In Focus
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Barbados hosts national consultation to inform development of CARICOM’s 2020 Strategic Plan
Energy independence and food security were among the new and emerging issues identified at a consultation to inform the development of the Caribbean Community(CARICOM) Results Focused Strategic Plan 2020. The consultation with stakeholders from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, included persons with disabilities, the University of the West Indies, labour organisations, non-governmental organisations and civil society organisations, was held…
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COVID-19CARICOM Agri Ministers Meet To Craft COVID-19 Food Security Position
As countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) intensify safety measures in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, CARICOM Ministers of Agriculture meet 19 March 2020 to chart a food and nutrition security and availability response. The Ministers will hold a via videoconference anchored at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana beginning at 10am (Eastern). The CARICOM Secretariat…
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Statement by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados on the Withdrawal of CARICOM High Level Team
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deeply regrets that it has been forced to withdraw the independent High Level Team it fielded on Saturday, 14 March 2020, to supervise the re-counting of the ballots in Region 4 of the General and Regional Elections of 2 March 2020 in Guyana. The fielding of the Team had been at the request of His Excellency…
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CARICOM High Level Team arrives in Guyana to supervise Elections Recount
A CARICOM High Level Team is now in Guyana to supervise the re-counting of ballots from the country’s 2 March 2020 Elections. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, on Saturday announced that Guyana’s President Mr David Granger had requested that the Caribbean Community field an Independent High-Level Team to supervise the recounting of the ballots in all Regions,…
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STATEMENT BY HON. MIA AMOR MOTTLEY Q.C., M.P. RE: CARICOM Team to Supervise Guyana Elections Recount
Many of you are aware that I led a high-level team of Caribbean Prime Ministers to Georgetown earlier this week to meet with all of the affected parties from the recent General Election of March 2, 2020. CARICOM has remained engaged over the last few days. I would wish to announce that after discussions this morning, President Granger made a…
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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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Message from Ambassador Irwin LaRocque – Secretary-General, Caribbean Community on the Occasion of International Women’s Day, Sunday, 8 March 2020
It is a distinct honour and pleasure for me to celebrate International Women’s Day with our women and girls across the Community. The Day affords us the opportunity to reflect on gender equality and the advancement of women as important components of this year’s United Nation’s theme: “I Am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. It is a distinct honour and…
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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 Director of PANCAP Dr Rosmond Adams on International Women’s Day 2020
ecognising the Role of Women in our society: Let us all be equal. International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8. This year, the theme is: “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. The theme is aligned with the United Nations’ Women’s new multigenerational campaign, Generation Equality, which marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. International…
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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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