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CARICOM Secretariat using entrepreneurship training as restorative justice tool

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is giving new life to the Declaration of Paramaribo on the Future of Youth in CARICOM issued by Heads of Government in January 2010, and the Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development of the same year. Both identified entrepreneurial development as a priority for countering youth unemployment and mitigating harmful behaviours such as drug abuse, crime and violence. The Commission on Youth had pin-pointed the latter as the number one concern among adolescents and youth associated with poverty, […]

October 10, 2019

ECSC - Mediation Public Education Campaign

OECS

ECSC Launches Mediation Public Education Campaign

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court – Dominica Circuit launched the Court’s Connected Mediation Public Education 2019 and Beyond Programme on Friday, October 4, with support from the Canadian-funded Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project. The purpose of the media launch was to sensitize the media, generate public interest and heighten the public’s understanding of the Court’s connected mediation programme and its associated benefits in the Commonwealth of Dominica. His Lordship The Hon. Davidson Kelvin Baptiste presented the members of the National […]

October 10, 2019

News

FUEL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS

The Public is hereby notified that in keeping with changes in international oil prices and Government’s application of the modified market pass-through petroleum pricing mechanism, the retail price of gasoline, diesel, kerosene, LPG 20, 22 and 100 lb cylinders has changed. The price changes take effect from Monday, September 30, 2019: Gasoline decreased from $2.98 to $2.91 per litre or $13.57 to $13.21 per gallonDiesel decreased from $2.88 to $2.82 per litre or $13.07 to $12.81 per gallonKerosene decreased from […]

October 1, 2019

Health

Walk for the Cure

Walk for the Cure - Sunday, 6 October, 2019 starting 6:00 AM Walk in the North of the Island: Start from CIBC FirstCaribbean Rodney Bay Branch through Mongiraud to get to Caye Mange, then from Caye Mange to get to the Beausejour Gap and from Beausejour Gap to culminate at Pigeon Island Beach. Walk in the South of the Island:Start from CIBC FirstCaribbean Vieux Fort Branch (New Dock Road) heading towards the Vieux Fort Laborie Highway to get to the […]

September 25, 2019

News

International Investment Agreements

Regional Officials to attend CARICOM Forum on International Investment Agreements Investment officials from CARICOM Member States will come together for the CARICOM Forum on International Investment Agreements from 30 September to 2 October 2019 in Barbados. They will examine reform of international investment agreements (IIAs) including investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Recognising the importance the Caribbean Community attaches to foreign investment that promotes sustainable development, the Forum seeks to better position CARICOM countries to engage on re-design of the international investment […]

September 25, 2019

News

CARICOM congratulates St Kitts and Nevis on 36th Independence Anniversary

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted the significant progress St Kitts and Nevis has made, as the Member State marks its Thirty-Sixth Anniversary of Independence on 19 September 2019. In a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. The Honourable Timothy Harris, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said the country is “justified in celebrating its achievement with pride.”St Kitts and Nevis is celebrating this independence anniversary under the theme, “Unify, Transform, and Enrich: Uplifting Communities […]

September 18, 2019

Saint Lucia winning 2019 ECVA U21 Men Team

Sports

Saint Lucia Wins Eastern Caribbean Men’s and Women’s Youth Volleyball

Article Courtesy Journalist Terry Finisterre The national teams of Saint Lucia are riding high in sub-regional volleyball, after winning the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) age group competitions recently in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Between the end of August and the beginning of September, Saint Lucia won the women's under-20 tournament, then dominated the men's under-21 series. Saint Lucia's women lost in five sets to the home team and defending champions in the preliminary rounds of their tournament, their […]

September 16, 2019

Local News

FUEL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS

The Public is hereby notified that in keeping with changes in international oil prices and Government’s application of the modified market pass-through petroleum pricing mechanism, the retail price of gasoline, diesel, LPG 20, 22 and 100 lb cylinders has changed. The retail price of kerosene remains unchanged. The price changes take effect from Monday, September 9, 2019: Gasoline decreased from $3.07 to $2.98 per litre or $13.95 to $13.57 per gallonDiesel decreased from $2.93 to $2.88 per litre or $13.32 […]

September 9, 2019

CARICOM

CARICOM Chairman Message regarding Hurricane Dorian

As Chairman of CARICOM, I am saddened by the early reports coming out of The Bahamas which are reminiscent of the severe devastation experienced by a number of CARICOM states just two years ago when Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit us. On behalf of the Community, I extend deepest condolences to all who have lost loved ones to this devastating storm.

September 3, 2019