Press Releases
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A life well lived – CARICOM remembers Sir Cuthbert Sebastian
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended sympathy to the family of former Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, and to its Government and People on his recent passing CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a message of condolence to St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris, said Sir Cuthbert would be remembered not only…
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PM Mitchell pushes collaborative approach to development of high quality statistics
Prime Minister of Grenada, the Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell is on a mission to solicit increased support for the development of quality statistics. His mission comes in the wake of the approval of the CARICOM Statistics Action Plan last year, and as part of efforts to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The Prime Minister, who is CARICOM’s Lead Head…
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CARICOM Chairman assures Russia of Caribbean Community’s solidarity in wake of deadly bombing
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Brigadier (ret) David Granger, President of Guyana, has condemned the bombing of the train in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Chairman, in a letter to His Excellency Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, in decrying this “latest terrorist assault on innocent citizens,” said the “unremitting slaughter of innocent people regardless of the…
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Investing in early childhood development essential to helping more children and communities thrive, reveals Lancet Series on ECD
An estimated 43 percent—249 million—of children under five in low-and middle-income countries are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme poverty and stunting, according to findings from The Lancet’s Series, Advancing Early Childhood Development: from Science to Scale. The Caribbean Regional Launch of the series took place immediately following the 32 Meeting of the Council for Human…
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CARICOM Human Resource Development Strategy gets attention of Regional Education Ministers
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Education Ministers met in Guyana, Friday, with much of their attention focused on a Human Resource Development strategy to meet the Region’s requirements for its 21st century economy and society. The Ministers, joined by senior education officials and other regional education stakeholders at the Thirty-second Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), were scheduled…
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister receives CARICOM Review Commission report – VIDEO
Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday (March 30) received the final report from the CARICOM Review Commission. Chairman of the Commission former Prime Minister Hon. Bruce Golding presented the report to Prime Minister Holness during a visit to the Office of the Prime Minister. The Commission comprised 17 members, along with ex-officio and support staff, from a wide cross section…
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Secretariat hosts Netherlands delegation – cooperation the main focus of discussion
A delegation from the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands paid a courtesy visit to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Monday, 27 March 2017 to discuss, inter alia, developing a broader view of areas for cooperation within the Caribbean Region. The delegation which comprised H.E. Jules Bijl, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Trinidad and Tobago; Mr. Erwin…
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What Walcott Knew
“Biographies of poets are hard to believe,” warned Derek Walcott in an essay on Robert Lowell, for “[t]he moment they are published they become fiction, subject to the same symmetry of plot, incident, dialogue as the novel.” For close readers, however, there is always a more intimate account in the work itself; there we can watch the artist’s lonely toil…
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Policy-makers discuss way forward for Region’s sugar industry
The ability of sugar industry in the Region to survive after the removal of production quotas in the European Union (EU) on September 30, 2017, will depend on improved competitiveness and pragmatic diversification options, according to a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat official.The end of EU’s quota management for sugar is expected to lead to a fall in prices towards the international sugar price and…
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