The Thirty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Georgetown, Guyana, on 4 - 6 July 2016.  The Prime Minister of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, chaired the proceedings.   Other members of the Conferen...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet for their 37th Regular Meeting on 4-6 July 2016, in Georgetown, Guyana, at the Guyana Pegasus Hotel. In the search for opportunities and regional solutions to challenges, the Meeting will advance matters pertaining to regional security - ec...

Guyana’s Foreign Minister Mr. Carl Greenidge and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met Guyana media representatives on Saturday, ahead of the upcoming 37th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting to be held in Georgetown 4 – 6 July 2016. The Forum, organised by Guyana&rsqu...

Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis -  Zika, the latest vector-borne disease, has been reported in more than 30 countries of the Americas. This disease, along with Dengue and Chikungunya continue to threaten the health, tourism, social and economic development of the Region. According to Dr. Jo...

Child health, Zika, healthy ageing and HIV AIDS are among the family health issues that will be addressed at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Health Research Conference this year. The Conference, which will be held at Beaches Resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), has received the...

(CARPHA – Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 23, 2016. The Caribbean region continues to wrestle with Zika. To date, there has been an increase in locally-confirmed cases of Zika in countries and territories around the Region. CARPHA Executive Director, Dr. James Hospedales updates the...

The Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) came to a close on Friday. Minister for Youth Development and Sports Saint Lucia Hon. Shawn Edward chaired the two-day proceedings where Ministers and officials with responsibility for youth development came together t...

Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Conference of the CARICOM Heads of Government Hon. Dean Barrow on Wednesday announced a series of actions that CARICOM Member States will take to confront the Zika virus that is affecting the Region. The course of action includes continuous public educat...

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) have compiled a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Zika virus and travel to the Caribbean. We hope you will find these details helpful. We implore you not to panic,” the touri...

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 2, 2016.  On February 1st, 2016, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared that clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders potentially linked to the spread of the Zika virus (ZIKV) represents ...