The Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announces the election of Mr. Daniel Best, a native of Barbados, as the seventh President of the institution. This decision, reached (Wednesday), underscores the Bank’s commitment to visionary leadership and sustainable development acros...

Directors of Statistics and other stakeholders in the field have made recommendations to create a more efficient process for the conduct of censuses. The recommendations to improve the mammoth undertaking – a complete count of the population - include initiating the planning process earlier; shor...

Nominations are now being accepted for the CARICOM Sustainable Energy Youth Award (SEYA) and the CARICOM Women in Sustainable Energy Award (WISE). SEYA is being offered for the first time and targets persons between the ages of 16 and 35, while the WISE award has been offered twice...

“Today, Cricket is a multi-billion-dollar commercial enterprise in which we are to be engaged.” Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago CARICOM Leaders gathered at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, on Thursday 21 November for the Twenty-First Meeting of the Pr...

 CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett has called on the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to adopt realistic and practical decisions that everyone in the Community can rely on. Dr. Barnett made the call at the opening of the Fifty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the COTED&nb...

Ambassador David Prendergast, Director, Sectoral Programmes at the CARICOM Secretariat, represented the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat at the 14th High-Level Korea-Caribbean Partnership in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 5-6 November 2024. During the Forum, Amb. Prendergast highlighted partn...

'As this COTED deliberates, we are reminded that the framers of the Revised Treaty sought to be careful to strike the right balance between the common interests of the Community and the interests of Member States within our Community of sovereign states. They did not intend to promote winners and lo...

The competition aims to raise awareness and showcase successful agriculture production programmes that are being led by high school students throughout CARICOM; educate young people about the significance of agriculture to food security, sustainability, and economic development; showcase innovations...

“Indeed, it is the aspiration of the Community that every citizen is secure and has the opportunity to realise his or her potential with guaranteed human rights and social justice; and contributes to, and shares in, its economic, social and cultural prosperity.” CARICOM Chair (CARICOM Secretaria...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Monday, 24 November 2024) - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General has commended Suriname’s commitment to sustainable development, its vibrant cultural tapestry and role in CARICOM, as the Member State celebrates its 49th Annivers...