GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says the second CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo early next month will set a new strategic framework to replace what was adopted in 2000. The Ministerial meeting follows the 14th CARICOM-Japan Consultations held in Guyana in April. The First CARICOM-Japan Ministerial meeting in Tokyo in 2000 resulted in... 

Henry ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A senior Antigua and Barbuda government official is urging Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to “espouse a unified voice against any perceived or actual attempts to pressure them into accepting a candidate” to replace outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Edwin Carrington. Trade Coordinator Dr. Clarence Henry, in a newspaper... 

Rangel WASHINGTON, CMC – Embattled Harlem Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel, an ardent supporter of the Caribbean, has vowed to remain in office, even as he faces serious accusations of violating Congressional rules. The veteran Congressman offered an extended defence of his conduct on the House of Representatives’ floor, demanding a prompt ethics committee hearing. “I am not going away,”... 

Shaw KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica is being represented at a three-day Global Small States conference that began in London on Wednesday. Finance Minister Audley Shaw is attending the conference being organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat. A government statement said he would  be updating the international investment community on developments in Jamaica’s medium-term Economic Programme. The... 

The Caribbean Food Groups (www.paho.org image) By: News Montserrat On Tuesday June 1, Montserrat joins the rest of the region in the observance of Caribbean Nutrition Day. Local Health Officials will mark the day by organizing an exercise activity in the new town centre in Little Bay. Health Promotion Officer Sharon Greenaway says the Walk around the town will begin at 5:30 pm at the Public Market. The... 

THE AMBASSADOR AND DR. ISHMAEL PRESS RELEASE: CASTRIES ST. LUCIA – The OECS and the Republic of Finland have established relations at the diplomatic level. At a ceremony at the OECS Headquarters on Wednesday May 26th , OECS Director General Dr Len Ishmael accepted Letters of Credence from Finland’s first Ambassador to the OECS, H.E. Mikko Pyhala. Dr Ishmael described the occasion as a happy... 

Prof. Clement Sankat at the honor ceremony The University of New Brunswick (UNB) has conferred an honorary degree on University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Principal, Professor Clement Sankat at its spring graduation ceremonies. The Canadian University is among the oldest public universities in North America and the oldest English-language university in Canada. Its Fredericton Campus, where... 

CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrongton. Photo credit: www.cdera.org (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The special meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture held in Paramaribo, Suriname on Friday marked a critical landmark in the development of the agriculture sector in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington,... 

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has launched a study to better facilitate the free movement of persons and the integration of the regional labour market. The project will assist in the development of policies through evidence gathering and analysis of the actual impact of free movement and other forms of migration on domestic... 

Some of the participants at the Fort Young Hotel in Roseau, Dominica Castries St. Lucia, Thursday March 25th, 2010: The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) convened a tripartite meeting in Dominica on a common OECS Labour Force Survey (LFS) this week. This is part of a wider initiative geared towards establishing a full-fledged Labour Market... 

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Communication among Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and coordination among national and regional bodies, the private sector and consumers were critical to the success of the Caribbean, the Hon. Kermechend Raghoebarsing, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries of Suriname said Thursday. Speaking at the inauguration... 

Thompson. Hermisha Rolle/Dominica News Online photo Roseau, Dominica: Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson said that the global financial crisis has set back the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in the region. Speaking at a press conference at the Fort Young Hotel’s VIP room Friday morning ahead of the continuation of the CARICOM heads of government Intersessional... 

St. Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas. *File photo Roseau, Dominica: The issue of eight Caribbean countries being blacklisted by France was discussed, as CARICOM heads met with World Bank President Robert Zoellick at the 21st intersessional CARICOM Summit currently ongoing. France named 18 nations as being uncooperative tax havens and threatened to impose higher taxes on French companies... 

World Bank president. *File photo taken from beta.thehindu.com Roseau, Dominica: World Bank President Robert Zoellick says there are various risks to the current economic recovery that the Caribbean and the world are facing. Zoellick told a press briefing amid the intersessional CARICOM Heads of Government Summit at the Fort Young Hotel’s VIP room on Thursday, that while the world is trying to... 

CARICOM leaders. File photo taken from www.foreign.gov.bb ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC –  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders open their two-day intersessional summit here on Thursday with the sorry state of regional economies high on the agenda for the first full working day of the meeting. The issue is expected to dominate discussions with the President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, along... 

Dr. Rosina Wiltshire (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Monday, 8 March saw the launch of the CARICOM Advocacy for Gender Justice Programme, a historic initiative for the advocacy of gender equality and justice. The two-year programme will be coordinated by Dr. Rosina Wiltshire who has been named CARICOM Advocate for Gender Justice. The mandate of the CARICOM Advocate for... 

Barbados CMO, Dr. St John. Photo credit: www.gisbarbados.gov.bb (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Innovation and creativity is needed to keep the Caribbean’s health care systems going in the face of dwindling resources and an uncertain economic future. This was the view of one of the scholars belonging to the second cohort of graduates of the Caribbean Health Leadership... 

Chanderpaul. Photo credit: www.windiescricket.com COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Resurgent Guyana and West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has declared himself fit and ready for action in the upcoming series against Zimbabwe and South Africa. Chanderpaul made the disclosure to CMC Sports during a reception hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board on Wednesday night at the Frank... 

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Beleaguered West Indies will look to the two Twenty20 Internationals for redemption after being thoroughly whipped by Australia in their preceding one-day series. West Indies plunged to a 125-run loss here on Friday in the final One-Day International to lose the five-match series 4-0, after the Sydney contest was abandoned due to rain. David Williams, who will surrender...