KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 20, CMC – Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says the key to the Caribbean achieving economic growth and development will be its ability to “think strategically and collaborate”. Addressing the Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference 2016 Trad...

Georgetown, Guyana – (January 19, 2016) Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, has challenged the Caribbean community to employ and promote sustainable and environmentally friendly practices in their energy sectors, even as they pursue development for their countries, in his addre...

The CARICOM Secretariat continues its series of national consultations in Member States to advance the implementation of the Community Procurement Regime within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). On Tuesday, January 19, Belize wrapped up its two-day consultation that focused on the system...

The collective actions and accomplishments of integration, to date, are proof that the regional integration process is strong and inexorably deepening. This sentiment was expressed by the Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers...

As the Zika virus spreads, PAHO advises countries to monitor and report birth anomalies and other suspected complications of the virus Washington, D.C., 18 January 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — With the Zika virus now circulating in 18 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan...

Gender stereotypes can be imposed on children from infancy, and therefore, the process of dispelling them must start in the early childhood years of development. This was a central message as the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) hosted a Conversation on Gender Socialisation and Early Childhood Devel...

The plan will determine how best to integrate the optimum mix of renewable energies into the national energy grid, at the least cost. Saint Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) will soon begin the process of constructing a 3.2 megawatt solar power plant. On Thursday, Jan. 14, LUCELEC signe...

JOHN’S, Antigua, Jan. 16, CMC – The Electoral Commission in Antigua and Barbuda  is in the process of preparing for a referendum to determine whether the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will replace the British Privy council as the final court of appeal. The referendum is schedule...

The Region’s Ministers responsible for Community Affairs (Community Council of Ministers) met on Friday to review pressing matters to go before next month’s Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Belize. Several finance, sustainable development and foreign policy issu...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is proceeding apace with implementing the Community Strategic Plan 2015-2019, including the preparation of a Strategic Business Plan for the Secretariat, guided by the recently established Change Management Office. This assurance was given to the Commun...