The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deplores the latest attack by the European Commission on the economic well-being of some of our Member States who were named on 7th May 2020, in a list of third countries with strategic Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficienci...

The people of St. Kitts and Nevis vote in General Elections on June 5. The announcement was made in a national address on Monday by Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris who also said Nominations Day for candidates will be 27 May. The last general elections in St. Kitts and Nevis were held on 16 Fe...

"The Caribbean region’s economies ranks among the most travel and tourism- dependent economies in the world.  This has exposed our people and our economies in a way that we have not experienced since becoming independent nations more than fifty years ago in some instances." The full address: ...

Jamaican Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has announced significant cuts in the Budget amid a steep decline in revenues because of the coronavirus. In tabling his First Supplementary Estimates in Parliament, Clarke said programmed expenses have been cut from $853.5 billion t...

The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) has created a COVID-19 Business Continuity Plan Template, " in response to an expressed need among senior public officers for guidelines and suggestions to assist them in responding to the unprecedented organisational, leadership, team...

The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic impact on the entire world population requires the global community to work together to address the consequences to human health and disruptive effects on an interconnected world economy. The devastating COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping...

COMMUNIQUÉ The Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 7-8 May 2020, under the Chairmanship of His Excellency Dr. Claude Joseph, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Republic of Haiti...

"The Region’s business community is being encouraged to engage in detailed strategic planning in an effort to prioritize recovery opportunities in their re-opening strategies. Speaking at an FAO sponsored webinar under the theme “Enabling agricultural investment in the Caribbean for an effective res...

CSEC, CAPE and CCSLC students will be sitting their examinations in July this year. That was the decision coming out of the First Emergency Virtual Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) - Education on Friday. The meeting, chaired by Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Educatio...

CARICOM Foreign Ministers were reminded of the importance of regional foreign policy coordination in the current uncertain times, as they opened the 23rd Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) via videoconference, Wednesday. CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-...