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Support Grows for CARICOM Tourism Platform

Bahamas’ Christie gains fans after recent speech on tourism By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent speech underscoring the importance of tourism to the regional economy is finding support from the region’s hotel industry. The Caribbean Hotel […]

How the Bahamas Reacted to the US-Cuba Diplomatic Announcement

Above: the Bahamas (CJ Photo) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Bahamas says it is welcoming the announcement made this week that Cuba and the United States will re-engage with full diplomatic ties by July 20. “It is good for the […]

Trinidad Courts US Meetings Sector

Above: the Hyatt Regency Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has launched a high-profile, three-city road show in the United States. The three-city tour, which began in downtown Atlanta this week, is aimed at courting business in […]

CARICOM, Germany Hold Talks

Above: Berlin By the Caribbean Journal staff Foreign Ministers from around the Caribbean gathered in Berlin this month for a high-level conference with the German government. The conference, held at Germany’s invitation “noted with satisfaction the steady and continuous progress […]

Guadeloupe Delegation Holds Associate Membership Talks With CARICOM

Above: Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation from Guadeloupe recently met with CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque for talks on a potential associate membership. Guadeloupe is one of five Caribbean territories that have applied for […]

Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana Eye Associate Membership in CARICOM

Above: Martinique (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff France’s departments in the Caribbean are looking to deepen their ties with the rest of the region. Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana are all considering applications for associate membership in CARICOM. […]

Barack Obama’s New Caribbean Push

Above: US President Barack Obama By Alexander Britell It’s been six years since United States President Barack Obama made his first visit to the Caribbean, on the occasion of the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain. And it’s […]

Jamaica’s Parliament to Vote on Move to Caribbean Court of Justice

Above: the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Since it gained independence in 1962, Jamaica’s final court of appeal has been the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. That could change, […]

The CARICOM Question

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor The Caribbean is a region of small islands surrounded by water. In an increasingly competitive global economic and political climate, these island can no longer remain islands. But what’s the future of Caribbean regionalism? That […]

A “Milestone” Year for CARICOM?

Above: CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque says 2014 was a “milestone” year for the regional grouping. LaRocque pointed to the approval in July of the community’s first-ever Five […]

Raul Castro Pledges Cuba’s Cooperation With CARICOM

Above: Raul Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba is pledging its continued cooperation with its neighbours in the Caribbean Community, according to Cuba President Raul Castro. The Cuban leader was addressing the Cuba-CARICOM Summit in Havana on Monday. “We […]

CARICOM, Cuba Meet in Havana

Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Member states of the Caribbean Community began meeting with the government of Cuba in Havana this weekend for the fifth Cuba-CARICOM summit. The talks were expected to focus on economic and trade relations, […]

Eric Holder, Outgoing US Attorney General, to Visit Barbados

Above: Eric Holder By the Caribbean Journal staff Outgoing United States Attorney General Eric Holder will be visiting Barbados this week, the country’s government announced. Holder is a son of Barbados; his father was born on the island and his […]

CARICOM Leaders Hold Special Meeting on Threat of Ebola, Chikungunya

Above: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago is hosting a special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community this week. The special one-day meeting, which was […]

This is the Best Island in the Caribbean For Doing Business

Above: San Juan, Puerto Rico (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff What’s the best island in the Caribbean for ease of doing business? According to the newest edition of the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report, it’s Puerto Rico […]

New Turkish Ambassador to CARICOM

Above: CARICOM headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff Sulé Oztunç has officially been accredited as Turkey’s Ambassador to CARICOM. The move is part of what seems to be a larger push by Turkey to deepen its ties with the Caribbean […]

St Lucia Sustainable Development Minister Heads to Samoa

Above: Samoa By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia Sustainable Development Minister Dr James Fletcher will be visiting Samoa for the upcoming third International UN Small Island Developing States Conference. Fletcher’s visit will be financed by the government of Taiwan. […]

Caribbean Community Moves to Harmonize Regional Business Rules

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community says it has begun work toward creating a “harmonized framework” for business rules in the CARICOM Single Market. The framework would be one “within which companies […]

Montserrat Planning to Join CARICOM Single Market

Above: Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat is planning to join the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, Premier Reuben Meade said following the recent Heads of Government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda. Montserrat is a founding member of CARICOM, […]

A Strategic Plan For CARICOM?

Above: CARICOM Headquarters in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Is CARICOM ready for a strategic plan? Regional leaders said this week that a strategic plan was among the items of consideration at the Heads of Government conference in Antigua. […]

CARICOM Heads of Government Begin Summit in Antigua

Above: Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne By the Caribbean Journal staff Leaders from across the Caribbean region assembled in Antigua and Barbuda this week for the 35th regular meeting of the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government. The […]

CARICOM Secretary General Meets With New Antigua Prime Minister

Above: New Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne and CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque met this week with newly-elected Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne. The two sides’ […]

What Would Be the Cost of Not Having CARICOM in the Caribbean?

By the Caribbean Journal staff How much does regional integration mean to the Caribbean? It might be time to explore the opportunity costs of not having the Caribbean Community in place, according to Ewout Sandker, head of cooperation at the […]

Ranking the Caribbean on Cell Phone Use

Above: Grand Cayman (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Where do people use cell phones the most in the Caribbean? To find out, we looked at the most recent edition of the World Bank’s World Development Indicators report, which […]

Private Sector “Needs to Be at the Table” at CARICOM Meetings

Above: CARICOM headquarters in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff The private sector needs to have a stronger voice at CARICOM meetings on trade and economic development issues, according to Barbados Industry Minister Donville Inniss. The Minister, who was speaking […]

First Dutch Ambassador to CARICOM

Above: Dutch Ambassador Lucita MoenirAlam and CARICOM SG Irwin LaRocque (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Netherlands has named its first-ever Ambassador to the Caribbean Community. This week, Ambassador Lucita MoenirAlam presented her credentials to CARICOM Secretary General […]

The Future of CARICOM

By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor Recently, noted columnist on Caribbean affairs, Sir Ronald Sanders, authored an article that appeared in numerous publications throughout the Caribbean. The catalyst for his work appears to have been the remarks of Dr Ralph […]

CARICOM, Mexico Eye “New Platform” For Bilateral Relationship

Above: the CARICOM Secretariat By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community and Mexico held their third joint summit this week, looking to create a “new platform” for their relationship in the coming years. That was the view expressed by […]

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