Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Rt. Honourable Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados, has applauded the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The adoption in Paris on Saturday, 12 December 2015, followed the conclusion of the 21st Conference of Parties to the Uni...

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – Vector borne diseases, such as Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika, continue to emerge in the Caribbean, threatening health, tourism, social and economic development. According to Dr. Joy St. John, Director of Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Contro...

There are elements in this document for which our CARICOM countries are grateful. The increased ambition of the Agreement, as reflected by the reference to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, is a significant achievement that has alrea...

Special Envoy for the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) Mr. Stefan Knights Special Envoy for the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) Mr. Stefan Knights met CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at COP 21 in Paris, France, Thursday. CYEN, which is active in 18 territ...

​CARICOM and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in areas of mutual interest, Thursday. CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Italy’s Special Envoy for the Countries of the Caribbean, Paolo Serpi signed the   document on the sidelines ...

The CARICOM Elections Observer Mission (CEOM) to St. Vincent and the Grenadines said on Thursday that its assessment of the day’s activities was that the voters were able to cast their ballots without intimidation or harassment. In a preliminary statement released on Thursday aftern...

As negotiators review a preliminary draft agreement issued Wednesday at the UN Climate Change conference, COP 21, in Paris, CARICOM Ministers and Heads of delegations are pressing for outstanding concerns to be adequately represented in the final outcome agreement, due on Friday. At the top of the ...

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne, has identified health, the development of human resources, construction and sports among the areas of high level cooperation between Cuba and the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Such cooperation, he said, had effect...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its commitment to further strengthening and enhancing the close bonds of camaraderie and cooperation with Cuba. As we celebrate another year of friendship and look forward to another of continued cooperation, I take this opportunity, on behalf of th...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The eight-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission for the St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Elections on  Wednesday, 9 December 2015 has  been engaging various groups and inst...