(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, advocated for the Region’s youth on Thursday, urging that the CARICOM-US Summit “secure the future for our young people.” Prime ...

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 7, 2015:  “Food safety: from farm to plate, make food safe” is the theme of World Health Day 2015. On 7 April 2015, the Caribbean and the rest of the world will focus on the challenges and opportunities for food safety along the whole length of the food chai...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Competitiveness, energy and security will be the focus of the highly anticipated Summit between the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the President of the United States of America, Barack O...

The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is pleased to communicate that nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis holding a valid St. Kitts and Nevis passport no longer require visas to travel to Brazil. This agreement was signed on January 20, 2015 and came into effect on March 7, 2015. The agreement states t...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, in collaboration with key partners, launched a €3,099,915 Econom...

"...a visionary and a strategic thinker" - CARICOM SG.  (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed sadness at the news of the death of Singapore’s founding father and first Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. The ninety-one year ol...

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, March 23, 2015:  The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins the Region in observing World Tuberculosis (TB) day.  The Day is used to build public awareness that TB remains a major global health problem, responsible for illness among 9 million new people eac...

The scale of human tragedy …cannot be calculated – CARICOM Secretary-General (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended its deepest condolences to the Government and people of Vanuatu over the loss of life and property and displace...

A capacity-building project which focuses on Competition, Pubic Procurement and Customs and Trade Facilitation for CARIFORUM stakeholders was formally launched this morning ahead of a workshop to sensitise participants on the training opportunities available under the project. A workshop to conduct ...

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met with officials of the Commonwealth Secretariat  on Friday 20 March 2015, in Guyana as part of the review by the Commonwealth of its ongoing legislative drafting and law revision assistance to the region. The Commonwealth team, comprising ...