KINGSTON, Jamaica March 20, 2015 - Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Anthony Hylton, is encouraging regional private sector interests to embrace the proposed Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) initiative. The initiative seeks to position the services sector as the new focus of Unite...

The governments of Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname confirmed this week to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) their consent to receive on-site visits as part of the Fifth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation...

Last month, as Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne welcomed his fellow Caribbean leaders to a two-day summit, he looked out into the audience and thanked Venezuela, China and Taiwan for their support. “The governments extended a hand,” the outgoing chairman of the 15-member Caribbean C...

CAYMAN ISLANDS (March 24, 2015) - Healthcare tourism is listed as an opportunity for the Caribbean region according to an article outlining "13 Opportunities for the New Caribbean." In Caribbean Journal, an online news source, Curaçao-based development consultants, Miguel Goede and Runy Cal...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 23, 2015 (SKNIS): Final checks are being made by officials in St. Kitts and Nevis to ensure that all is set for Tuesday’s (March 24) start of the 33rd Model OAS General Assembly (MOAS) for Universities of the Hemisphere.   Specialist with the MOAS Pr...

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, March 23, 2015: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins the Region in observing World Tuberculosis (TB) day. The Day is used to build public awareness that TB remains a major global health problem, responsible for illness among 9 million new people each ...

The Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday concluded his visit to Haiti, during which he met with the country’s President, Michel Martelly, and Prime Minister, Evans Paul, to discuss the challenge facing the government in the comi...

The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA is working to address the most prominent health issues within public health in the Caribbean. At a recent executive board meeting held by Heads of CARPHA, several of these problem areas were discussed including local management of diseases. Executive Direc...

Message of Condolence from the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to the Prime Minister, Honourable Joe Natuman and the Government and People of the Republic of Vanuatu, following the devastating effects of Cyclone Pam: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expresse...

A number of Guyanese Customs and other Border Control Officers are currently undergoing a three day capacity building programme that is expected to better enable them to not only protect Guyana’s natural resources but also equip them to combat international environment crime. The Ca...