Month: August 2024
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CARICOM SG lauds Jamaica as a leading voice in international affairs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) – As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its Sixty-Second Anniversary of Independence on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett stated that the country continues to be a leading voice in international affairs, setting a standard of excellence in sports, music, and the arts and inspiring millions around the world. In a message congratulating…
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CARICOM and Canada discuss resilience to natural disasters
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARICOM Heads of Government and the Hon. Ahmed Hussen, Minister for International Development of Canada, discussed regional resilience to natural disasters and strategies for improving access to financing during a working breakfast on the sidelines of the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government in St. George’s, Grenada. Outgoing…
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CARICOM and Spain decide on areas of cooperation for the next five years
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Kingdom of Spain have signed a new agreement for technical cooperation in food and nutrition security, health, climate change, and disaster risk reduction for the next five years. These focal areas were approved at the IV Meeting of the Joint Commission of the Spain-CARICOM Fund which was…
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Remarks by Senator the Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago, and Chair of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at a meeting with Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative, 2 August 2024.
Let me first express my extreme delight in joining Minister Todd and representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat in welcoming Ambassador Tai to Guyana and CARICOM. The United States market is of significant importance to the region. The United States America is the top trading partner for CARICOM. The US market accounts for over 40 per cent of all CARICOM’s exports…
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COMMUNIQUE – Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government | Grenada | July 2024
Issued at the conclusion of the Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community | St. George’s, Grenada The Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 28-30 July in St George’s, Grenada under the chairmanship of the Honourable Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of…
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CARICOM Heads of Government endorse digital resilience strategy, skills fund creation
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have endorsed a strategy that will guide how the Region navigates the digital landscape. The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, CARICOM Chair and Prime Minister of Grenada, said that CARICOM Heads of Government supported the Regional Digital Resilience Strategy at the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in St. George’s,…
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Emancipation Day 2024 Message from the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy
The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy joins in the fitting commemoration of Emancipation Day across Jamaica, the wider Caribbean and nations on the African Continent. “This day of great historical significance commemorates the end of an era of unimaginable suffering and the dawn of freedom for our ancestors, who endured the brutalities of the Transatlantic Trade in enslaved…
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