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PRESS STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM, PRIME MINISTER MIA MOTTLEY OF BARBADOS FOLLOWING A TWO-DAY VISIT TO GUYANA
BY A DELEGATION OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING PRIME MINISTERS ROOSEVELT SKERRIT OF DOMINICA; DR. KEITH MITCHELL OF GRENADA; DR. RALPH GONSALVES OF ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AND DR KEITH ROWLEY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen of the media. Caribbean people. As you can see five Prime Ministers of the Community visited…
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CARICOM Prime Ministers to make post-Elections visit to Guyana
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will lead a delegation of regional Prime Ministers on a special two-day mission to Guyana, starting tomorrow March 11. The chairman of CARICOM will be joined by Prime Ministers Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Keith Mitchell of Grenada. In an effort to ease tension in the country…
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Statement By CARICOM Chair Ref Guyana Elections
The Caribbean Community calls on the electoral officials in Guyana and the representative political parties to work together to achieve a peaceful and lawful completion of the electoral process in Guyana by ensuring the tabulation of the results in all Regions using the Statement of Polls in a transparent manner in the presence of the representatives of the political parties…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community on the Tabulation Process of the Guyana Elections
The Caribbean Community is concerned about the allegations being made about the Guyana elections, with respect to the tabulation of results based on the Statements of Polls (SOPs) in Region 4. The Community calls on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to ensure that all legal and procedural processes are faithfully complied with in respect of the vote count and the…
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CARICOM Election Observers satisfied Guyana’s elections were free and fair
The CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Regional and General Elections in Guyana on March 2 is satisfied that the conduct of the Poll was “free, fair and transparent.” Chief of Mission, Ms Cynthia Combie Martyr said the people of Guyana “should be proud of themselves,” and the Mission salutes the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the citizens of the country…
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Action Committee on Food and Nutrition Security holds inception meeting
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has established an Action Committee on Food and Nutrition Security which held its first meeting on Tuesday, 3 March, via video conference that was anchored at the CARICOM Secretariat. The CARICOM Action Committee on Food and Nutrition Security (CACFNS) will share best practices and resources through effective interaction, communication, enhanced synergies and capacity-building in Member States.…
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Jamaica Transport Minister signs CASSOS Headquarters Agreement
Jamaica Minister of Transportation, the Hon. Robert Montague has signed the Headquarters Agreement of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), a Community Institution. Minister Montague signed the Agreement at the 25th Meeting of the Board of Directors of CASSOS at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on 21 February 2020. The Agreement formalises the decision of the Conference of…
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COVID-19CARICOM Chair To Host Meeting On COVID-19
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, will host a special meeting in Barbados tomorrow, Sunday, March 1, to discuss ways of protecting the region from COVID-19. The meeting will take place in the Frangipani room at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, beginning at 12 noon. It will bring together some Heads of Government, Caribbean Ministers…
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COVID-19CARPHA Upgrades the Risk of Transmission of Coronavirus in the Caribbean to ‘Moderate to High’
While there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Caribbean thus far, transmission of the virus has been reported in territories with direct flights to Caribbean States. Therefore, due to the current increased risk of importation of COVID-19 to the Region, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has upgraded the risk of coronavirus disease transmission from low, to…
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Working Group established to concretise recommendations for a Regional Response to Covid-19
CARICOM Ministers of Health held an emergency Meeting on the COVID-19 on Wednesday and agreed to the establishment of a Working Group to formulate recommendations/protocols for a possible regional response to the disease. This second Emergency Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD-Health) was also joined by CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados and Secretary-General…
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