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  • Photo of Chair of Special COTED on Agriculture highlights achievements

    Chair of Special COTED on Agriculture highlights achievements

    The 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture, held 2 October 2025, in St. Kitts and Nevis during the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, has recorded landmark achievements. Among the achievements were:  Agreement on the Pre-Clearance Mechanism for Goods Agreement on Regional Risk Analysis Agreement on an E-Agriculture Strategy  The Hon. Indar Weir, Minister of…

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  • Photo of Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

    Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

    Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat have signed on to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), formalising their membership in the 22-year-old institution, inaugurated in Belize City, Belize, in March 2003. The momentous signing was done en bloc at the Sixteenth Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, held during the recently concluded Caribbean Week of Agriculture,…

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  • Photo of Regional statisticians undergo training to design high quality questionnaires

    Regional statisticians undergo training to design high quality questionnaires

    As efforts continue to build the capacity of statistical offices in the Region, the CARICOM Secretariat has convened a workshop geared at designing high-quality questionnaires for household and business surveys. The week-long training session, which is being held in Kingston, Jamaica, began on 6 October, and is funded by the European Union under the 11th European Development Fund Programme: Strengthening…

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  • Photo of Jamaica to host Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026

    Jamaica to host Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026

    Jamaica will host the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)🌱, the Hon. Indar Weir, Chair of the 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture, announced on Thursday, 2 October 2025. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Barbados broke the news at the conclusion of the Meeting, which was held during the…

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  • Photo of CARICOM ASG Champions PTAs as critical partners in Education Transformation and Regional Development

    CARICOM ASG Champions PTAs as critical partners in Education Transformation and Regional Development

    “In our Region, where education remains a cornerstone of sustainable development, the role of parents and communities must not be seen as supplementary – but as essential.” Alison Drayton | Assistant Secretary-General | Human and Social Development | CARICOM Friday, 3 October 2025 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): “Parent-Teacher Associations play a pivotal role in shaping not just the education…

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  • Photo of Statement by Chairman of the 121st Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture, the Hon. Indar Weir, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Barbados | St. Kitts and Nevis| 2 October 2025

    Statement by Chairman of the 121st Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture, the Hon. Indar Weir, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Barbados | St. Kitts and Nevis| 2 October 2025

    I am pleased to report to the people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that the 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED – Agriculture), held during Caribbean Week of Agriculture in St. Kitts and Nevis, has been a resounding success. As Chairman, I had the privilege of presiding over a meeting that addressed and resolved…

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  • Photo of Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture held in St. Kitts and Nevis

    Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture held in St. Kitts and Nevis

    The 121st Meeting of Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture convened in St. Kitts and Nevis, on Thursday, 2 October 2025, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Indar A. Weir, M.P.. Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security of Barbados. One of the main activities of the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture in St. Kitts and Nevis, the one-day meeting…

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  • Photo of Increase South-South partnerships, participants urged at Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2025

    Increase South-South partnerships, participants urged at Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2025

    Agriculture Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Hon. Samal Duggins, is pushing for greater South-South cooperation to advance agriculture. “Agriculture today, demands regional solidarity and global partnerships, especially south-south cooperation. This is why St. Kitts and Nevis has been deepening our ties with our brothers and sisters in Africa. More recently, we have been establishing strong ties with Nigeria.…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Statement | Adoption Of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 on Haiti

    CARICOM Statement | Adoption Of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 on Haiti

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 that will transition the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission into a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) with a more robust UN-authorised mandate. This provides new hope for an end to violence and for the restoration of public safety for the people of Haiti, who have suffered gravely at…

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  • Photo of PM Skerrit: “Free Movement is a Win-Win for Regional Growth”

    PM Skerrit: “Free Movement is a Win-Win for Regional Growth”

    “I am hopeful that our other CARICOM Member States will soon join us in this historic step so that we can realise the full promise of a true Caribbean Community.” Prime Minister of Dominica, the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit On 1 October 2025, Dominica officially joined Barbados, Belize and St. Vincent and the Grenadines in implementing “Full-Free Movement” for CARICOM nationals.…

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