The Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Chairman of theCaribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday focused on human development, migration and poverty as he addressed the opening ceremony of the CELAC Summit underway in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Sum...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – 29th January 2015……Heads of States and Governments attending the Third Summit of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean states have been urged to call on the United States Congress to lift the economic blockade imposed on Cuba by the United State...

SAN JOSE – Costa Rica – 29th January 2015…..Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda the Hon. Gaston Browne, who is attending the Third Summit of CELAC Heads of State and Government in Costa Rica has commended President Luis Guillermo Solis for his leadership of the organisation...

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, urged the countries of the region to further integrate and to expand their domestic markets to restore the economic growth of the past decade, in his speech today at the opening ceremony of the summit of ...

CASTRIES, St Lucia, Jan 27, CMC – Caribbean climate change negotiators are meeting here in preparation for global talks on the environment in Paris later this year. The talks are a follow-up to the 20th Conference of Parties (CoP) held in Peru last December. “The crucial Paris meeting ...

CARICOM, in partnership with the Ministry of Trade, is working to create more awareness among even more stakeholders as it relates to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. This drive to create awareness about CSME is one component of the CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project. Several workshop...

Fight against hunger and poverty on the table at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit. 27 January 2015, San José, Costa Rica - Today FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva presented a new regional Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradicatio...

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said co-ordination was the key to moving the sustainable energy agenda forward in the Region. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington DC, USA, on Monday afternoon, Secretary-General LaRocque pointed...

25 January 2015 – The Ebola outbreak is “clearly” in retreat throughout the affected countries of West Africa but the continuing emergency response shows the need for urgent changes so that “never again should the world be caught by surprise,” the head of the World Heal...

KINGSTON,  January 25, 2015 -As banana exports increase, the Ministry of Agriculture is moving to ensure that there is steady supply of high quality fruit for the overseas market by utilizing  the agro parks as part of the process. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, speaking during...