Integration ordisintegration?

Caricom comprises 15 member states and five associate members. I was travelling overseas but took time to scan the home news and discovered that on October 1 four regional Caribbean nations became trendsetters by opening up their borders for free...

More diplomatic allies voice support for Taiwan at UN

High-level officials from diplomatic allies Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis on Monday and Saturday spoke out on behalf of Taiwan at the UN General Debate, calling for Taiwan’s “meaningful inclusion” in the organization. The General Debate of...

Disasters and Crises in the Caribbean Region: A Review of Experiences in Seven Islands

The Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) announces the publication of “Disasters and Crises in the Caribbean Region: A Review of Experiences in Seven Islands.” This pioneering report, supported by UNESCO, provides an in-depth review of disaster...

St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis speak up for Taiwan at the UN

High-level officials from diplomatic allies Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis spoke out on behalf of Taiwan at the UN General Debate, calling for Taiwan’s “meaningful inclusion” in the organization. The General Debate of the 80th session of...

Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat have signed on to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), formalising their membership in the 22-year-old institution, inaugurated in Belize City, Belize, in...

Sink or swim: Can island states survive the climate crisis?

Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their economies, and their capacity to protect themselves from...

Jamaica to host the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026

4 The 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) was hosted in St. Kitts and Nevis from September 29th to October 3, 2025 with Jamaica set to host the next iteration. In his address at the CWA, Agriculture Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Hon. Samal...

Tobago teen crowned Caribbean regional Junior Minister of Tourism

Sixteen-year-old Jolé St. John, Tobago’s Junior Secretary of Tourism, has been crowned winner of the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) 21st Regional Tourism Youth Congress, held Thursday at the Hilton Barbados Resort. - Advertisement - Part...

Cayman judge to head up Commonwealth judicial body

(CNS): Justice Richard Williams, one of Cayman’s Grand Court judges, has been appointed to head up the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association (CMJA) by the General Assembly. Justice Richards has been a member of this important...

The Diocese of The Windward Islands

The Thirty-Ninth triennial Synod of the (Anglican) Diocese of the Windward Islands is scheduled for Monday 6th to Wednesday 8th October, 2025 with Sunday 5th and Thursday 9th being travelling days. The concelebrated Holy Eucharist to mark the...

Regional Agri-Insurance Programme Set to Launch in St. Kitts And Nevis; Strengthening Agricultural Resilience and Food-System Security

Basseterre, Saint Kitts, October 1, 2025 (MOA): Farmers and fishers across St. Kitts and Nevis are poised to benefit from a groundbreaking regional insurance solution aimed at reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, market volatility, and the...

Too many families pained by murder of loved ones — Bramble

East Kingstown MP Fitz Bramble has spoken about the pain of losing his son to gun violence, saying it’s not an experience that any parent should go through. Bramble, a member of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), will seek a second term in...

SVG Aims to Join Global Pharma Race

SVG Eyes Global Pharma Role: Caesar Announces Bold Vision at Cannabliss Festival At the opening ceremony of the Cannabliss Festival today, Honorable Minister Saboto Caesar unveiled a groundbreaking vision for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG: a...

Tobago’s Jolé St. John is CTO 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress Winner [Cayman’s Aylani Morris Seymour 3rd]

Source: Caribbean Tourism Organization Jolé St. John of Tobago (center) with Jamaica’s Caleader Lewison (left) and Aylani Morris Seymour from the Cayman Islands in Barbados onThursday BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (October 4, 2025) – Sixteen-year-old Jolé...

Jamaican takes second place at 2025 CTO Regional Tourism Youth Congress

Jolé St John of Tobago (center) with Jamaica’s Caleader Lewison (left) and Aylani Morris Seymour from the Cayman Islands in Barbados. (Photo: CMC) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caleader Lewison, the 16-year-old junior minister of tourism for...

Tobago’s Jolé St. John is CTO 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress Winner

Regional Tourism Youth Congress participants with (l-r) Charles Fernandez, Minister of Tourism of Antigua and Barbuda; Dona Regis-Prosper, CTO Secretary-General; Councillor Tashia Burris, Secretary of Tourism, Tobago; Ian Gooding-Edghill, CTO...

The partisan political officer!!!

Tuesday night’s incident at a political meeting of the Constituency Branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the St Andrew North-east constituency calls for our political parties to settle among themselves a roadmap for their supporters...

Jamaica to host Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026

Jamaica will host the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)🌱, the Hon. Indar Weir, Chair of the 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture, announced on Thursday, 2 October 2025. The Minister...

CARICOM lawyers ‘must meet Barbados Bar requirements’

10 The Barbados Bar Association issued a firm reminder that all attorneys wishing to work in Barbados under the new CARICOM cross-border initiative must first satisfy the established legal entry and registration requirements, regardless of their...

Bar Association requirements still stand in Barbados

174 The Barbados Bar Association is reminding regional attorneys that while it supports the October 1 free movement arrangement among four CARICOM states, anyone seeking to practise law in Barbados must still be admitted to the local Bar. In a...