Press Releases
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Workshop participants pleased with prep for CBD COP
Dr. Thérèse Yarde from Caribbean Community on Vimeo. Participants at a CARICOM workshop geared at preparing Member States’ representatives for the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Mexico in December said they were very pleased with the activity. The workshop, which was being hosted by the CARICOM ACP-MEAs project at the Grand Coastal…
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Region to target growth opportunities in Services Sector
Stakeholders in the Services Sector across the Region will seek to develop Regional Strategies and Action Plans to boost investment, output, employment and trade in the sector when they meet at a Regional Symposium in Antigua and Barbuda, 17 – 19 October, 2016. The event, which will bring together public and private sector representatives from CARICOM/CARIFORUM Member States will focus…
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CCRIF to make additional payouts to countries affected by Hurricane Matthew
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Oct. 13, CMC – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is now preparing to make additional payouts totaling almost US$8 million to CCRIF member countries that were affected by Hurricane Matthew. The scheduled payouts have been triggered by the Excess Rainfall policies of Haiti, Barbados, St Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines…
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Message from the Secretary-General, Caribbean Communiy (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin Larocque on the occasion of the Eighth Observance Of Caribbean Statistics Day 15 October 2016
It is with great pleasure that I deliver this message on the occasion of Caribbean Statistics Day 2016. The significant role of Statistics in the development of the Community is well recognised. The performance of Member States with respect to the real growth rate of GDP, exports and imports of trade in goods and services, the size, health status and…
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Region observes Caribbean Statistics Day
Caribbean Statistics Day will be observed on Saturday, 15 October, 2016, ahead of World Statistics Day on 20 October. The theme of Caribbean Statistics Day is Improving the Lives of People – Advancing the Action Plan for Statistics in CARICOM. For the past eight years, the Region has been observing the Day that was identified to create more awareness of the production,…
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PM Christie welcomes CARICOM Chairman and SG to hurricane damaged The Bahamas
The Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin laRocque are in The Bahamas, Wednesday for a first hand look at the damage caused during the passage of hurricane Matthew. They were received by Bahamian Prime Minister Hon. Perry Christie. Cleaning up in The Bahamas after Matthew Hurricane Matthew crashed into The Bahamas last…
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CARICOM Chair and SG meet Haiti’s Interim President
CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met on Tuesday with the interim President of hurricane devastated Haiti H.E Jocelerme Privert. The Chairman and Secretary-General are in Haiti for a first hand look at the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, which hit the country last week with winds of up to 145 miles an…
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CARICOM Chairman, Secretary-General tour Haiti’s hurricane devastated areas
CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque joined Haiti’s Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles for a helicopter tour of areas devastated by hurricane Matthew’s passage over Haiti last weekend. Matthew’s powerful winds and torrential rains left hundreds dead, thousands displaced and caused widespread flooding. Both the Chairman and the Secretary-General have given assurances of CARICOM’s…
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CARICOM Chairman leads delegation to Haiti, The Bahamas
A high level delegation will visit Haiti and The Bahamas between October 11 and 13, 2016 to undertake discussions with the leadership of the affected Member States and to confirm additional areas where theCaribbean Community (CARICOM) can provide support. The high level mission includes the Honourable Roosevelt Skerritt, Prime Minister of Dominica and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government…
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Climatic events should spur renewable energy efforts: CARICOM SG
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque on Monday said the recent climatic events that affected Haiti, The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Dominica, Cuba and the Dominican Republic emphasized the need to intensify efforts to maximise the Region’s renewable energy potential. Addressing the opening of the EU-Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados on 10 October 2016, the Secretary-General said the…
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