BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, FEBRUARY 12TH 2014 (CUOPM) - Ministers of Finance from the Eastern Caribbean will be in St. Kitts this weekend for a series of meetings. Ministers of Finance will attend the 78th Meeting of the Monetary Council, which will be followed by a meeting between Ministers of Financ...

FOUR years have passed since that devastating 2010 earthquake levelled Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, wreaked havoc on the lives of multiple thousands of Haitians, and ruined the country’s infrastructure and local economy.Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Comm...

Bridgetown, Barbados, February 10, 2014 (CDEMA) - The Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) will be offering a safer building course to workers in the building trade from this month (February 2014).  This course is an adaptation of the Regional Code of Practice for the Construction of House...

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JANUARY 29TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas was expected to meet with the Presidents of Venezuela and Brazil during the margins of the Second Meeting of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean (CELA) in ...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 29, 2014 (SKNIS): While the region faces unprecedented “economic stagnation”, the outlook for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) in 2014, is said to have a positive growth. In his presentation on the Currency Union recently, Governor of the Easte...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 29, 2014 (SKNIS): Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (E.C.C.B.), the Honourable Sir K. Dwight Venner presented a review of the performance of the economy of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and the initiatives that have been taken to spur and sus...

HAVANA, CUBA, JANUARY 29TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said Tuesday that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is critical for the future development of the countries in the Latin America and the Caribbea...

The Caribbean has the potential to be a unique attractive region of the world not only for its residents but also as a tourist destination and an investment hav en for diverse legal business activities. Yet, there is growing evidence that there is a challenge in realising this full potential. Only t...

Bridgetown, Barbados, November 20, 2013.  Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in collaboration with the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion agencies (CAIPA), will be hosting their 4th Annual CAIPA General Assembly at the Radisson Fort George Hotel & Marina, Bel...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 28, 2014 (SKNIS): Encouragement to provide factual information on Caribbean regional integration was the message put forward by the CARICOM Secretariat which hosted a Broadcasters Regional Integration and CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Antigua recently. ...