(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat kicks off a series of national consultations across Member States starting on Thursday, 11 June, 2015 in Saint Lucia. These consultations are to discuss the Draft Framework Policy on the Si...

THE SINGLE MARKET component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is “on the march”, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, while the Single Economy element has been a little more challenging because it calls for more fundamental decisions. n an interview with the Barbados Government I...

A cross-section of this island’s youth have been encouraged to make the most of the opportunities afforded them under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, especially as it relates to the Free Movement of Persons. These comments came from Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert ‘...

(Bridgetown, 4 June 2015) - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced the signing of a grant agreement between the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the CDB. The grant is valued at EUR213,820, and was approved under the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM...

THE quest to make the CARCOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) become something that the region’s people recognize as a “living, breathing thing” and not just a theory, was the crux of a major two-day workshop held in Trinidad last week. The workshop was hosted by the CARICOM Secre...

Action to ensure that the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) is placed on a more efficient footing to benefit Community nationals; the importance of standards and consumer protection; and the role of the private sector in Regional development, were among the key matters Trade Ministers took decis...

Trinidad and Tobago yesterday called for simpler processes and procedures in order for Caribbean people to take full advantage of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Single Market and Economy (CSME). In an address to a two-day Newspaper Editors Regional Integration and CSME Workshop at Carlton Savanna...

Students of the Dominica State College (DSC), who recently returned from a Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) study tour in St. Lucia, have welcomed the regional initiative. The group of nineteen ‘student ambassadors’ engaged both public and private sector on that island to observ...