Year: 2017
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Rene Preval – quiet, unpretentious Caribbean Statesman: CARICOM SG
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has praised the late former President of Haiti Mr. Rene Preval for his critical role in promoting stability, development, democracy and the rule of law in his country following trying periods of political turbulence and natural and man-made disasters. In his message of condolence to Mr. Preval’s family and the Government and people of Haiti,…
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Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Every Caribbean Woman Every Caribbean Child Initiative On the occasion of the Observance of International Women’s Day 8 MARCH 2017
Today, on the occasion of International Women's Day 2017, we join the voices of the global community to celebrate our women and girls, those we have recognized as well as our unsung heroines. Despite the barriers, women have steadfastly been the agents of positive change in societies, great and small. It was therefore only a natural course that Caribbean…
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‘Strengthening the Regional HIV Response’ is the focus of Fifth Meeting of National AIDS Programme (NAP) Managers and Key Partners’
NAP Managers to assess progress of achieving 90-90-90 targets and identify gaps and challenges Monday, March 6, 2017 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will host over 70 NAP managers, selected chief medical officers and permanent secretaries, as well as representatives of civil society organizations, and partners from across the Region for the Fifth Meeting of NAP Managers and key partners…
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Message From The Caribbean Community Secretariat To Commemorate International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2017
The Caribbean Community joins with the global community in celebrating International Women’s Day 2017. The theme for this Forty-Second observance is #BeBoldForChange; a clarion call for all citizens of our Region and the world to play their part in forging more gender inclusive, just societies. Over the past four decades, Member States of our Community have made legally binding commitments…
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We must rally around the Every Caribbean Woman Every Caribbean Child Initiative – UNSE
This is the charge from the United Nations Secretary-General Special Envoy(UNSE) for HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, Dr. Edward Greene, in his message on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2017, being observed on 8 March 2017. Titled Let us together do what it takes to #be bold for Change, the UNSE also called for the “…support…
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Remarks by the Deputy Secretary-General on the occasion of the Results Based Mangement Training for the CARICOM Results-based Management Leadership Group CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana, 6-8 March 2017
Ambassadors to CARICOM, representatives of Member States, representatives of Regional Institutions, experts from Baastel, representatives from Directorates of the Secretariat, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I have the distinct honour and pleasure to welcome you to the Secretariat, to Guyana and especially to this workshop. I also thank you for your presence here over the next three days, as I know…
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CARICOM RBM System ….a paradigm shift in the way work we work –
This is the position of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Manorma Soeknandan, who delivered remarks to the Results Based Management (RBM) Workshop which opened at the CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana on 6 March 2017. In her remarks, Dr. Soeknandan reiterated the necessity for the RBM System stating “the development, implementation and sustainability of the CARICOM RBM System…
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PM: Full proclamation of e-legislation soon
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Monday delivered the feature address at the Regional Standardization Forum for Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG) at the Office of the Parliament, International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain. The forum, hosted by the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), the first to be held in Latin America and the Caribbean, facilitated the discussion…
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New trial to target preventable deaths in the Caribbean
A study just launched will investigate ways to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and high blood pressure, which cause more than 60 per cent of deaths in the Caribbean. Researchers from King’s College London, the University of Guyana (UG), Ross University Dominica and the University of the West Indies hope a new approach – training members of religious…
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CARICOM prepares positions on imminent UN oceans agreement
Senior environment officials from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met recently in Belize as CARICOM rationalises its position on the United Nations (UN) process to establish an international legally binding agreement on sustainable use of marine resources. The two-day workshop held 20-22 February 2017, in Belize City, Belize, was titled, ‘CARICOM Regional Workshop on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine…
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