CARICOM at work

February 19, 2020
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Dominica signs Regional Procurement and Assets Recovery Agreements

Dominica’s Prime Minister Mr Roosevelt Skerrit signed his country on to two important regional agreements on the side-lines of the 31st Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC) in Barbados, Wednesday. These are: The Protocol on Public Procurement for the Caribbean Community, which gives individuals and firms the opportunity to bid for public…
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February 18, 2020
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Blacklisting comes under microscope at Intersessional

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to intensify its advocacy against the blacklisting of its Member States by the European Union (EU). The EU has used its tax good governance standard to label some Caribbean countries as non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, despite the fact that the countries in question are not designated as non-compliant by the relevant regulatory authorities, such as the…
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February 17, 2020
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PANCAP Knowledge Exchange Promotes Successful Models of Care for Key Populations

(PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat) The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) has collaborated with the Integral Orientation and Research Center/Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral (COIN) to facilitate a learning exchange focused on Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and successful HIV testing strategies for key populations to access prevention and treatment. The capacity-building initiative will be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican…
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February 14, 2020
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‘I AM CARICOM’ Schools’ Campaign Launched in Barbados

(Barbados Government Information Service) Fourth, fifth and sixth form students of the Alleyne School in Barbados now have a better understanding of the history of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and how it has evolved over the years. They were given a perspective at a ceremony to kick off the Barbados leg of the I AM CARICOM (#iamcaricom) I am campaign on…
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February 13, 2020
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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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February 12, 2020
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National Consultations to inform the new Results-Focused 2020 CARICOM Strategic Plan

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is supporting CARICOM Member States and Associate Members to convene broad-based consultations over the period 11 February to 6 April 2019 to inform the development of the Results-Focused 2020 Caribbean Community Strategic Plan. The New Strategic Plan will, among other things, serve to define the direction of the Caribbean Community over the Plan’s horizon; keep…
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February 5, 2020
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CARICOM CVOs provisionally endorse Draft Regional Policy on Trade in Animals, Animal Products

Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have provisionally endorsed the Draft Regional Policy on Trade in Animals and Animal Products. Endorsement in principle was given on 17 January 2020, at a meeting of the CVOs in Georgetown, Guyana. Member States are to further review and provide, if necessary, written comments on the policy. The formulation of the…
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February 5, 2020
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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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February 4, 2020
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Region developing Communications Strategy to Combat Misinformation about Coronavirus

Health Ministers and Officials of the Region have agreed to draft an aggressive communications strategy to combat misinformation on the Novel Coronavirus. The Council for Human and Social Development (Health) on Monday morning held an Emergency Meeting via video conference. It was Chaired by Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment, Antigua and Barbuda Hon Molwyn Joseph. Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador…
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February 1, 2020
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CARICOM Health Ministers to hold Emergency Meeting on deadly Coronavirus

The Region’s Health Ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Monday 3 February on the novel Coronavirus which the World Health Organisation has now classified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The novel Coronavirus outbreak which originated in Wahun City, Hubei Province, China, started in December 2019 and, up to this week about eight thousand cases have been…
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