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Jamaica records growth of 8.1% in FY 2021/22: CARICOM BUSINESS
Jamaica has recorded growth of 8.1% for Fiscal Year 2021/22 well within the range of 7.0% to 9.0% previously projected. According to the Planning Institute of Jamaica, the growth was supported by improved performances in all industries, except Mining & Quarrying which contracted by an estimated 39.8%, due mainly to the closure of the JAMALCO alumina plant. The heavier weighted…
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Statement from the Caribbean Immunization Technical Advisory Group (CITAG) on the stark decline in childhood immunization rates, worsened by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Caribbean Immunization Technical Advisory Group (CITAG) wishes to alert Caribbean Ministers of Health and Chief Medical Officers that routine childhood vaccination coverage in Caribbean countries has fallen significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In some countries as many as 3 out of 10 infants are not fully vaccinated putting them at risk of measles, polio and other diseases eliminated in…
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Tribute by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett to the Hon George Lamming OCC
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins with the people of Barbados in mourning the passing of the Honourable George Lamming OCC. Poet, novelist, essay writer, orator, lecturer, teacher, editor and tireless activist, George Lamming was more than a literary icon. He was an authentic Caribbean voice. In conferring the Community’s highest award, Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC), on Lamming in…
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CARICOM Secretary-General meets incoming CARICOM Chairman
CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett this week met incoming CARICOM Chairman H.E. President Chandrikapersad Santokhi of Suriname to discuss his new portfolio in the CARICOM Quasi-Cabinet of Industry, and the upcoming Heads of Government Meeting in Paramaribo, 3-5 July 2022.
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett at the Presentation of Credentials by H.E. Gerhard Doujak, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to CARICOM, 30 May 2022
Your Excellency Gerhard Doujak, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Austria to CARICOM; Mr. Ralf Hemsing, Honorary Consul of Austria to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations, and other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. Good afternoon Your Excellency, I am honoured to accept your Letters of Credence, and to extend congratulations…
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TCI on track for full tourism recovery: CARICOM BUSINESS
The Turks and Caicos Islands has seen a tremendous increase in visitor arrivals during the first quarter of 2022 and is on track to make a “full recovery”. According to preliminary data released by the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board, 311,913 visitors arrived in the territory during the first quarter of the year. The Tourist Board also reported that…
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Opening Remarks by Chair of the 49th Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers Hon. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration, Belize
MAY 27 2022 Colleague Ministers Heads of Delegation Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Officials It is an honour for me to be chairing this 49th Meeting of the Community Council. I bring you warm greetings from Belize. It is good to be back in the Cooperative Republic for the first time in more than a decade. As I welcome…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett at the Forty-Ninth meeting of the Community Council of Ministers
Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize, and Chair of the Community Council; Other Honourable Ministers and other Heads of Delegation; Deputy Secretary-General, other Members of EMC and Staff of the Secretariat; Distinguished Delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to this Forty-Ninth Meeting of the Community Council…
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CARICOM Secretary-General Congratulates Guyana on 56th Independence Anniversary
Congratulatory Message by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, to President of Guyana, His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, on the Occasion of the Fifty-Sixth Independence Anniversary of Guyana Excellency, On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I extend congratulations to the Government and People of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of the country’s Fifty-Sixth Anniversary of Independence…
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Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) Virtual: 18 May 2022 – COMMUNIQUE
The Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on 18 May 2022, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda. The COFCOR was attended by the Honourable Frederick A. Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the…
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