Climate Change and Agriculture in the Caribbean St Georges, Grenada, October 17, 2010 – Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) was launched in Grenada on Sunday October 17 with the focus on Climate Change and its impact on regional agriculture. The Climate Change component of the observance includes a workshop which aims at convening integrated discussions […] Read more

CTA, CARDI & ACM team up on Agriculture St Georges, Grenada, October 16, 2010 – Issues affecting agricultural development in the region, including the role of the media, will be discussed in Grenada next week when the island hosts the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA). The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and […] Read more

Pilot Training Programme in Trinidad Completed October 10, 2010 – The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM), in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Publishers’ and Broadcasters’ Association (TTPBA) and the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) with support from Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has completed delivery of a comprehensive pilot training […] Read more

ACM Joins in Condemning Violence against the Media in Mexico AUSTIN, Texas — Distinguished investigative journalists and members of media support organizations from 20 countries in the Americas and Europe strongly condemned the killings of journalists and attacks on media by organized crime, particularly in Mexico. They insisted that international organizations and governments in the […] Read more

Cuban Blogger Declared Press Freedom Hero The International Press Institute has declared Cuban blogger Yoani Maria Sanchez Cordero its 60th World Press Freedom Hero. Sanchez’s blog, Generation Y, is an acerbic critique of life in Cuba, and a telling reminder to the world of the restraints on free speech and expression on the Caribbean island. […] Read more

Statement on Media Council Bill, 2010 Of Bermuda May 26, 2010 – The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) is concerned that the Media Council Bill 2010, introduced for debate in the parliament of Bermuda on May 7, 2010, seeks to impose a regime of prior censorship and direct political, non-editorial control over media conduct and […] Read more

Message of the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers on the Occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2010 Port of Spain, May 3, 2010 – The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) observes World Press Freedom Day 2010 confident that our message of freedom of the press as the preserve of all citizens and not of a single […] Read more

Journalists in St Vincent and The Grenadines Receive Election Training April 28, 2010 – Journalists from the print and broadcast media of St Vincent and the Grenadines benefited from training in the coverage of elections from an ACM team, the country’s ACM Focal Point, Theresa Daniel, and Supervisor of Elections, Sylvia Findlay on April 24, […] Read more

ACM to lead free speech violation talks ACM, March 21, 2010 – A fresh wave of violations of free speech and press freedom, affecting the region’s media and democracies, will be the focus of three days of talks in Peru among media workers and free expression advocates in Latin America and the Caribbean, in which […] Read more

T&T Electoral Authorities Agree to Collaborate for Better Coverage of Elections March 8, 2010 (Port of Spain) – The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) of Trinidad and Tobago has agreed to collaborate with the local media to improve journalistic performance in the coverage of elections. The commitment was given by senior EBC officials attending the […] Read more