Caricom
USS Nimitz docks in Kingston as the US Caribbean strike campaign runs into June
A US carrier in Jamaican waters, a strike reported June 1, and a CARICOM still split on the 'zone of peace.' The signal for the diaspora is a militarised region.
Signal: Guyana and Barbados drop the passport — digital-ID travel from July 1
From July 1, Guyanese and Barbadians can cross between the two countries on a national digital ID alone. A real CARICOM free-movement milestone.
Barbados and Guyana Drop the Passport. Your National ID Is Now Your Boarding Pass.
Barbados and Guyana drop the passport for national-ID travel
*A bilateral passport-free arrangement strips a real friction point for the Bridgetown-Georgetown corridor — and sits underneath a deliberate Barbados push to become the corporate-services conduit for Guyana's oil economy.*
Jamaica PNP urges CARICOM to coordinate on US–Cuba tensions
*The Opposition People's National Party is pressing for a regional posture on Cuba–US escalation, framing CARICOM cohesion as a small-state interest.*
Crossfire: ID travel deal — Bajan pride vs Guyanese practicality
*Auntie Cheryl (BB) and Cousin Leroy (JM, refereeing the Caribbean fight): is the Barbados–Guyana ID arrangement a milestone, a gimmick, or a security headache waiting to happen?*
Barbados–Guyana ID travel: what the deal means for returning-home planning
*The mobility upgrade is small on paper and big in practice — for diaspora households weighing dual-base lifestyles, partial returns, or family-reunification cadence.*
Barbados–Guyana ID travel deal lands: passports out, national IDs in
*Citizens of both countries will soon travel between Bridgetown and Georgetown on national identification cards — the first bilateral move of its kind inside CARICOM in years.*
Caribbean steps up coordinated Ebola monitoring as Bahamas isolates two travelers; CARICOM tightens regional response
The Bahamas has placed two European travelers in precautionary isolation at Princess Margaret Hospital after a London-Nassau routing through the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jamaica has issued a travel advisory. CARICOM is moving into coordinated monitoring against the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no approved vaccine.
The Gerald R. Ford is still in the Caribbean. The question is what comes next.
Five months after the January 3 operation that captured Maduro, the US naval posture in the region is the new normal. Caribbean nations are calibrating policy to it.
Crossfire: Is Caribbean Airlines' contraction a failure of regional ambition, or the discipline the region's only flag carrier should have had years ago?
Cheryl (BB) and De Statsman (neutral) take the two ends. The reader decides.
Guyana–Suriname labour pipeline opens, signaling regional migration shift
The cross-border framework being developed between Georgetown and Paramaribo to address Guyana's labour shortage opens new pathways for Suriname-side workers and for diaspora professionals with regional ties.