Month: February 2025

  • Photo of CARICOM to establish Educational Transformation Commission

    CARICOM to establish Educational Transformation Commission

    “We were able to also take a report from the concerned parents with respect to CXC, and we’ve asked for them to meet with CXC to remove any misunderstanding and to improve the response to their concerns. In addition to that, the Community took a decision that the time has come for the establishment of a CARICOM Educational Transformation Commission.”…

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  • Photo of Registration for CARIFESTA XV artists extended to 21 March

    Registration for CARIFESTA XV artists extended to 21 March

    “Above all else, we want to be able to share with the rest of the Region and the world, who they will miss if they don’t come to CARIFESTA!” CARICOM Chair and Barbados Prime Minister Hon. Mia Mottley Caribbean artists registering for CARIFESTA XV, scheduled for 22-31 August in Barbados, now have until 21 March to secure their spot in…

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  • Photo of COMMUNIQUE |Forty-Eighth (48th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Barbados

    COMMUNIQUE |Forty-Eighth (48th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Barbados

    The Forty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Barbados from 19 -21 February 2025 under the chairmanship of the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados. Members of the Conference in attendance were: Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda; Honourable Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas;…

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  • Photo of CARICOM reviewing regional telecommunications environment

    CARICOM reviewing regional telecommunications environment

    The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, will lead a review of the telecommunications environment in the Region. Prime Minister Mitchell is Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Science and Technology in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet. The Prime Minister and the Hon. David Burt, Premier of Bermuda, will support the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chair of CARICOM,…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Chair on CARIFESTA XV: “If yah miss it – blame yahself!”

    CARICOM Chair on CARIFESTA XV: “If yah miss it – blame yahself!”

    The Hon. Mia Mottley, Chair of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Barbados, says no Caribbean national can afford to miss CARIFESTA XV, which is slated for 22 – 31 August 2025 in Barbados. She describes the event as the ultimate Caribbean experience for CARICOM nationals and visitors from the international community: “You’re going to get from fashion to food, from…

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  • Photo of CARIFORUM and the EU advance review of rules of origin under the EPA

    CARIFORUM and the EU advance review of rules of origin under the EPA

    (CARIFORUM Directorate, Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARIFORUM Senior officials recently met with counterparts from the European Commission to continue discussions on the simplification of the rules of origin that govern trade in goods under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Participants attending the Third Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Simplification of the Rules of…

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  • Photo of “Face-to-face discussion on reparatory justice is absolutely important”–CARICOM Chair

    “Face-to-face discussion on reparatory justice is absolutely important”–CARICOM Chair

    “While there have been instances of people offering a public apology or even a quantum, as in the case of the Church of England, there has been no face-to-face discussion which we deem as absolutely important because if you can’t see me or hear me, it is not appropriate to be able to make a judgment as to who or…

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  • Photo of Working group established to advance maritime transportation arrangements

    Working group established to advance maritime transportation arrangements

    Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have established an inter-governmental working group to advance arrangements to improve maritime transportation in the Region. Senator the Hon. Dr. Amery Browne, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, will head the working group which will include other ministers from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and…

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  • Photo of CARICOM, UN, European Commission call for cooperation, partnerships amid global flux

    CARICOM, UN, European Commission call for cooperation, partnerships amid global flux

    (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados; CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett; United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres; and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen have underscored the need to work together amid current global flux. Delivering the keynote address at the 48th Regular Meeting of the…

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  • Photo of Food Security Initiative Expanded, Extended to 2030

    Food Security Initiative Expanded, Extended to 2030

    Uncertainties in the global trade arena and impacts from natural disasters in the Region are among the factors that have necessitated an extension to the regional food security initiative. The 25 by 2025 Initiative, which targeted the reduction of the Region’s more than $6B food import bill by 25 percent by yearend, has now been extended to 2030. New goals have also…

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