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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett on the occasion of the accreditation of Her Excellency Jennifer Marchand as Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM
Your Excellency Jennifer Marchand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM; Your Excellency Candice N. Shade, Acting High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana; Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. Ambassador, it gives me great pleasure to accept…
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STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) HON JOHN BRICEÑO, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE ON CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY’S CANDIDATES FOR COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY-GENERAL
An election for the post of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth will take place during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which takes place 20-25 June 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda. The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community maintains that it is still the turn of the Caribbean to provide a candidate for the position. In that regard, two…
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Foreign Ministers meet to tackle packed agenda
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers meet on Wednesday 18 May to tackle a packed agenda, with climate change, financing for development and CARICOM relations with its traditional partners among matters prioritised for discussion. This hybrid Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will be chaired by Hon E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration, and…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials by H.E. Leslia Miller-Brice as Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community, 16 May 2022
Your Excellency Leslia Miller-Brice, Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community; Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations, and other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. It is with great pleasure that I accept your Letter of Credence as the Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Ambassador, I am always grateful for an opportunity…
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Remarks by HE Leslia Miller-Brice on the occasion of the presentation of her Letters of Accreditation as Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 16 May 2022
Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Other Distinguished Guests and Officials, Brothers and Sisters of the Caribbean Community, Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to stand before you as the newly-appointed Bahamas Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. I am honoured to have been asked by the…
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IMF: Barbados recovery underway: CARICOM Business
Barbados has met all quantitative targets for end-December 2021 and end-March 2022 under the IMF’s EFF making it eligible for a drawdown of US$23 million. According to the IMF’s Bert van Selm, “international reserves, which reached a low of US$220 million (5-6 weeks of imports) in May 2018, are now at a comfortable level of US$1.5 billion.” The IMF official…
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Grenadians head to the polls 23 June
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has announced that General Elections will be held on 23 June 2022. Nominations Day will be 1 June. Dr Keith Mitchell The Elections are expected to be a straight fight between Prime Minister Mitchell’s New National Party (NNP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), being led into an election for the first time…
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CARICOM Secretariat Develops Online Platform for Sustainable Statistical Capacity-Building
The Regional Statistics Programme of the CARICOM Secretariat has established an electronic platform for training, research and knowledge acquisition that is aimed at improving statistical capacity in the Region on a sustainable basis. The platform is the Statistical Training and Research in the Caribbean (e-CISTAR) financed under the 11th European Development Fund Strengthening the Framework of CARICOM Integration and Cooperation…
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CARICOM expresses sorrow at deaths in Cuban accident
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed its profound sorrow at the loss of life in the accident at Cuba’s Hotel Saratoga. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett expressed the Community’s condolences in a message to Cuba’s President H.E. Miguel Díaz-Canel: “Excellency The Caribbean Community expresses its profound sorrow to the Government and people of Cuba at the loss of life due…
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New US$500 million Regional conglomerate on the horizon: CARICOM BUSINESS
Seprod Limited is moving to acquire a 100 year-old Trinidad & Tobago company, A.S. Bryden & Sons Holdings, “to create the leading integrated manufacturing and distribution group in the Caribbean,” the companies said In a joint announcement. Their combined revenues is estimated at US$500 million. Together, Jamaica-based Seprod and A.S. Bryden, with a team of close to 3,000 employees, will…
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