(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)       The CARICOM Secretariat has convened three regional consultations to discuss the findings of a major consultancy on government procurement in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).  The consul...

WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has benefitted from an initiative to strengthen accountability within the non-banking financial sector. It said with credit unions being “key players’ within the nine-member sub-regional gro...

OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, February 21st  2014 - Chairman of the OECS Authority Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer revealed on Friday that the OECS Authority has selected Dr. Didacus Jules as the Organization's new Director-General.   The position became vacant when the for...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Director of Education Jacintha Pringle is hoping that the OECS Education Sector Strategy (OESS) to be launched here next week will include special provisions for children with special needs. Speaking at the official launch of a week of activities to mark Special Edu...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Grenada will host a three-day workshop outlining the benefits, implications and opportunities of an Economic Union of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The St. Lucia-based OECS Secretariat said that the October 9-11 event being conducted by the&nb...

THE VALLEY, Anguilla, CMC – Ministers of Environment and Sustainable Development from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will meet here later this week to discuss environmental issues affecting the nine-member grouping. The October 3 meeting will allow for the sub-region to a...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Chile’s Ambassador to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Eduardo Bonilla has affirmed his country’s support for an enhanced relationship with the regional grouping. Bonilla, the first Ambassador of Chile to the OECS, expressed confidence in th...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will hire a Vincentian to work with them to improve cooperation with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, made the announcement on Wednesday following a meet...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Young people in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from an after-school programme designed to use creative techniques to reduce at-risk behaviours, increase health-related awareness, impact educational as...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said being a part of the union helped member-states weather the global economic crisis, and that the future of the union looks bright. “One shudders to contemplate w...