COVID-19 and its impact on the Caribbean Community will be among matters for consideration by  CARICOM Heads of Government when they meet via video-conference on Thursday 29 October 2020.  This Forty-first Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government is expected to examine the health, ...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has informed that the preliminary estimate for the damage caused by the heavy rains that lashed the island recently is close to $2 billion. “The estimate for flood damage included in the report that has been presented by the National Works Agency (NWA...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingstown - On November 1, 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will assume the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for one month ending November 30, 2020. This is SVG’s first and only presidency during the country’s stint on the council and forms ...

Friday, 30 October 2020 | Bridgetown, Barbados - The fifth observance of CARICOM Energy Month (CEM) will be launched on 2 November under the theme ‘A RE-silient Community: Energy at the Centre’. Each November, the spotlight is placed on energy as part of efforts to raise awareness of what is occu...

The Forty-First Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on 29 October 2020.  The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, chaired the proceedings. Other Members of the Confer...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Antigua and Barbuda on its thirty-ninth Anniversary of Independence, to be observed on 1 November 2020 under the theme ‘One Purpose, One Vision, One Nation’. “Antigua and Barbuda has made remarkable progress in those 39 years, which is the resul...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of the Commonwealth of Dominica on the country’s Forty-Second Anniversary as an independent nation. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, p...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has mounted a six-person Election Observation Mission to monitor the General Elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday, 5 November 2020. The Mission is headed by Mr Anthonyson King, a member of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission. The other...

Energy Experts Discuss Path to Sustainable, Climate-Resilient Future for the Region Under the theme “A RE-silient Community: Energy at the Centre”, CARICOM Energy Month got underway on 2 November with a virtual regional launch in the form of a panel discussion.  The 2020 launch was held b...

The people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines vote in General Elections today, Thursday 5 November 2020. [caption id="attachment_26248" align="alignleft" width="198"] Dr Ralph Gonsalves[/caption] Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is seeking a fifth consecutive term of office for his Unity Labour P...