Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), is calling for a reparations summit involving the governments of the Caribbean and of Europe and with representatives of their private corporations, universities and civil society organisations, to discuss their contribu...

GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has worsened the efforts by Caribbean countries to meet the 2020 targets on HIV/AIDS, a senior UNAIDS official said Wednesday. UNAIDS Caribbean Director Dr James Guwani, speaking at a virtual news conference, warned that the pa...

The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) will convene a virtual media engagement on 6 July to update the media on recent developments in CARICOM's push for reparatory justice for the historical crimes of native genocide and African enslavement in the Caribbean region. The media engagement comes i...

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said the Region has done fairly well in containing COVID-19. He was speaking during the virtual Handing-over Ceremony of Chairmanship of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARCIOM on Friday, 3 July. Ambassador LaRocq...

(Barbados Government Information Service) Outgoing CARICOM Chair and Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and incoming Chair, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will host a special conference on Friday, July 3, whic...

A short-term plan to fast-track responses to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Region’s digital sphere is to be ready for the approval of CARICOM Ministers of ICT by the end of July. Ministers agreed to the plan during a special meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (...

(Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Press Release, 25 June, 2020 |Bridgetown, Barbados) –  Stakeholders in the energy and transportation sectors were charged not to wait until a comprehensive plan and perfect conditions are available in order to get started on the Regio...

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley participates in a high-level event on Financing for Development in the era of COVID-19 and Beyond – May 28, 2020. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has told the global community that criteria and definitions used to determine access to goods and credit in a COV...

The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the Region into the future, as far as the jobs landscape was concerned, regional business leader and author, Mr. Wayne Chen, said Wednesday. He was at the time speaking during a three-hour CARICOM Digital Dialogue hosted by the CARICOM Girls ICT Partnership. I...

(CARPHA and IMPACS Joint StatementPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 15 May 2020)   The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) both members of the CARICOM Security Cluster; and part of the coordinat...