“Migration not infrequently gets a bad press. Negative stereotypes, portraying migrants as ‘stealing our jobs’ or ‘scrounging off the taxpayer’, abound in sections of the media and public opinion especially in time of recession”. That is the opening sentence of the United Nations Human Development Report 2009. read more...

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Who says CSME does not create jobs? All one needs to do is a quick online search to discover that a whole new cottage industry has emerged. Namely: Workshops and Seminars. On any given day there is a workshop or seminar designed to educate, inform, "help the average citizen learn more about..." CSME. read more...

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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Fifth Hemispheric Forum on Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas came to a close on Thursday in Jamaica with ministerial delegates signing a 16-point agreement, which sets out an action plan to boost agricultural production in the region. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas has been praised for his sterling contribution to the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP). CARICOM’s Secretary General Edwin Carrington lauded the work of Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington on Thursday lauded the work of Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), which he said had “demonstrated the effectiveness of functional cooperation.” read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- St Kitts and Nevis was among the 187 nations that voted this week for an end to the United States economic and trade embargo against Cuba. The vote recorded was 187 in favour to 3 against and 2 abstentions. The 192-Member Assembly in its resolution urged the lifting of the stiff... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Young people from six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, yesterday, completed a three-day training programme in Edutainment ,designed to assist them to influence their peers positively through that method. The CARICOM Secretariat partnered with the... read more...

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GEORGTOWN, Guyana -- Meaningful and lasting partnerships are critical to an effective response to HIV and AIDS in the Pan Caribbean region, particularly in the face of stern social and economic challenges. These were the views expressed when the 65-member Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Edwin Carrington has stated that he knows of no plans by the Community or its Secretariat to licence journalists. The Secretary-General said he made this "absolutely clear" to President of the Association of Caribbean Mediaworkers Wesley Gibbings. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett says Guyana is going full blast to implement of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) and called on sister member states to view this process as critical to the region's survival. read more...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is to benefit from an injection of 165 million Euros, or close to JA$22 billion, in funding from the European Commission as part of its ongoing support for regional integration. This was disclosed by Head of Section, Helen Jenkinson. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- In spite of the challenges facing the agriculture sector in the Region, the Caribbean Community remained convinced that agriculture was an important contributor to rural development, employment creation and export earnings, and to the overall sustainable development. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP) -- The number of people with HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean is on the decline, but more must be done to contain the disease, a senior official said, on the eve of a regional meeting on the ailment. Latest statistics show that 230,000 people in the Caribbean live with HIV and AIDS. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Under the theme Towards Universal Access: Enhancing the Multi-sectoral Response to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, more than 150 representatives of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will meet for the Ninth Annual General Meeting in Grenada. read more...

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Lynne Anne Williams has been confirmed as Executive Director of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS). The decision, which officially became effective on the 1st September 2009, was taken in Belize in March 2009. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are expecting the first shipment of the HINI vaccine to arrive in the region late November, as they prepare for further attacks from the H1N1 Virus otherwise known as, the swine flu. The vaccine will provide immunisation... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Newspaper editors from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be participating in a workshop on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Jamaica from 22-23 October 2009. The workshop is organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding provided... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean needs to have more investment in agriculture if the sector is to match the increasing demand to produce more food in order to ensure food security for the Caribbean. The CARICOM Secretariat, through CARDI is also involved in this collaboration. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) remain ardent proponents of a more effective and efficient United Nations development system through strengthened governance and improved financing of operational activities for development. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Three Ministries of Agriculture in Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are in line to receive assistance to develop information and communication strategies as a first step towards mainstreaming communications in the work of the Ministries of Agriculture. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo has raised concerns over what he termed a “conflict of interest” by the chairman of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Trust Fund Dr Rollin Bernard since he is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL)... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and president of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, said his recent meting with the World Bank president Robert Zoellick in Istanbul, Turkey, was focused on debt relief for Caribbean countries and he has been arguing for Caribbean countries... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A format to facilitate dialogue between media professionals and the agriculture sector, which was pioneered by the Caribbean, is now being used by countries of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states to assist in bridging the divide between the two sectors. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The free movement of labour and goods, reduction of the food import bill, and strategies to ensure the general public’s effective participation in the CSME were among the key issues raised at an Open Forum of the Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- ”If Caribbean Community is to successfully deal with the current economic difficulties, the public and private sector along with civil society must remain engaged in the forging of architecture for the successful implementation of a workable economic policy framework.” read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Region’s private sector and labour are of one accord on the necessity for a more concerted effort by Member States to advance the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). At the opening ceremony of the convocation on the CSME on Friday morning in Bridgetown, Barbados... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Director of Human and Social Development in the CARICOM Secretariat, Myrna Bernard is advocating for formal education on Gender-Based Violence (GBV). She said a gender perspective should be integrated in that curriculum as part of a broader approach to addressing life skills. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened in Bridgetown, Barbados, Thursday morning with a weighty agenda that included the consideration of the Report of the Audit on the CARICOM Single Market, and the improvement of practices... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Caribbean leaders including current CARICOM chairman, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo met with the president of the World Bank Robert Zoellick on Wednesday in Istanbul, Turkey, to lobby for debt relief for the region. Jagdeo lobbied the World Bank head to pay special attention. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Climate Change will be among the important issues to be discussed when regional directors of Women’s/Gender Bureaus commence their Fifth Meeting in Guyana, on 6-7 October 2009. The Gender Affairs coordinators and directors will be seeking to ensure gender perspectives are... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The observance of Caribbean Wellness Day 2009 came up for high plaudits by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Health at their meeting in Washington, USA on the week-end. The Meeting of the 18th Caucus of Ministers of Health said they were “thrilled at the positive report." read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is grateful for the significant benefits it has received from its decades old relationship with Mexico. This sentiment was expressed by CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington at the opening of the 5th CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The status of implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) among Member States will come into sharp focus when regional stakeholders meet in Bridgetown, Barbados later this week. A Convocation on the CSME on 9 and 10 October 2009 in Bridgetown... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- CARICOM Heads of Government, heads of regional institutions, and representatives of non-governmental organisations and the public and private sectors, are expected in Barbados next week for a two-day Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Bahamas Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis has been given high commendations by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), for having received the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Annual Award for excellence in health administration read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Health meeting in Washington DC, USA at their 18th Caucus fully endorsed the time table for the establishment of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA) in 2010. Among the actions leading up to the start up of CARPHA are... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would like a voice in the Group of 20 (G20). This was one of the issues raised by the Community’s Foreign Ministers during a meeting with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York, USA last Friday 25 September. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The implementation of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework (CRSF) on HIV and AIDS (2008 -2012) along with the development of the Priority Area Co-ordinating Committee (PACC) and the proposed constitution for the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in Mexico for the 5th Meeting of the CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission which takes place on 1st October 2009 in Mexico City. The one-day meeting will be followed by a Business Promotion Forum on 2nd October. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has promised help to the Caribbean in tackling climate change and the growing threat of organized transnational crime in the region. During a meeting with Caribbean leaders, the UN chief said the region is vital to the United Nations. read more...

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