccines and medicines as part of “a concerted regional health strategy”. […]

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) –The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne, says it is imperative to close the gap that separates children from the vaccines that can protect them […]

This morning, the Caribbean region and world awoke to reports of the assassination of the Haitian President, Jovenel Moise, and the injuries sustained by his wife, First Lady Martine. The Government and people of Grenada […]