The Caribbean Community is committed to reducing its food import bill by at least 25% over the next five years. So says Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General Trade and Economic Integration at the CARICOM Secretariat. [caption id="attachment_7573" align="alignright" width="300"] CARICOM Secre...

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has launched it service to the Eastern Caribbean using Barbados as its temporary hub. The first flights commenced on July 22. According to CAL “Flights will initially operate between Barbados to St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada with other destinations to be added...

Saint Lucia staged a Dress in CARICOM Colours contest on CARICOM Day 2020 and the two winners were recognised during a Live Television programme on Friday 17 July. Saint Lucia’s Ambassador to CARICOM Ms Elma Gene Isaac presented prizes to Ms Josette Maxwell-Dalsou and Mr Brian Samuel on the Natio...

The Antigua and Barbuda government has provided an avenue for the sub-regional airline, LIAT, to seek Court protection rather than being forced into liquidation after it announced that the Companies (Amendment) Act 2020 was gazetted on Wednesday. A statement issued after the weekly Cabinet meetin...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has managed the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to great effect, ensuring that its cases have been kept low relative to larger and more affluent parts of the international community. CARICOM Member States have been ranked among the best in the world in ...

Antigua and Barbuda has established a “travel bubble” that will allow citizens from several CARICOM states to travel to the island without needing to present COVID-19 tests and certificates upon entry. A government statement noted that citizens from the OECS, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana...

On July 3, 2020, the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community paid tribute to Sir Everton Weekes who died on July 1, 2020, at the age of 95 years. Sir Everton was accorded a reverential one minute’s silence. He was a great Barbadian and Caribbean personality. [caption id="attac...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the progress towards the finalisation of the electoral process in Guyana following the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday 8 July. The Community calls on all stakeholders to respect the ruling of the CCJ, Guyana’s final court of appe...

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to the new Premier of Anguilla Hon. Dr. Ellis Webster and his Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) on their victory in the island’s General Elections of 29 June 2020. The APM won seven of the eleven seats at stake, wi...

Hurricane insurance premiums across the Caribbean are 50% higher than two years ago — and 100% higher if the insured has recently suffered significant damages. That’s the word from Ryan Barber, a Managing Director of global insurance giant Marsh. Deductibles have swelled to 5% of total damages...