Antigua and Barbuda
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Opening Statement by Chairman of COFCOR Hon E.P. Chet Greene at 25th Meeting of COFCOR, 18th – 19th MAY, 2022 Georgetown, Guyana
Fellow Colleague Ministers of the Caribbean Community Secretary General Assistant Secretary General CARICOM Ambassadors Senior Officials of CARICOM Member states Officers of the CARICOM Secretariat I am honoured to assume the Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations. On our collective behalf, I thank the out-going Chair, the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, for his excellent leadership during his tenure,…
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Remarks by Outgoing Chairman, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda, 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads
Colleague Heads of Government Incoming Chairman of Conference Prime Minister John Briceno of Belize Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Carla Barnett Ministers and Senior Officials of Member States and of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I welcome you to this opening ceremony, which is a familiar one in the governance of the Conference of the Heads…
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CARICOM Secretariat staff to train Antigua and Barbuda Immigration Officials on the procedures for movement of CARICOM Nationals and facilitation of travel
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is this week training Antigua and Barbuda Immigration Officials on the movement of CARICOM nationals and the facilitation of travel. The online training will be for two half days – 22 to 23 February 2022 and focus on the legal basis for the movement of Skilled Nationals; the CARICOM Complaints Procedure and the role of…
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Antigua/Barbuda’s aggressive fiscal consolidation fosters 4.8% growth: CARICOM BUSINESS
The economy of Antigua and Barbuda recorded growth of at 4.8% for 2021, following a sharp contraction of 20.2% in 2020. That’s the word of the IMF at the conclusion of the recent Article IV Consultations. A sustained recovery in tourism and construction activity is expected to underpin real output growth of 7% in 2022. Fiscal consolidation resumed in 2021…
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End of Year Statement by the outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
We have come to the end of what has been a very challenging year for our Community and its Member States. However, we have used our collective wit, wisdom and strength to combat the adversity with which we have been confronted. We have endured the shocking assassination of a sitting Head of State and Government, the continuing spectre of COVID-19,…
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Statement by CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Hon Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda on the occasion of the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of CARICOM-Cuba Diplomatic Relations, 8 December 2021
It is my distinct honour, in my capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to address the People and Governments of CARICOM and Cuba on the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between our Countries. Today reminds us of that symbolic and courageous historic act of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago on 8 December 1972,…
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CARICOM congratulates Antigua and Barbuda on Fortieth Independence Anniversary
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Antigua and Barbuda on the country’s Fortieth Anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 1 November 2021. “Forty years of statehood is a milestone in the history of a country, and there is much for Antigua and Barbuda to be proud of as a nation,” CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla…
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Create pathways of accord between Africa, the Caribbean – CARICOM Chair at historic #AfricaCARICOMSummit
Statement by the Honourable Gaston Browne, Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, to the Africa-CARICOM Summit, 7 September 2021 Distinguished Heads of State and Government of the African Union and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretaries-General of the African Union and CARICOM Brothers and Sisters of Africa and the Caribbean…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Earthquake in Haiti on 14 August 2021
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened at reports of loss of life and significant damage in Haiti following a major earthquake on Saturday, 14 August. The Chairman of CARICOM, the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has held discussions with the Prime Minister of Haiti, the Honourable Ariel Henry and has assured him that CARICOM stands…
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CARICOM salutes the late Sir Lester Bird’s commitment to Regional Integration
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has applauded Sir Lester Bird’s commitment to regional integration as it expressed deepest sympathies on the passing of the former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister. Sir Lester who led Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and also held Ministerial positions in earlier administrations, died in his homeland on 9 August 2021. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin…
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