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The CEO makes an appearance and an impact at the Origins Guyana Fashion Festival 2026, alongside local influencers and fellow Canadians By Staff Reporter, August 2, 2026 By Frederick Halley CANADIAN cultural producer and international event strategist, Vanessa Sonia Lachman, continues to build meaningful bridges between Guyana and the global diaspora through fashion, culture and creative … Continue reading Canadian Cultural Producer Strengthens Fashion and Cultural Ties Between Guyana and the Diaspora
August 14, 2026 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), in coordination with regional and international partners, has successfully completed Operation Eclipse. Executed during the month of May 2026, the intensive, intelligence-led maritime operation disrupted multi-jurisdictional smuggling loops and stripped transnational organised criminal groups (OCGs) of an estimated US$54.5 million in … Continue reading CARICOM IMPACS and partners disrupt transnational smuggling and seize US$54.5 million in illicit assets
Caribbean cinema is coming to Toronto, and the full ScreenShare 2026 programme is here.65+ films. Canadian premieres. 20+ countries represented. Six days of powerful Caribbean storytelling. Presented by the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival and the Caribbean Film Festival.From Opening Night on September 8 to our closing Awards Ceremony on September 13, every screening block has … Continue reading Screen Share: Caribbean Stories, Collective Power
The Canada–Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) is pleased to announce our upcoming Canada–Guyana Trade Mission, led by a Canadian Minister (TBD), taking place in Guyana the week of October 19, 2026. As commercial ties between Canada and Guyana continue to grow, this mission will provide a platform for Canadian and Guyanese businesses, investors, industry leaders, … Continue reading Canada–Guyana Trade Mission | October 2026
August 5, 2026 Tourism leaders from Canada and the Caribbean gathered at George Brown Polytechnic (GBP) to explore how collaboration and shared knowledge can strengthen the sector's future. The Canadian-Caribbean Tourism Resilience Symposium: Co-Designing the Next Decade, held July 29–30 at Limberlost Place, brought together tourism leaders, researchers, community partners, and representatives from related sectors, … Continue reading Canadian and Caribbean tourism leaders come together at George Brown Polytechnic to build a more resilient future
A wide view of the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe By: Andy Knight & Winston Dookeran Published: 6 August 2026 [This is an excerpt from an article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies. Opinions do not reflect the position of the editorial … Continue reading Opinion – The art of the long game: Trinidad & Tobago and Caribbean statecraft at the United Nations
By Jacqueline Charles August 1, 2026 GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA Throughout the English-speaking Caribbean—and in Canada—Aug. 1 is observed as the day the British Empire’s official abolition of slavery took effect in 1834. But as former British colonies mark Emancipation Day on Saturday, Caribbean leaders and activists pushing for reparatory justice say it’s also time to … Continue reading Why Emancipation Day in the Caribbean is becoming a reckoning with slavery’s legacy
Report also highlights devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, which tore through Jamaica in October 2025. Photograph: Raquel Cunha/Reuters Natricia Duncan July 29, 2026 Findings can inform conversations about global climate reparations and financing for mitigations, researchers say Caribbean nations suffered $53.2bn (£40bn) of damage from climate-fuelled disasters between 2000 and 2024, research into the cost of … Continue reading Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands
Photo by Atlantic Ambience on Pexels.com Jul 27, 2026 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB/the Bank) has approved a grant of US$100,000 to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Private Sector Organization Inc. (CPSO) to support a study that will assess the feasibility and inform the design of a Regional Stock Exchange for participating states of the CARICOM Single Market … Continue reading Caribbean Development Bank Supports Feasibility Study for Regional Stock Exchange