PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - The effort that was invested in producing elaborate theatre to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas on Thursday might suggest the seriousness that the region’s leaders have invested in the idea of regional unity. Cynics, howe...

WASHINGTON, CMC - A report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean’s renewable energy endowment is large enough to cover its projected 2050 electricity needs many times over. The report “Rethinking our Energy Future”...

In its third successful year, the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2013 delivered on the promise of rich opportunities for investors seeking a foothold in the Caribbean. More than 500 entrepreneurs, government ministers, investors, CEOs, and CFOs heeded the call to discuss the development and invest...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations General Assembly met on Monday to consider progress in the global struggle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries indicating that other “pressing” health challenges are threatening the region’s socio-e...

MASSACHUSETTS, CMC - A team of oceanographers and astrobiologists in the United States is continuing their “systematic” exploration of one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea, searching for life in extreme seafloor environments. According to Dr. Chris German, of the Woods Hole Oc...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations says that 10 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have signed the first ever international treaty to regulate the trade of conventional weapons. The UN identified them as Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincen...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Caribbean nations have been relatively slow to recognise that long-term structural changes taking place in tourism require a new and strategic vision for a sector that many industry professionals in the region regard as underperforming. Over the last two decades competition for v...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Regional governments are being urged to intensify efforts to fully operationalise the Free Movement of skilled individuals which is an element of Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME). Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer made the call yesterday afternoon during his ina...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ronald Mason is entitled to his personal opinions, but he's not entitled to pick and choose facts to reinforce his ideological views on why Jamaica must leave CARICOM. The capitalist organisation of the global economy is inherently uneven. The European Union (EU) and NAFTA re...

(CARICOM News Network) St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has ruled out devaluing the EC dollar within the next five years. The Bank’s Managing Director, Jennifer Nero has made it clear that devaluation is not on the cards. She confirmed that there has been &...