More than 50 regional and international experts will gather at a three-day workshop in Grenada, next week, to advance efforts toward the development and implementation of energy efficiency building codes and energy performance standards for Caribbean buildings. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Sec...

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Saturday paid  tribute, on behalf of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, at the state funeral for former Prime Minister Mr. Patrick Manning. The Tribute was  drafted at the just concluded 37th CARICOM Heads of Governme...

The CARICOM Standard was flown at half-staff at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, Friday as a mark of respect for the late former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Patrick Manning. This will continue until Mr. Manning’s funeral on Saturday. Mr. Mannin...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  is advancing its efforts to address de-risking and its effects on the Region, and Heads of Government have taken the decision to directly approach the government of the United States. Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness briefed t...

The Thirty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Georgetown, Guyana, on 4 - 6 July 2016.  The Prime Minister of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, chaired the proceedings.   Other members of the Conferen...

The issue of  security underpinned the  deliberations and decisions of the 37th Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government held from 4-6 July, in Georgetown, Guyana. Whether it was economic security, as it relates to the issue of correspondent banking  and its  implications for Cari...

President Granger credited CARICOM’s united stance for forcing Venezuela to rescind Decree 1.787 issued on May 26, 2015, which extended its maritime zone into the maritime space of many CARICOM states. However, that Decree was soon replaced by Decree 1.859 on July 7, 2015. (GINA) The Hea...

Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Dominica Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said Wednesday that the issue of health was of major concern to CARICOM Heads, particularly as it related to non-Communicable Diseases. The CARICOM Chairman was speaking at a pres...

The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) is on a thrust to make quality a way of life in the region.   CEO of CROSQ, Mr. Deryck Omar made this clear as he addressed media yesterday during a break at a forum of directors of standards bureaux in CARICOM. Remarking on t...

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley, met with Her Excellency Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, President of the Republic of Chile, on the margins of the Thirty-seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean C...