September 16, 2025 Even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) makes progress in advancing sustainable development, we face the continuing and costly challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Heart disease, stroke, cancer,…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
CARICOM and Colombia negotiate to expand South-South Co-operation
September 16, 2025 CARICOM and Colombia trade negotiators concluded the second round of negotiations to update the CARICOM-Colombia Trade and Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (TECA), in Bogota, Colombia on…
STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Israeli Strike in Doha, Qatar
September 16, 2025 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) condemns in the strongest terms the recent Israeli strike on residential premises in Doha, Qatar. This act of aggression constitutes a flagrant disregard…
MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE Passing of Ambassador Elisabeth Ann Harper
September 16, 2025 The Secretary-General and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat are deeply saddened on the passing of Ambassador Elisabeth Harper, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Carpha celebrates the Caribbean region’s public health workforce
September 12, 2025 On September 7 the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) joined the Global Field Epidemiology Community in celebrating World Field Epidemiology Day under the theme, Making our Mark:…
Caribbean Export Concentration Creates “Severe Exposure” to Global Economic Shocks, CDB Vice President Warns
September 12, 2-25 The Caribbean region’s limited export diversity creates “severe exposure” to external economic turbulence, leaving regional economies with “acute vulnerability” to global shocks, Mr. Ian Durant, Vice President,…
CDB placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive sustainable growth in the region’s creative economy.
September 12, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), is placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive…
CDB and RevUP Caribbean Power Next Wave of Caribbean Entrepreneurs with Incubation Programme
September 9, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) and RevUP Caribbean Limited have launched Phase II of the RevUP Caribbean Incubation Programme, a two-year initiative aimed at creating…
Second Africa-CARICOM Summit set for Addis Ababa
September 9, 2025 Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the CARICOM Secretary-General, and other regional and international representatives will join their African counterparts in Addis Ababa,…
Incoming CARICOM Chair urges action-driven CARICOM-Africa partnership
September 9, 2025 “What was once a devastating tragedy for our people – the Atlantic Slave Trade – should now be translated into the Atlantic Bridge, a bridge of hope,…
STATEMENT: Draft UNSC Resolution on Increased Security Assistance for Haiti
September 9, 2025 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with great interest and anticipation the recent tabling of a draft United Nations Security Council resolution by the penholders, the United States…
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT: CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Jamaica’s General Parliamentary Elections
September 9, 2025 At the invitation of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deployed an eleven (11)‑member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to…