By: BVI News on January 19, 2026 Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have announced a renewed effort to deepen cooperation with Canada on trade, education, labour mobility and cybersecurity. The move comes as OECS countries navigate growing geopolitical pressures, including recent requests from the United States regarding migration arrangements. The U.S. … Continue reading OECS strengthens ties with Canada amid US pressure
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December 22, 2025 CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The St Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission says member countries with a Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme have been conducting “frank, technical, and solutions-oriented” discussions with the United States on their programmes. Under the CBI, OECS countries, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St … Continue reading OECS defends CBI programmes in Eastern Caribbean
These are questions that many organizations must face. How do you move forward on an agenda when the implications of doing so are different, or perhaps negative, for some of your members? In a time of international competition, it is possible to conceive of smaller members being better off outside the organization that was built … Continue reading What price progress? What price protection?
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tammy Bruce: May 6, 2025 Today, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the heads of government from the Eastern Caribbean and the Bahamas to underscore the urgent need for enhanced regional cooperation to combat drug and firearms trafficking and illegal migration – key drivers of violence and instability. He encouraged … Continue reading Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Eastern Caribbean and Bahamas Heads of Government
By Jacqueline Charles May 6, 2025 Two months after Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with a half-dozen Caribbean leaders in his first official visit to the region, more heads of government will get a chance to air their concerns. The prime ministers of six eastern Caribbean nations — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts … Continue reading Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas leaders to meet with Rubio in Washington on Tuesday
Sir Ronald Sanders April 18, 2025 By Sir Ronald Sanders U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signaled a genuine willingness to hear the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) speak for itself. At a moment when his diplomatic files stretch across numerous crisis zones, that attention is neither trivial nor routine. Barely three months into his tenure, … Continue reading May 6: A Chance to steer U.S.–Caribbean Relations through Trade Winds and other Passing Storms
By SIR RONALD SANDERS Recently, the smaller member states of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) have renewed complaints that the promised benefits and compensatory mechanisms that convinced them to join first CARIFTA in 1968, and later CARICOM in 1973, have not materialised. While the larger economies - Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Barbados … Continue reading WORLD VIEW: Is CARICOM failing its smaller countries?
Photo by Fuka jaz on Pexels.com January 23, 2025 The Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM) for the Wider Caribbean has been officially activated and will commence its activities this year, marking a significant achievement in advancing the sustainable management of marine resources in the region. With the signature of the Government of the Bahamas on 19 … Continue reading Historic step forward for ocean governance in the Caribbean
Source: Caribbean Development Bank Did You Know? Boys in the Caribbean are twice as likely as girls to repeat grades or drop out of school.At the tertiary level, there are 124 women enrolled for every 100 men—far above the global average of 113 to 100.This is one of the varied critical issues facing Caribbean education … Continue reading Transforming Education in the Caribbean: CDB Symposium
Canada's Global Affairs Department is a contributor to the funds December 20, 2024 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) has approved a USD 34.8 million loan to the Geothermal Power Company of Dominica (GPC) to fund the construction of a 10-megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant. The project is designed to strengthen Dominica’s energy security, reduce electricity … Continue reading CDB Approves USD 34.8 Million Loan to Build Geothermal Energy Plant in Dominica