The CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) held its traditional Special Meeting on Wednesday, 15 September 2021 in preparation for the High-Level segment of the United Nations General Assembly which begins in New York on 21 September. The Meeting, held virtually, also allowed M...

Scope for collaboration in agricultural development was one of the main items discussed by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)Her Excellency Carla Barnett and Her Excellency Maria Clara Duclos Carisio, Brazil’s new Ambassador to CARICOM. Ambassador Carisio presented her credent...

The CARICOM Election Observation Mission to The Bahamas has been meeting with key stakeholders ahead of the country’s General Elections on Thursday 16 September 2021. The Mission, headed by Mr. Ian S. Hughes of Antigua and Barbuda has been engaging the political parties, security officials and ci...

Honourable Ministers; Heads and Representatives of Regional Institutions and Organisations; Co-Chairs of the CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force -            Dr. Barbara Reynolds and Mr. Carlton Samuels; Representatives of the Media; L...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has taken note of the round of negotiations in Mexico and mediated by Norway between representatives of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the opposition, seeking to bring an end to the protracted multidimensional crisis afflicting that count...

The Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) will be held virtually this year, 4-8 October, under the theme ‘Transforming our Food Systems’. The event will be launched on Wednesday, 15 September 2021. Representatives of the Media are invited to the cover the launch. Please see details: Ev...

At the invitation of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be fielding a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to monitor the General Elections which will be held in that country on Thursday, 16 September 2021. The six-member Mission will be...

CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan demitted office on August 31 after seven years of service. Among her achievements during her tenure, the Surinamese diplomat championed the greening of the Secretariat’s Headquarters building highlighted by the on-going installation o...

Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Africa have committed to strengthen collaboration and unity and to foster increased trade, investment and people-to-people engagement between the two regions. The commitment was given during the historic First CARICOM-Africa S...

Statement by the Honourable Gaston Browne, Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, to the Africa-CARICOM Summit, 7 September 2021   Distinguished Heads of State and Government of the African Union and the C...