The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today signed agreements representing US$165 million development assistance support from the United States Government to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean. CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwi...

Castries, Saint Lucia - The Caribbean, mainly comprised of small island nations, is the world’s most tourist-dependent region, and one of the most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change.  Within recent times, the Region has experienced more frequent and severe stor...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks against innocent civilians in Paris.  CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a message of condolence, also extended the Community’s deepest sympathies to the relatives and friends of those who...

The two-day Meeting of the Forty-First Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) concluded on Friday in Georgetown, Guyana. A special session with representatives of the Region’s private sector led the Meeting’s heavy agenda which also included deliberations on progress related...

Remarks by the Secretary-General  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque  On the Occasion of the   SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (CONSLE)  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   I regret that I am unable to be with you ...

The private sector’s importance in Regional growth and development was the highlight of remarks made at the opening ceremony of the Council for Trade and Economic Development’s Forty-First Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana. Trade Ministers and representatives of the private sector of the Re...

Secretary General of the CARICOM, H.E. Irwin La Rocque, Deputy Secretary General of the CARICOM, H. E. Manorma Soeknandan, Honourable Ministers, Head of Delegations, Heads and Representatives of Regional Institutions, Delegates, Members of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning As a new me...

I welcome you all to this Forty-First Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I am sure you will join me in extending a special welcome to the Her Excellency Sieglien Burleson, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname and the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Tr...

A special session on Thursday with the Region’s private sector will headline the final Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) for this year as efforts continue to position the business sector to drive growth and development. The private sector is conside...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the Head the University of Guyana’s Law Department and former Head of the Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaican Sheldon McDonald.  Mr. McDonald, 64, died on Wednesday fr...