Caribbean Development Bank Awards Over USD400,000 in Growth Grants to Caribbean Women-Led Businesses

Twenty (20) Women-owned and led Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (WMSMEs) from seven (7) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have been awarded grants totaling an estimated USD420,000. The Bank’s...

Barbados women get win over defending volleyball champs

Barbados girls made an outstanding start to their campaign at the 19th CAZOVA volleyball championship with a straight sets drubbing of defending champions Jamaica 25-21, 25-19, 25-21 at the Kendal GL Isaac National Gymnasium in Nassau, the...

Local volleyball women looking to get back on track

TRINIDAD and Tobago’s women will begin their quest to return to the top in the CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Championships tonight, in the Bahamas. The eight-time champions just failed to strike gold for an eighth time in...

Madhya Pradesh Culture Department Calls Bapu ‘NRI’, Will Showcase His Life At Pravasi Swatantrata Senani Gallery

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Madhya Pradesh culture department considers Mahatma Gandhi as a ‘Pravasi’ (Non Resident Indian) and his life and works will be showcased at the ‘Pravasi Swatantrata Senani Gallery’ here. The gallery, focusing on the...

Bahamas falls in opening matches at CAZOVA

Guardian Sports Reporter The Bahamas senior men’s and women’s national teams are still searching for their first victories after dropping their opening matchups at the 2025 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Senior Volleyball...

Guyanese youth mobilise for the SDGs at Int’l Youth Day 2025 Conference

UNDER the inspiring theme, “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond”, more than 100 youth leaders and stakeholders gathered at Duke Lodge for Guyana’s official observance of International Youth Day 2025 (IYD), a dynamic, youth-led forum that...

20 Caribbean women entrepreneurs awarded USD 420,000 in grants through CDB

Twenty women-owned and led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (WMSMEs) from seven Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) borrowing member countries have been awarded a combined USD 420,000 in grants aimed at helping them scale operations and...

‘THIS IS OUR MOMENT’

THEODORE ‘TAPPA’ Whitmore, head coach of Mount Pleasant Football Academy, said the onus will be on his team when they open their 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup campaign today against Surinamese giants SV Robinhood at 7 p.m. at the National Stadium....

Beth Miller - Seven Things I'd Like My Readers to Know About Me

19 August 2025 1. Abduction: Last year, two officers from Sussex Police came round to my house, as instructed by the FBI(!), and interviewed me to find out if I was the same Beth Miller who had been abducted from outside her home in Idaho in 1983....

Twenty women across region receive a total of USD 420,000 in grants from CDB

Photo: Caribbean Development BankTwenty women-owned and led Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (WMSMEs) across seven Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have been awarded grants amounting to approximately USD...

How drones are helping to fight malaria in urban Tanzania

Experts discuss their research to help fight against malaria Baby Dilan lies curled against his grandmother’s chest, his curious brown eyes watching closely as she tells her story. Judith Lomayani Laizer has cared for the seven-month-old since his...

Tracing Roots Of Indian Diaspora In The Caribbean - Suriname Ghat To Get A Makeover

(MENAFN- IANS) Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS) The Suriname Ghat in Kolkata, from where at least 64 ships sailed with indentured labourers from India for what was then Dutch-occupied Suriname, will finally get a makeover, thanks to a joint effort by the...

IOM, CARICOM, and Civil Society consult on Migration Policy Framework

PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE of one of the in-person consultations Press Release August 19, 2025 THE International Organization for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Policy Development...

Women’s Basketball…: Guyana defeats Suriname

CARICOM Youth Ambassadors mark International Youth Day as ‘builders of the future we deserve’

“Today, as we mark International Youth Day 2025, we do so not as bystanders to history, but as builders of the future we deserve.” – Ms. Shakiah Lewis, Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors In a message to mark International Youth Day today, Ms....

Seminarian’s suicide troubles Haiti’s Catholic Church, exposes toll of overlapping crises

Overview: Rodny Boussicot, a 25-year-old seminarian in the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, died by suicide on Aug. 9 in Pétion-Ville after battling illness and depression. His death highlights Haiti’s deepening mental health crisis, fueled by gang...

Georgetown Women Classic Basketball Series…Ramlall sisters engineer Guyana’s clean sweep of Suriname

GUYANA’S women’s basketball team completed a clean sweep of their two-match series with Suriname on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Guyanese won the contest, 65-57, after another overwhelming showing by the local women’s outfit. Asha...

Guyana defeats Suriname 65-57 to complete 2-0 sweep

The victorious Guyanese unit. Women’s Basketball Series Guyana defeated Suriname 65-57 to complete a 2-0 sweep of their two-match international women’s basketball series on Monday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue....

Reggae Girls one of six pre-seeded teams for upcoming draw of Concacaf Women’s World Cup qualifiers  

Jamaica’s Reggae Girls have been named as one of the six pre-seeded teams for the upcoming draw of the Concacaf Women’s World Cup qualifiers . Gunning for a third Fifa Women’s World Cup appearance the Jamaicans joins Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama,...

STATEMENT: CARICOM Secretary General on International Youth Day 2025

CARICOM Communications - Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 at 9:27 AM CARICOM Secretary General Carla BarnettThe Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins the global community in marking International Youth Day 2025 under the theme Local Youth Actions for the...