Posts by CARICOM

The Bahamas Economy Being Primed for Recovery – CARICOM Business News

Please see the latest edition of the CARICOM Business newsletter which comprises information culled from news entities in the Caribbean...

Fighting COVID-19 in Prisons: CARICOM IMPACS and the United Kingdom Partner to Support Dominica Prison

Roseau, 29 May 2020 – COVID-19 poses an extraordinary risk to prison populations. Efforts to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 in...

OECS DISTILLERIES SUPPLY MUCH NEEDED ALCOHOL TO FIGHT COVID-19

Bridgetown, Barbados – 28 May 2020: As the world continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, OECS rum distillers have modified...

World Bank Provides US$159M for Regional Air Transport Connectivity in Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Lucia

(Media Release Courtesy The World Bank, Washington, 28 May, 2020) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a series...

CARICOM Statement on the death of Miles Stoby

The Caribbean region is mourning the death of one of its most highly respected international public servants, Mr Miles Stoby,...

CARICOM joins Celebration of 63rd Anniversary of Africa Day

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the people of Africa on the 63rd Anniversary of Africa Day, 25...

CARICOM pledges support for Guyana on its 54th Independence Anniversary

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the Government and People of Guyana as the country celebrates its 54th...

No current active cases in Trinidad and Tobago

The Ministry of Health, in its Thursday 21 May update, announced that there were no patients receiving treatment for COVID-19...

Loss of mangroves, land for agriculture in focus as CARICOM observes International Biological Diversity Day

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat’s Human and Social Development chief, Dr Douglas Slater has drawn attention to the decline of land...

Op-Ed: Caribbean island states need differentiated treatment due to COVID-19. Here’s why.*

Tourism-dependent, climate-vulnerable states need to respond to the devastation of COVID-19 with a hurricane season around the corner Small Island...