Barbados and TnT sign on energy co-op agreement Marlon Madden17/02/20203304 views On the eve of the 31st CARICOM Intersessional Heads of Government conference here in Barbados, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has issued a call for deepening of relations between Caribbean Community… Read more
PM calls off diplomatic visit to Caribbean amid ongoing rail stoppages Asminnie Moonsammy16/02/20200268 views (Source: CBC News) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cancelled a trip to Barbados scheduled for Monday as Indigenous demonstrators and their supporters continue to halt train service across parts of… Read more
Immigration told weed out bad practices Barbados Today15/02/20201382 views Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has called out some immigration officers for what he describes as xenophobia, abuse, deception and discrimination, particularly against other citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He… Read more
Economic stability linked to CARICOM Barbados Today12/02/20202428 views Barbados does not have the capacity, given its population, to go it alone to achieve economic development, and thus should be more welcoming of its regional neighbours, said Prime Minister… Read more
Trudeau ‘looking forward’ to CARICOM talks Barbados Today12/02/20200254 views Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he is looking forward to sitting down at the CARICOM table here next week during the bloc’s mid-term summit. A day after Prime… Read more
PM slams CARICOM nations over health, education Barbados Today11/02/20200294 views The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Chair – Prime Minister Mia Mottley – has expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of some member governments to provide their citizens with “social rights”, which she… Read more
Mottley in praise of CARICOM officials Barbados Today05/02/20200600 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley, the new CARICOM chairman has praised the regional bloc’s civil servants as critical frontline soldiers in the war for a better region for all its people.… Read more
CARICOM ministers agree on response to coronavirus misinformation Barbados Today04/02/20200311 views Health authorities from across the Caribbean Community found themselves locked in a battle for the minds of fellow CARICOM nationals today, as a tide of misinformation appeared to drive public… Read more
Mottley to visit CARICOM Headquarters in Guyana Barbados Today02/02/20200377 views CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, will visit the Georgetown, Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat on Monday, Feb 3. Prime Minister Mottley is scheduled to have a working lunch with… Read more
CARICOM trade Ministers focus on services Barbados Today01/02/20200265 views Ministers for trade and economic development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today focused on the state of the services industry, the dominant trade in the 15-nation bloc. Addressing a one-day… Read more