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OECS Leads Business Delegation to Martinique and Guadeloupe

Above: Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 35-member delegation of private and public sector entities from across the Eastern Caribbean visited the French Caribbean departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe last week. The mission, which was coordinated […]

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OECS Names New Director General

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States has named Dr Didacus Jules as its new Director General, according to OECS Chairman and Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Dr Baldwin Spencer. Jules succeeds former […]

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Eastern Caribbean Environment Ministers to Meet in Anguilla

Above: Anguilla By the Caribbean Journal staff Ministers of Environment and Sustainable Development from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States will meet in Anguilla next week. The meeting is the seventeenth annual conference of Environment Ministers from the region. Bentley […]

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World Bank Team to Visit Grenada

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A World Bank team will visit Grenada next week to begin the first round of consultation on the development of an OECS “Regional Partnership Strategy.” The partnership strategy “seeks to align […]


The Return of Caribbean Island Hopping?

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s a romantic notion of Caribbean travel — arrive in one destination, then travel to another two or three islands by sea or small plane. And the OECS regional subgrouping wants […]


First-Ever EU Ambassador to OECS Presents Credentials

Above: OECS Director General Len Ishmael and EU Ambassador to the OECS Mikael Barfod By the Caribbean Journal staff Mikael Barfod has officially become the European Union’s first-ever ambassador to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. Barfod, who is also […]

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OECS Heads of Government to Hold Summit in Antigua

Above: the Sandals Grande in Dickenson Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Heads of Government will be meeting in Antigua and Barbuda beginning June 2 for the 57th meeting of the OECS Authority. The authority, […]


Report Urges OECS Economic Integration for Martinique, Guadeloupe

Above: Fort de France, Martinique (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Given their proximity to the Eastern Caribbean and particularly St Lucia, the French departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe should be integrated with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States […]


Grenada Prime Minister Meets With OECS Director General

Above: PM Keith Mitchell (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell met Thursday with a delegation from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States led by Director General Len Ishmael. The group, which also […]

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OECS Assembly Holds First Session

Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer at the OECS Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States held its first-ever session on Tuesday in Antigua. The assembly is made up of appointed members from both the governments […]


OECS Regional Assembly to Hold First Sitting Next Week

Above: the OECS Regional Assembly in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Assembly will hold its first official sitting on Tuesday. The regional assembly, consists of a group of appointed government and opposition Parliamentarians […]


OECS and Argentina Establish Formal Diplomatic Relations

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the government of Argentina have established formal diplomatic relations. The relations were formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation. Newly-appointed Argentine […]


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