BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is making available more than US$18 million in loans to the Bahamas and Barbados for various development projects. CDB at its 60th meeting of the Board of Directors on Thursday approved US$16.18 million for the...

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – March 13, 2014………CARICOM Heads of Government have endorsed the Report from Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Baldwin Spencer on the regional Inter-Faith Conference held at the Jolly Beach Resort and Spa on the 17 February 2014. Prime M...

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 12TH 2014 (CUOPM) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is defending its “silence” on the ongoing political situation in St. Kitts and Nevis where opposition legislators are seeking to force the Parliament to debate a motion of no confidence, that is stil...

Martinique Regional Council President Serge Letchimy’s historic visit to the CARICOM Heads of Government conference is part of a bid for associate membership status in the regional bloc. The French Caribbean department first began the process of applying for membership in the summer of 2012....

Caribbean news. MONDAY MARCH 10, 2014; BUCCAMENT BAY, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Speakers raised questions as to the future viability of the regional body CARICOM, when the 25th Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting opened in at Buccament Bay Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadine...

KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT, MARCH 12TH 2014 (CUOPM) –  Caribbean Presidents, Prime Ministers, Premiers and Chief Ministers have lauded the longest serving Caribbean Head of Government for his 25 years of Service as a St. Kitts and Nevis parliamentarian. At the closing plenary session of the...

There appears to be a resolution towards the issue of accommodating Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law Faculty for the upcoming academic year, Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall said today. The AG was part of the Guyana delegation participating in the 25th In...

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 11TH 2014 (CUOPM) – An urgent call has been made to transform education and human resource development in the Caribbean, has come from the region’s leading statesman and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas. Dr. Douglas w...

Buccament Bay Resort, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – March 12, 2014…….Antigua and Barbuda is in line to receive further technical and financial assistance from a number of friendly countries to support its development agenda. Confirmation of this came during the Twe...

Continuing his push for information and communication technology development in the region, Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell urged CARICOM heads of government to enhance the region’s ability to compete on the “global stage.” Mtichell, addressing the CARICOM Heads of Gover...