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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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CARICOM IMPACS And The United Kingdom Step Up The Fight Against COVID-19 By Donating Basic Sanitation Supplies To Prisons
The CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) with the generous support of the British High Commission, Port of Spain, answered the call to support the prison in Antigua and Barbuda by donating basic sanitation supplies to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The sanitation supplies included infrared thermometers, as well as cleaning products such as disinfectant,…
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COVID-19CARICOM Chair addresses 73rd World Health Assembly
“The Caribbean region’s economies ranks among the most travel and tourism- dependent economies in the world. This has exposed our people and our economies in a way that we have not experienced since becoming independent nations more than fifty years ago in some instances.” The full address: ADDRESS TO THE 73rd WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY by THE HONOURABLE MIA MOTTLEY, PRIME MINISTER…
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COVID-19STATEMENT: Tenth Special Emergency Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), via Video Conference, 5 May 2020
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), met virtually on 5 May 2020, specifically to continue their efforts to harmonise their responses to and policies on the multifaceted impact of COVID-19. Heads of Government welcomed a presentation from a Regional Working Group which indicated that the pandemic was largely contained in the Region due to the decisive action by…
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COVID-19PANCAP ADVOCATES FOR TREATMENT CONTINUITY FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Friday, 24 April 2020 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, urges partners and stakeholders to ensure the continuity of treatment, care and support services for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) during the COVID-19 Pandemic. According…
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Clive Landis | Agility and alignment: UWI research and innovation deployed in response to COVID-19
In answering the question on vaccine development posed by the editorial, it is important to understand that today’s recombinant vaccine technology requires constant investment by the State to build capacity in molecular technology, genetics and artificial intelligence, as well as private sector investment to build out the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. The countries leading the race to generate a vaccine…
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CARICOM Office for Trade Negotiations holds sensitization session
The Office for Trade Negotiations of the CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday conducted a one-day sensitization session to inform key officials on how to identify and catalog existing non-conforming trade measures (NCMs). These measures refer to any law, regulation, procedure, requirement or practice, which do not conform to certain obligations under international trade…
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CARICOM mounting election observation mission for Guyana’s Elections
Members of the CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) began arriving in Guyana on February 24, to monitor the country’s Regional and General Elections early next month. The full complement of the 14-Member Mission will be in Guyana on February 27, and will be on the ground until March 4. In November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana, Hon. Dr.…
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CARPHA Medical Microbiology Laboratory is Ready to Respond to 2019-nCoV
In the event of a 2019-nCoV outbreak in the Region, the reference medical microbiology laboratory (CMML) at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is ready and fully equipped to test samples of suspected cases of the virus. There are no direct commercial flights to the Caribbean from China, and travellers to the Region are screened multiple times…
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CARICOM Chairman engages key stakeholders during Guyana visit
CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, paid a visit to Guyana on Monday during which, among other things, she engaged CARICOM Secretariat staff and was awarded the Order of Roraima by the President of Guyana. The Chairman was met on arrival in Guyana by Foreign Minister Dr Karen Cummings and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. The Chairman and…
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