October 9, 2026 CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, on Thursday outlined the Community’s strategic priorities for regional integration amid growing geopolitical uncertainty, technological disruption, climate change, and competition for investment and productive capabilities. The Secretary-General identified food and energy security, transportation and connectivity, productive transformation, and digital transformation, as the key areas for advancing the … Continue reading At 41st ECLAC Session, CARICOM Secretary-General identifies regional integration priorities in current global environment
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October 9, 2026 Nand C. Bardouille For more than five decades, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states have sought to turn their vulnerability as small states into collective strength. That effort is now under strain—perhaps like never before. The second Trump administration is prompting the bloc’s 14 sovereign member states to take fundamentally different approaches to … Continue reading CARICOM Has a Great-Power Problem
Ernesto Cooke, 4 Oct 2026 While the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has achieved notable progress on single market initiatives, small island developing states face distinct demographic, administrative, and structural challenges in implementing full regional freedom of movement. Speaking during the 5th Distinguished Owen S. Arthur Memorial Lecture and an accompanying dialogue at the University of the … Continue reading Small states face many hurdles in CARICOM free movement
September 29 2026 By Dr. Nand C. Bardouille For the second year in a row, two leading Caribbean voices laid bare disparate paradigms on international cooperation and multilateralism. Speaking with an eye toward their respective countries’ and the region’s most pressing transnational challenges, they shared their visions for all the world to see. Trinidad … Continue reading Caribbean Leaders deeply divided over multilateralism
Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister of culture, has hailed the King’s decision to refer her slavery reparations petition to the privy council. Photograph: Jess Hurd/PA September 23, 2026 Natricia Duncan The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition King Charles has referred a … Continue reading Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’
September 15, 2026 by: Nand C. Bardouille The current crisis of multilateralism is causing undeniable harm to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) bloc. This will likely be a common refrain among leaders of CARICOM member states when they gather in New York City just a few days from now for the world’s premier summit, which takes … Continue reading OPINION: At UN summit, CARICOM to focus on global risks to bloc
Bridgetown, Barbados — Between US$8 billion and US$10 billion of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) annual imports, roughly one quarter to one third of the Region’s non-fuel import bill are exposed to the transit restrictions now taking effect at the Panama Canal, according to preliminary analysis by the CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO). The CPSO is advising … Continue reading Panama Canal Restrictions Put Up to US$10 Billion of CARICOM Imports at Risk, CPSO Warns
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is a biennial summit bringing together Heads of Government, Ministers, and representatives from business, civil society, and youth organisations. CHOGM will take place from 1 – 4 November 2026 in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. The 2026 meeting will mark a significant event for the Caribbean nation. As … Continue reading Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – November 1-4, 2026
Friday, September 4th, 2026 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is stepping up its engagement with Haiti as the country moves closer to elections, with the Community’s Eminent Persons Group (EPG) currently in the country for discussions with a range of Haitian stakeholders. In a September 3, 2026 statement and address to the Organization of American States … Continue reading CARICOM Eminent Persons Group steps up Haiti engagement ahead of elections
Olivia Grange (right) said the petition’s request for Charles to seek legal advice from the privy council was critical to advancing Jamaica’s reparations claim. Composite: PA, Getty Images September 6, 2026 Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondeny Slavery’s legacy continues ‘to deprive our country and our people’, says minister, as group prepares to appeal to Jamaica’s head of state … Continue reading Jamaican delegates arrive in UK to hand slavery reparations petition to King Charles