BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday February 17, 2020 – When Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meet in Barbados this week, issues ranging from current public health concerns to strengthening ties with Africa will be on their agenda. The two-day 31st Inter-Sessional Meeting, under the Chairmanship of Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley, is expected to deliberate on […]
CARICOM leaders pose with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during their historic summit in the US. (Photo: CMC) NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — India is providing a US$150 million line of credit to finance renewable energy and climate change-related projects in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), according to a statement issued by the St Kitts-Nevis […]
By Bert Wilkinson, New York Amsterdam News
One of the main bugbears to progress in the 15-nation Caribbean Community has been linked to the slow pace of implementation of rules regarding free movement and resettlement of various categories of workers but leaders say they are moving to improve the work pace. At last week’s main leaders summit in idyllic St. Lucia, the […]
CARICOM Chairman, Dr Timothy Harris (left) at meeting in Costa Rica SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (CMC) — Chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Timothy Harris, says peace will continue to be elusive in Venezuela until the “contending parties are encouraged to sit down and agree”. Harris, who is also the prime minister of […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping Friday said it is “shocked and appalled” at the attack on two mosques in New Zealand by a 28-year-old gunman, who opened indiscriminate fire at worshippers, some as they were kneeling at prayer. At least 49 people have been killed and 40 others wounded. “The […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andre Holness underscored the need for closer unity among the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping particularly in an environment of instability and uncertainty. Holness, who addressed the 30th inter-sessional meeting of the regional leaders here as the outgoing chairman of the grouping, said the region had to […]
Ravi B Maharaj
When news first broke regarding the joint CARICOM – UN meeting on the Venezuelan crisis, I was initially perplexed about what they were going have on the agenda. With no prior evidence that either side of the conflict were willing to mediate, it almost appeared that the CARICOM delegation was simply distributing brochures of different […]
On Monday, 28 January, 2019 a delegation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), comprising Dr the Hon. Timothy Harris, Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Barbados, the Hon. Mia Mottley, Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley, Prime Ministers of St. Kitts and Nevis, and the Hon. Peter David, Foreign Minister of Grenada, H.E. […]