The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has responded to the invitation extended by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to mount a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the General Elections scheduled for 18 January 2023. The CARICOM Secretary General has appointed Ms. Josephine Tama...

The partnership between the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union (EU) remains very important to both Sides, certainly to CARIFORUM. The EU has been and remains a reliable Caribbean development partner whose support is important in the region’s effor...

Antigua and Barbuda has reported a 7% increase in tourist arrivals in July as the country continues to record a “steady rebound” in visitor arrivals in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that had forced the closure of borders. The Ministry of Tourism said during July, Antigua and Bar...

Fellow Colleague Ministers of the Caribbean Community Secretary General Assistant Secretary General CARICOM Ambassadors Senior Officials of CARICOM Member states Officers of the CARICOM Secretariat I am honoured to assume the Chair of the Council for Foreign...

Colleague Heads of Government Incoming Chairman of Conference Prime Minister John Briceno of Belize Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Carla Barnett Ministers and Senior Officials of Member States and of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I w...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is this week training Antigua and Barbuda Immigration Officials on the movement of CARICOM nationals and the facilitation of travel. The online training will be for two half days - 22 to 23 February 2022 and focus on the legal basis for the movement of S...

The economy of Antigua and Barbuda recorded growth of at 4.8% for 2021, following a sharp contraction of 20.2% in 2020. That’s the word of the IMF at the conclusion of the recent Article IV Consultations. A sustained recovery in tourism and construction activity is expected to underpin real outpu...

We have come to the end of what has been a very challenging year for our Community and its Member States.  However, we have used our collective wit, wisdom and strength to combat the adversity with which we have been confronted. We have endured the shocking assassination of a sitting Head of...

It is my distinct honour, in my capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to address the People and Governments of CARICOM and Cuba on the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between our Countries.  Today reminds us of that symbolic and courageo...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Antigua and Barbuda on the country’s Fortieth Anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 1 November 2021. “Forty years of statehood is a milestone in the history of a country, and there is much for Antigua an...