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...

Spouses of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) toured the historic town of Falmouth on Thursday (July 5), where they viewed the 18th century Georgian buildings and participated in craft shopping. The Heads are in Jamaica for the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM from July 4 to 6 at the Montego...

President of the Republic of Chile, His Excellency Sebastián Piñera, has expressed interest in entering into negotiations on a free trade-agreement with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Mr. Piñera said the Chilean Government, which already has free-trade agreements with more than 70 countries in the world, has been looking forward to starting this process “for a long period of time”. He was addressing...

To reduce cognitive learning challenges among infants in the country, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in partnership with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), has launched the Jamaica Brain Builders Programme at a cost of approximately $540 million. The launch took place on the playground of the Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Day Care Centre, at the University...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says Jamaica has the capacity to develop a medical cannabis industry that rivals the other sectors. Noting that the health benefits of cannabis are “enormous”, Mr. Terrelonge said Jamaica’s tertiary institutions, particularly the University of Technology (UTech) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), are...

Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, says the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must reposition itself to operate in a global landscape characterised by the “new normal”. He said that navigating the new normal means that leaders will have to consolidate their positions on key hemispheric and international issues that hold profound implications for the region. “This new...