The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is formalizing recommendations to deal with any possible incidence of the Ebola virus and is also improving efforts to respond to the...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) sugar producing countries are seeking to adopt a unified position as it relates to the future development of the industry as well as...
Legislators in the Dominican Republic have given the green light to legislation establishing a system for granting naturalized citizenship and permanent residency to people of Haitian...
Climate change is forcing the nine-member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to choose between expending scarce resources to deal with its impact or other pressing...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX) will be the focus of the Seventh Meeting of Consumer Affairs, in...
A Caribbean Reparatory Justice Program (CRJP) has been accepted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government as a basis for discussions on reparations from slavery...
Haiti President Martelly (c) signing the protocol, while mediator Cardinal, Chibly Langlois (r) looks on. March 15, 2014. Haiti’s politicians have put aside their differences and...
Antigua & Barbuda has asked the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to send a mission to observe the general election likely to be held next month. The Baldwin...
An interesting discussion about the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its importance to the development of regional integration within the Caribbean. Although it was recorded on April...
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has revealed that Britain agrees and has no objection to Dominica recognizing the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final appellate...
Haiti and Guyana are expected to lead the economic growth among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the United Nations’ annual World Economic...
A leading Jamaican researcher believes that the country could earn up to US$7 billion annually by increasing the production of limestone and its value added products....
The World Bank has rated the Bahamas as the wealthiest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The financial institution said that the Bahamas is most economically prosperous country...
The Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) say while they are aware of their responsibilities and commitments under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with the European Union in...
Barbados is among the least corrupt countries in the world according to the latest figures released by the German-based Transparency International (TI) on Tuesday. According to...
Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago – the two largest economies in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), have signed an agreement outlining a path to improve free trade...
The Caribbean has joined the rest of the global community in observing World AIDS Day by issuing a reminder to the region of the commitment to...
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly said Haiti will not sever trading ties with the Dominican Republic in light of the chaos created by the September 23 constitutional...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Dookeran says if the threat of a boycott of products by Jamaicans materializes this could lead to a serious...
A special meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Bureau will be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, early next week to address the recent court ruling...
Antigua & Barbuda is celebrating its 32nd anniversary of political independence from Britain on Friday with the traditional military parade, the presentation of national awards to...
The Bahamas, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago are leading the Caribbean in improving the region’s business climate, according to a new “Doing Business” report released on...
Former Jamaica prime minister Percival James (PJ) Patterson has indicated that the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping needs to strongly condemn recent developments in the Dominican...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended a one day meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuesday agreeing to the formation of a Commission on the...
Jamaica is joining its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago, in supporting the agreement reached between the United States and Russia regarding...
Haiti is raising taxes on a number of imported products as the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country moves to protect local industries from unfair competition. The...
Jamaica government has reiterated its commitment to the regional integration movement – the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and dismissed calls for the island-nation to quit the 15-member...
The Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will put pressure on offshore companies seeking to do business in the Caribbean, says Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart....
The oil-rich twin-island nation of Trinidad & Tobago has assumed the chairmanship of CARICOM (Caribbean Community) from Haiti, following the expiration of the latter’s six-month rotating...
The challenges of regional travel will be placed on the front burner at the upcoming meeting of heads of Government from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)....
Manufactures in Jamaica have accused Trinidad & Tobago of breaching the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) trade rules established under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas by imposing non-tariff...
A Group of ACP Country Delegates – Courtesy of the World Bank Just last week, in what was termed ‘the first official high-level structured dialogue between...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are being urged to support a loan application by the regional airline LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport) for funds to undertake a...
China’s new president Xi Jingping arrives in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, for a three-day visit during which time he will meet with Caribbean Community...
Jamaica is in the process of making amendments to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act, so as to broaden the categories of...
The Trinidad & Tobago based and state-owned Caribbean Airlines recorded losses estimated at US$70 million last year, the twin island-nation’s Finance Minister Larry Howai has revealed....
The Jamaica government has presented a J$521 billion (US$5.21 billion) tax free budget to parliament with Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips indicating that the aim of...
The Bahamas Ministry of Financial Services will be hosting a workshop on the United States’ Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on April 9-10, 2013 in...
Grenada will hold a referendum in the next two years to decide on the island-nation’s relationship with the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ),...
St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is calling on Caribbean countries to establish a regional reparations committee, pledging to spend the rest of his life...
Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner CARICOM (Caribbean Community) member states have endorsed a regional energy policy that will guide the 15-member grouping in...
The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be funding all future negotiations itself, according to Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. This stance comes as concerns linger that...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being urged to review their visa regimes so as to lure more visitors to the region. The recommendation comes from the...
People of The Bahamas voted overwhelming in a national referendum on Monday to reject proposals legalizing web-shop gambling and a national lottery. Preliminary results showed that...
Government officials in The Bahamas have revealed that they are reviewing the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in a move that suggests that the...
Best Western Hotel Construction in Haiti. PHOTO/File St. Lucia Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony believes the recovery efforts in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010...
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he intends to write to the United Kingdom later this month indicating Dominica’s intent to sever...
The year 2012 has been a challenging year for the Caribbean Community. Immediate past Premier if the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush would have been very familiar...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it has merged five different health research agencies into a single office that has already attracted nearly US$10 million in donations....
The government in St. Lucia government has set a four year target for the island-nation to be amongst the world’s top 10 nations for doing business...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have joined other developing countries in calling for a “lasting and comprehensive reform” of the United nations Security Council. Jamaica’s Permanent Representative...
Barbados has set up a select committee to determine whether the country should enter an intergovernmental agreement with the United States government on the Foreign Account...
(BGIS) – Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, has sent a clear message that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) is still a “front...
The Caribbean Association of Banks is looking to expand its membership, covering institutions that are not indigenous to the region. Given that issues which affect banks...
Member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed to set up a Caribbean Investment Fund to help stabilize struggling economies in the region. In a...
Despite reservations among lawmakers about business readiness, operational costs and timing, the St. Lucia Senate has passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, keeping the legislation...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government have agreed that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be the final appellate court for the region. This was...
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (r) Welcomes CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. PHOTO/File Amid an escalating trade war between Jamaica and Trinidad &Trinidad — two...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) needs to move faster with implementing the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). This was revealed by Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart,...
St. Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony. PHOTO/File St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has officially assumed the role of chair of the Caribbean Community...
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (r) Welcomes CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. PHOTO/File Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque says Jamaica cannot survive...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are working on easing the convertibility of their individual currencies even though regional leaders have decided that certain aspects of the single...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in preparing for the Connect the Americas Summit, set for Panama in July, is sending a strong and clear message to private...
Member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), recorded mixed economic growth last year as they continued to grapple with the fallout from the global economic and...
Barbados and its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbors will work with Mexico in the area of higher education and in assisting Haiti, still reeling from the ravages...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his administration has not turned its back on the cash-strapped low budget carrier, REDjet, that halted its services to regional...
Citizens of the Bahamas begin voting for a new government today under the “Advance Poll” system with Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham stressing that it is important...
Brian Pengelley, the president of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), is warning that walking away from membership in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would not solve the...
Grounded – REDJet Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart stays clear of guaranteeing any financial assistance to low-cost carrier REDjet, even as he prepares to hold talks...
(Barbados Nation) – A Day after low-cost carrier REDjet announced the immediate suspension of its flights, one of its primary regional competitors moved hastily to pick...
The essence of regional organization is that there’s safety, growth, development and better bargaining power in numbers. The Caribbean Community, made up of 15 members and...
As a region, the Caribbean is inextricably linked to the United States. Economically, the biggest industry by any measure is tourism and the biggest source market...
RedJet’s Chief Executive Officer Ian Burns has dismissed speculation that the company has any short-term plans to extend its low-fare air travel plans to Brazil. While...
The recent performance of the Caribbean stock markets has been dragged down by weak performances in financials and conglomerates. This is according to an analysis carried...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are in Haiti to forge stronger ties and closer cooperation between the 14 member states while exploring ways to strengthen Haiti’s participation...
The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) has chosen a replacement for former deputy general secretary Robert ‘Bobby’ Morris and is also preparing for a crop of younger...
Spending cuts in Barbados are necessary as government revenues remain under pressure, but reductions which are too swift and deep could do significant damage to the...
Shareholder governments of the regional airline, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), said they had taken a number of “tough decisions” including cutting back on routes as...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Desi Bouterse Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Desi Bouterse, has called on the region to make 2012 a year of change. Bouterse, who...
2012 promises to be an economically challenging year for the 15 countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), only 3...
(Caribbean 360) – Some 15,000 Haitians are down to benefit from a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) spearheaded project geared to help combat the cholera outbreak that has...
St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King has announced a general election date of November 28 – the same day of...
(Barbados Nation)- A total of 85,000 work permits were issued by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states between 2000 and June 2010. 75 percent of these work...
The governments of caribbean nations need to act decisively to reduce on the high public debt (which amounts to 9 percent of GDP) and to deal...
A pilot project to fight gang violence and other activities is to be rolled out in Belize, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago....
The Chief Executive Officer of Redjet says open skies agreements restrict growth.
Teachers, nurses, artisans and household workers will be included under amendments to the CARICOM Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act.
Regional securities regulators have come together to develop a takeover code for cross-border mergers and acquisitions within the Caribbean.
The conference is expected to attract 300 Caribbean and international renewable energy stakeholders.
The two-day China Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum opened here on today with China announcing that it would pump millions of dollars in assistance to...
The World Economic Forum is has flagged security, infrastructure, inefficient resource issues and innovation-lag as main hurdles to the region’s competitiveness.
Antigua has become the first CARICOM country to launch the system.
Legal team looking into the matter after the airline was forced to lower ticket prices because of stiff competition from CAL.
wo people were killed when Hurricane Irene passed off the north coast of Haiti, drenching the island with heavy rains that flooded houses, cut roads, unleashed...
Government has decided to bring the CARICOM/Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement into full force.
Dominican Irwin LaRocque takes up the job as the seventh Secretary General of the regional grouping.
The man chosen to replace Sir Edwin Carrington as CARICOM Secretary General will begin his work next week.
It’s been acknowledged that the existing partnership isn’t the best way to coordinate UN activities in the region.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister says the accident could have repercussions for tourism-dependent economies in the region.
Irwin LaRocque knows the next three years will not be easy for him and the Caribbean regional integration movement.
The regional grouping says it's horrified by last Friday's twin terror attacks in Norway.
The 15-member regional grouping demands a halt to the passage of hazardous waste through the Caribbean Sea as another shipment is set to be transported.
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is named the region’s top civil servant, replacing Sir Edwin Carrington who left the post at the end of last year.
For the second time in a month, a senior Grenada government official has appealed to the region to “fully embrace” Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a...
