Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this afternoon (September 4) for the Ninth Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Bridgetown Barbados. Under his Chairmanship, at the the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, held in Jamaica in July, it was agreed that the CSME...

A three-day sensitisation seminar on the CARICOM Results Based Management (RBM) System will be held in Jamaica from August 14 to 16. The seminar opens at 9:00 a.m. at the Office of the Prime Minister, 1 Devon Road, Kingston 10, where a discussion will be held with Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Cabinet Secretary, Office of...

Spouses and dependents of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals, who relocate to other Member States, will now be entitled to access benefits such as health and education services, which were not previously afforded to them. This applies to individuals and their families, who move across the region to work, provide services and establish companies within the framework of the free movement...

REMARKS PREPARED FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA, THE MOST HONOURABLE ANDREW HOLNESS, MP ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPECIAL LUNCHEON HELD IN HONOUR OF HIS EXCELLENCY MR.  MIGUEL DIAZ CANEL-BERMUDEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILS OF STATE AND MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON THE MARGINS OF THE  THIRTY-NINTH REGULAR MEETING OF THE...

Jamaica and Guyana have agreed to strengthen bilateral relations in the areas of trade, investment and agriculture. The two countries will reactivate the Guyana-Jamaica Joint Commission that was set up under the Agreement on Economic, Technical and Cultural Cooperation and which was signed by both states on June 1, 1995. This followed discussions between Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew...

High Commissioner in London, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, today (July 6), hosted two round-table discussions for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) sugar-producing countries. The talks focused on ways to create sustainable long-term markets for Caribbean sugar producers through use of the Common External Tariff (CET) in CARICOM, and on the UK’s potential as a market...

Address by the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM at the THE THIRTY-NINTH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE Press Conference  Montego Bay Convention Centre On Friday, July 6, 2018 Colleague Heads of State and Government Other Caribbean Ministers of Government Ambassador Irwin LaRoque, Secretary General of CARICOM Members of the CARICOM Secretariat...