Press Releases
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Consultations to improve Region’s education and human resources launched in Guyana
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday, 17 October, in Guyana, launched the first in a series of consultations geared to improve the Region’s education system and human resources. Other consultations will be held across the CARICOM Member States and are expected to provide insight for the crafting of a Regional Education and Human Resource Development Strategy. Speaking at the official opening at…
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HRD Consultations to kick off Monday in Guyana
The CARICOM Secretariat along with the Human Resource Development Commission will be hosting a series of national consultations across the Region in its quest to develop a strategy that will shape the future of the Region’s education and human resources. The first consultation will be held in National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD), Georgetown, Guyana on 17 October, 2016. Other consultations will be…
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CARICOM to support relief and recovery efforts in Haiti and The Bahamas post Hurricane Matthew
Barbados, October 14, 2016 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Community will rally support for its Member States, Haiti and The Bahamas, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. This was presented during CARICOM’s high level mission to both countries from October 11 – 13, 2016. The delegation which was led by Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,…
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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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