Year-end message From the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Carla. N. Barnett: We have come to the end of another year during which strenuous efforts have been made to ensure that the integration process improves the lives of the people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). On
Barbados' Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn announced that Wednesday, December 21, 2022, will be a VAT Holiday in Barbados. Straughn said that the objective is to provide a welcome ease for consumers who have faced 33 months of significant economic challenges due solely to the impact
Twitter users voted in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as the social media platform's chief executive amid a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he assumed the position. According to a poll launched by Musk himself on Sunday evening, December
On day two (2) of the Appropriation Bill (2023) discussion, Honourable Samal Duggins, Minister of Agriculture, pledged St. Kitts and Nevis' commitment to CARICOM's 25% by 2025 Agenda, which aims to lower the region's food cost. “Madam Speaker, we have adopted a more measurable goal
The new Jamaican banknotes have arrived and will be put into circulation in 2023. Minister of Finance and Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke revealed the printed polymer notes at a Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) press briefing on Thursday (December 15). "These notes are notably distinct from those
Grenada Rugby World 7s (GRW7s) organizers deemed the GRW7s "Pure Grenada. Pure 7s." event hosted at the National Cricket Stadium from December 1-2 a tremendous success. Grenada, in cooperation with the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), held the longest-running Club Rugby 7s event in the region for
His Excellency, Ambassador Dr Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, participated in the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation (EDC) Summit in his capacity as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). The three-day summit was held at the
"We must increase investment in resilient public infrastructure designed to last and shelters designed and planned to preserve life." This was one of the highlights of the Caribbean Community Secretary-General's speech at the opening ceremony of the 12th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) held
Release - As part of its ongoing activities to prevent and control vector-borne diseases (VBDs) in the Region, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) visited the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in December 2022. The CARPHA team met with Government officials and Vector Control Officers
As part of a set of new anti-smoking legislation voted by parliament on Tuesday, December 13, it will be illegal for future generations of New Zealanders to buy tobacco. The new regulations prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009,
