The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mount an election observation mission in Haiti for the first round of the Presidential Elections and the second round of the...
The Portia Simpson-Miller administration in Jamaica says debate on the 3 bills allowing for the island-nation to adopt the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice...
By Ronald Sanders The Caribbean regional integration project is often described and criticized almost entirely on the uneven benefits of trade to member countries. But, important...
Venezuela’s vice-president Jorge Arreaza recently heard directly from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Barbados’ Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, that the regional grouping is backing Guyana in...
The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank has announced the creation of a Regional Procurement Center that aims to improve the efficiency and transparency of public spending across...
The territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela regarding Guyana’s waters where oil was recently discovered has escalated. Venezuela is recalling its ambassador in Guyana Reyna Margarita...
Haitian President Michel Martelly is calling on the Dominican Republic government to come to the negotiating table to hammer out a memorandum of understanding on the...
Guyana will not stop its offshore oil exploration because Venezuela is claiming territorial waters where the “black gold” was recently discovered. Guyana’s President David Granger has...
For some time there has been discussion as to whether the Dominican Republic should become a part of CARICOM. If this Dominican Republic/Haiti matter is not...
The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves has described as “simply unacceptable” the decision of the Dominican Republic to implement a policy...
Opening a three-day trip to the Caribbean and Central America, U.S. President Barack Obama hopes to capitalize on mutual needs in the face of expanding Chinese...
Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to set foot on Jamaican soil in more than three decades on Wednesday. Obama arrives in Kingston for...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has revealed that the island-nation will be moving towards a republican form of government “in the very near future” ending its...
“Countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are marginalized in the international community, with no voice or vote in international financial institutions, and are coerced into adopting...
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says it is working towards the establishment of a regime for the free circulation of goods (FCG) during 2015....
Dominica will become the fourth Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to become a full member of the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice early next month,...
The outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Gaston Browne has urged member countries to recommit themselves to strengthening the regional integration movement in 2015, as the Caribbean...
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...
Suriname maintains the Tigri area, a huge, mineral rich landmass in the south west section of the country belongs to the Dutch Caribbean Community (CARICOM) despite...
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...
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will address an international forum in reparations in...
Britain says it will help the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deal with global issues that affect their economies. Newly accredited British Ambassador to CARICOM, Victoria Dean, Wednesday...
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...
From apps to fight rising crime levels to e-learning tools for pre-school and up, the World Bank says a prodigious talent and a depth of ideas...
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...
When Dean, the first storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, lashed Dominica on Aug. 16, it left behind a trail of destruction, claimed the lives...
The Commonwealth is seeking to establish a trade facility that would benefit Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma, has said. Sharma, who held...
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...
Negotiations on a trade agreement between Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have limped along for over five years. Unless political will and energy is now...
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...
Cellular phone roaming charges in the Caribbean are soon to be a thing of the past. Digicel, a major telecommunications carrier is in the process of...
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 Caribbean Community Climate Change Center will launch a seminal on-line support tool in St. Lucia on Friday July 12 2013 in keeping with the thrust...
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 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...
Barbados and Sweden have signed a protocol to amend the Convention for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes...
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 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...
Jamaican bankers and financial stakeholders lobbying the Jamaican government to take on a US tax compliance rule, which require them to release client information to American...
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...
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...
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister.,Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/NewsDay (Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados. Acting Prime...
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...
Grounded – REDJet St. Lucia’s tourism Minister Lorne Theophilius says it is unlikely that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments will consider subsidizing the financial troubled Barbados-based low...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has launched an online system which allows consumers in 14 Member States to alert authorities on dangerous products which they detect in...
Trinidad and Tobago Point Fortin LNG terminal. PHOTO/File A natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago could be flowing into Barbados within 18 months. This was announced...
Keeping in line with the economic elements of the Caribbean Community [CARICOM], its remarkable how theirs and those of many African countries are almost a mirror...
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister., Kamla Persad Bissessar. PHOTO/reuters (CMC) – The five-party People’s Partnership coalition Saturday closed ranks and easily defeated a motion of no...
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...
Irwin LaRocque pledges to fuel hope in regional integration as he takes up the post of new CARICOM Secretary General.
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.
The President of the South American nation says he wants to give special importance and priority to the needs of the Caribbean.
President Martelly calls on the region's businessmen to invest in Haiti.
The region's hotel and tourism association says Jagdeo doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to how hard taxes are hitting the sector throughout...
Regional leaders say they've shortlisted five candidates and will name a replacement for Sir Edwin Carrington soon.
He points to four non-Eastern Caribbean countries within CARICOM as being the ones who must provide focused leadership on integration.
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...
