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COVID-19Address by CARICOM Chair to Inter-Sessional Summit of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)
Text of Address by Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados at the first-ever Inter-Sessional Summit of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on transcending the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Wednesday 3 June 2020. I want to thank you and also to thank the Secretary General Chikoti too, for this his first summit of…
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COVID-19: CARICOM IMPACS and the British High Commission Extend Support to Prisons in Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada
Prisons are generally considered to be amplifiers in the spread of infectious diseases and pose a great challenge for authorities working to prevent and contain COVID-19. The World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies people in prisons as more vulnerable to COVID-19 than the general population because of the confined conditions in which they live, and proximity with one another – conditions…
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PRESS STATEMENT: Departure of CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Suriname
The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission (CEOM) is scheduled to depart Suriname on Tuesday 2nd June 2020 after having spent a full two weeks in Suriname observing, not only the Election Day activities of 25th May, but also the Pre and Post-Election Day phases. On the eve of its departure from Suriname, the CEOM is pleased to be able to report that…
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Commercial flights to resume amidst 12% GDP decline – Jamaica: CARICOM BUSINESS
“For the fiscal year ending March 2021, the Jamaica economy is projected to contract within a range of 4 – 6%. “This, Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica says would be “the weakest economic performance in almost four decades.” “This comes on the heels of a projected fallout of 12 – 14% for the economy in the April…
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Fighting COVID-19 in Prisons: CARICOM IMPACS and the United Kingdom Partner to Support Dominica Prison
Roseau, 29 May 2020 – COVID-19 poses an extraordinary risk to prison populations. Efforts to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 in the Caribbean are likely to fail if strong prevention and control measures are not carried out in prisons. In Dominica, there have been no confirmed COVID-19 cases in prisons. However, with an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Dominica Prison Service,…
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St. Kitts And Nevis Prison is Better Equip to Prevent COVID-19: CARICOM IMPACS And The United Kingdom Provide Support To Regional Prisons
The CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) is stepping up donations of basic sanitation supplies and other COVID related supplies to prisons and correctional facilities in twelve (12) CARICOM Member States affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. An air shipment of the sanitation supplies arrived in St. Kitts today. The supplies included infrared thermometers, as well as cleaning products…
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CARICOM Chair Praises Resiliency Of Caribbean People
The people of the Caribbean have remained resilient, despite the various adversities encountered, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley expressed this view last evening, as she addressed the Virtual Launch of Pan African Festival TT, in commemoration of Emancipation 2020 and African Liberation Day, held under the theme: 1970 Remembered: Reconnection and Recommitment. Ms. Mottley told those…
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CARICOM Statement on the death of Miles Stoby
The Caribbean region is mourning the death of one of its most highly respected international public servants, Mr Miles Stoby, who retired from the United Nations Secretariat after decades of service, most of it in the area of economic and social development. Miles Stoby died on May 19 in Muscat, Oman, where he resided. Guyanese by birth, he joined the…
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COVID-19COVID-19 test requirement for visitors being reconsidered: CARICOM BUSINESS
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda says it is reconsidering asking tourists to quarantine at their hotel and could also drop the requirement for an advanced COVID-19 negative test result. This as the island is slated to reopen its borders on June 1 with tourist arrivals expected within a few days after that. Information Minister Melford Nicholas says “it’s not…
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CARICOM celebrates 63rd Anniversary of Africa Day
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the people of Africa on the 63rd Anniversary of Africa Day, 25 May 2020. CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, in a congratulatory message, said the invitation to the Caribbean Community to participate in this Africa Day underlines the strengthening of relations between the Community and Africa. She said this…
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