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  • Photo of Action Committee on Food and Nutrition Security holds inception meeting

    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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  • Photo of CARICOM Chair To Host Meeting On COVID-19
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    CARICOM 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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  • Photo of Arrival Statement – CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Guyana’s Elections

    Arrival Statement – CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Guyana’s Elections

    ARRIVAL STATEMENT BY CHIEF OF MISSION CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE GENERAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS OF THE COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA March 2, 2020 By a letter dated November 20, 2019, Dr. the Honourable Karen Cummings, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, wrote to the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Ambassador Irwin…

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  • Photo of CARPHA Upgrades the Risk of Transmission of Coronavirus in the Caribbean to ‘Moderate to High’
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    CARPHA 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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  • Photo of CARICOM Development Fund To Be Restructured

    CARICOM Development Fund To Be Restructured

    (Barbados Government Information Service) So serious are the issues facing the region that its leaders have decided to restructure the CARICOM Development Fund to enable it to raise additional monies from individuals, companies, institutions, regional countries and extra regional countries. CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, made this announcement on Wednesday, during a press conference on the final day…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Congratulates Saint Lucia on 41st Independence Anniversary

    CARICOM Congratulates Saint Lucia on 41st Independence Anniversary

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Saint Lucia on the country’s Forty-First Anniversary of Independence to be observed on 22 February under the theme “Now is The Time, Let’s Do This Together”. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in  a congratulatory message to Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Mr Allen Chastanet, noted that over the 41 years,…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Heads Recognise Covid-19 Economic Threat, Maintain Risk of Regional Transmission Low
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    CARICOM Heads Recognise Covid-19 Economic Threat, Maintain Risk of Regional Transmission Low

    The CARICOM Heads of Government have recognised the risk of the novel corona-virus (Covid-19) to the Region but are also satisfied that the current risk of transmission is low. In a Communique issued after the hosting of the Thirty-First Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government on 19 February 2020, in Barbados, the Heads outlined that an outbreak…

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  • Photo of COMMUNIQUE Issued at Conclusion of 31st CARICOM Intersessional Meeting

    COMMUNIQUE Issued at Conclusion of 31st CARICOM Intersessional Meeting

    The Thirty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, 18-19 February 2020.  The Prime Minister of Barbados, the Right Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C; MP, Chaired the proceedings. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Gaston Browne; Prime Minister of…

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  • Photo of CARICOM and United Arab Emirates sign agreement to strengthen cooperation

    CARICOM and United Arab Emirates sign agreement to strengthen cooperation

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the side lines of the 31st Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Barbados, Wednesday. The MOU, signed by CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Assistant Minister in the Government of the UAE Mr Omar Saif Ghobash, will establish a consultation and cooperation…

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  • Photo of Regional Response to Novel Corona-virus is ‘Regionalism Working’ – Prime Minister Chastanet

    Regional Response to Novel Corona-virus is ‘Regionalism Working’ – Prime Minister Chastanet

    Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Outgoing Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of  CARICOM, Hon. Allan Chastanet, has lauded the Region’s response to the Novel Corona-virus as “regionalism working”. The Prime Minister said the approach reminded him of the importance of being part of a group that in times of emergency had your back. He expressed gratitude…

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