ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The government has used the observance of Caricom Energy week to announce plans to enact new renewable energy legislation, in a few weeks. A government press release stated that the move would come as part of a multi-pronged approach to its energy policy. “...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov 10 2014 (IPS) - As the clock counts down to the last major climate change meeting of the year, before countries must agree on a definitive new treaty in 2015, a senior United Nations official says members of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) “need to...

WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) — Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Marcos Espinal, says preventing local transmission of Ebola is the main goal in preparing for the eventual arrival the disease in Latin America ...

The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has adopted two regional standards – both of which have been in development for a number of years. The region now has a common Specification for Cement, and a Code of Practice for Organic Production and Processes, both of which have been ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday November 14, 2014, CMC - Head of the EU delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Mikael Barfod, says the European Union remains committed to working with Caribbean governments and the regional private sector in building economic resilience. “The EU belie...

The governments of St Kitts and Nevis and India have signed a tax information exchange agreement. The agreement was signed by St Kitts and Nevis’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Delano Frank, and his Indian counterpart, Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji. The agreement includes information &ld...

BAHIA, Brazil, Wednesday November 12, 2014 (AMG) — The Chikungunya outbreak which continues to affect thousands of Caribbean residents since it first appeared in St. Martin last year has been relatively self-limiting in the United States, due to the fact that the current strain only spreads th...

(Caribbean Export Development Agency) Public and private sector entities across the region have been urged to improve business processes to best standards, in an effort to generate economic growth and employment. According to Darcy Boyce, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister of Barbados, t...

(Caribbean Export Development Agency) Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Pamela Coke-Hamilton says private sector organizations across the Caribbean are in urgent need of support as they continue to mitigate the negative effects of the global recession that started six ye...

Bridgetown, BARBADOS, November 12, 2014.  While indicating the potential for the Caribbean to grow exports of agro-processed goods and increase earnings from the cultural industries a two-day conference on exports and the private sector has heard repeated calls for more Caribbean-centric data t...