Press Releases
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CARICOM reaffirms imperative for the prohibition of nuclear weapons
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community has reaffirmed the urgent necessity of prohibiting nuclear weapons testing, use, and proliferation, emphasising that this imperative has never been more pressing than in this century. Speaking at a regional workshop for state signatories in Latin America and the Caribbean under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Framework on…
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CARICOM Protocol to Enhance Cooperation receives another signatory
Jamaica has signed the CARICOM Protocol to Amend the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community, including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, to allow Enhanced Cooperation among Member States and address Related issues. This Protocol on Enhanced Cooperation, which CARICOM Heads of Government adopted at the Thirty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in March…
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Heat waves likely this quarter
While the Caribbean can expect heat waves beginning early this month, these are unlikely to match the temperatures the region experienced over the past two years. This is according to the current Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter which provided a forecast for April -June 2025. “ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) neutral conditions in the Pacific, combined with unusually warm waters around the Caribbean…
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CARIFORUM-EU Civil Society Representatives review key EPA issues in The Bahamas
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Civil society representatives from CARIFORUM and the European Union (EU) met recently in The Bahamas to discuss the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), focusing on trade in services, the agreement’s five-year review, and the impact of International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on EPA implementation. Representing the CARIFORUM Directorate at the Eighth…
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CARICOM ALIGNING TAX TREATY WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is updating its tax treaty to align it with international standards and rules. “The CARICOM Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) recognises the importance of tax cooperation and the shifts in the international tax landscape and decided that the CARICOM Tax Treaty should be updated to accommodate the international tax standards and rules that CARICOM…
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Border Control Officers begin attachment in Belize
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The CARICOM Secretariat’s Director of Single Market, Mr. Leo Preville says sustained capacity building is key for implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Mr. Preville was speaking at a planning meeting ahead of the final segment of the CARICOM Skilled Workers Programme (SWP), which begins 31 March in…
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CARICOM continues to advocate for adequately resourced Loss and Damage Fund
The Loss and Damage Fund, under its first director, Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, is scheduled to meet in early April in Barbados. The Fund is intended to provide critical support to developing countries to respond to economic and non-economic loss and damage from the impacts of climate change. CARICOM, as a member of the grouping of small island developing states (SIDS)…
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CARIFORUM and the EU advance CARIFORUM EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Representatives from Intellectual Property Offices and National EPA Coordinators of CARIFORUM States met with their European Union counterparts on recently to continue discussions for a CARIFORUM-EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications. A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products having a specific geographical origin and whose qualities…
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CARICOM, UNDP, UN-DPPA partner for third electoral observation workshop in Guyana
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) This year, eleven Caribbean nations will hold electoral processes, marking a critical opportunity for strengthening democracies and inclusive participation across the Region. In this context, representatives from CARICOM electoral management bodies attended a two-day workshop from March 26-27 in Georgetown, Guyana, aimed at enhancing their skills in electoral observation and strengthening their…
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A prime example of cooperation in action’ – CARICOM SG hails Afreximbank groundbreaking ceremony in Barbados
Afreximbank on Monday broke ground to construct a USD180 M African Trade Centre (ATC) in Bridgetown, Barbados, a development that Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, characterised as “a prime example of cooperation in action.” The ATC in Barbados will be the first of its kind outside Africa and will sit on more than two hectares of land made available by…
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