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SAC welcomes appointment of new ACP Secretary-General
The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) has welcomed the appointment of Ambassador Patrick Gomes, as the new Secretary-General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States.
Task Force report presented to WICB
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board met in Port of Spain, Trinidad yesterday, December 13, 2014.
US$10M set aside for eighth cycle of CDB’s Basic Needs Trust Fund
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank has approved US$10 mn from the Special Development Fund for the eight cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF 8).
Jamaica Receiving Funding to Improve Climate Change Resilience
Jamaica is receiving new funding from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve the country’s resilience to climate change.
Alba Summit welcomes new members, Grenada and St. Kitts-Nevis
Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) After approving a final declaration of 43 points read by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the 13th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our Americ
CARICOM ‘heartened’ by UN’s call for climate financing
LIMA, Peru (CMC) — The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) says it is "heartened" by the call of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for development finance to be linked to funding for
‘T&T’s immigration policy harmful to CARICOM’
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — A United States-based Caribbean group has condemned the recent deportation of 70 African nationals by immigration authorities in Trinidad and Tobago, saying that the
Caribbean not realising full potential of film industry
From as early as the 1960s, it became obvious the Caribbean would be an amazing location for visually stimulating films and not just a place where tourists enjoyed hanging out.
Education as tool for enduring culture of peace: CARICOM
Education is a powerful weapon against oppression and can support a culture of peace, according to the Permanent Representative to the UN of St. Kitts and Nevis.
CARICOM deeply committed to Decade for People of African Descent
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is “deeply committed to the programme of activities” associated with the observance of the International Decade for People of African Descent, Her Excell
Desiree Bernard appointed Bermuda Court of Appeal Judge
Justice Desiree Bernard and Geoffrey Bell QC have been appointed as new Justices to the Court of Appeal.
PM Simpson Miller Credits Cuba With Assisting Jamaica’s Athletics Success
HAVANA, Cuba December 9, 2014 - Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has credited Cuba with assisting Jamaica to become a world leader in athletics, noting that the GC Foster College, which was a g
PM Browne and President Raul Castro hold Successful talks in Cuba
HABANA, Republic of Cuba – 9th December 2014……….In what resident diplomats in the Republic of Cuba considered an unusually lengthy audience for a new Head of Government, Prime Minister the Hon
Preliminary Report of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission In Dominica
The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) in Dominica, led by the OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Adam Blackwell, who was designated by Secreta
CARICOM moves to boost consumer protection
Representatives from Consumer Agencies in at least fourteen CARICOM Member S
Enhance students’ analytical skills urge Patterson
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec.7, 2014 - The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and other regional education stakeholders have been challenged to further restructure the curricula and tests for students
PM Douglas in Havana for Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 8TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L.
At CARICOM-Cuba Summit today… Guyana will be ‘full participant’ in all discussions
THE Fifth Summit of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba starts today in the Cuban capital, Havana.And according to President Donald Ramotar, who is heading Guyana’