(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the thawing of relations between the United States and Cuba and the move towards the re-establishment of diplomatic ties.  CARICOM has long been an advocate for the nor...

The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) has agreed to work closely with the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to implement decisions taken by the Council in November 2014. The Association held its Board of Directors Meeting on 12-13 Decembe...

In an effort to enhance the implementation of the CARICOM Strategic Plan 2015-2019, the CARICOM Secretariat is currently hosting a Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop. The two-day workshop, which began on Monday, provides training in the use of a CARICOM online Monitoring and Evaluation Tool...

A new era for cricket in schools across the CARICOM Region is about to begin with an innovative initiative from the CARICOM Secretariat called the ‘Pitch in Schools Project’. The project will pioneer a fresh innings for primary and secondary schools with a proven cricket background by pr...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the fourteen member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I wish to express our heartfelt satisfaction at this afternoon’s launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent under the theme “People of A...

Press Release (Dec 10, 2014) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce that today, December 10, 2014, at the 100th Session of the Council of Ministers of the African, Pacific and Caribbean Group of States (ACP), held at ACP Headquarters in Brussels, Guyana's Ambassador to Bel...

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 10, 2014:  “Antimicrobial resistance threatens a return to the pre-antibiotic era when common infections and simple injuries often cause death.” This World Health Organization statement was reinforced by the Executive Director o...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A five member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) comprising Observers drawn from Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago was stationed in Dominica on the invitation of the Government o...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the invitation of the Government of Dominica, mounted a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Dominica to observe that country’s General Election which is due to be held ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Belizean government is this week continuing specially tailored educational sessions on the benefits, roles and responsibilities of key Government agencies and private sector groups in helping Belizeans secure the...