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  • Photo of Incoming-Chair prioritises benefits for people in 2016

    Incoming-Chair prioritises benefits for people in 2016

    With the firm resolution to strengthen CARICOM to provide greater benefits for its peoples, the Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize assumes chairmanship from 1 January 2016. He takes the reins for a period of six months from the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados. In a message to usher in the New Year, he placed the…

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  • Photo of New Year’s Message from Chair (Incoming) of the Caribbean Community

    New Year’s Message from Chair (Incoming) of the Caribbean Community

     “We will continue our quest to improve our standard of living  through providing a safe, viable and prosperous Caribbean Community.” “Our resolution is to continue to strengthen our integration movement.” New Year’s Message from Chair (Incoming) of the Caribbean Community   (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     I take this opportunity to wish all the people of the Caribbean Community…

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  • Photo of 2015: A year of great importance

    2015: A year of great importance

     This past year has demonstrated in no uncertain terms the value of the Caribbean regional integration project to our Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and the influence that our united front can wield in the international arena.   On the international scene, this was a year of great importance to the region. In this regard, CARICOM played an important role in the…

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  • Photo of CARICOM strengthens relations with NGOs in Guyana

    CARICOM strengthens relations with NGOs in Guyana

    Representatives of the Georgetown-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat recently visited East Berbice/Corentyne, Guyana, as part of efforts to strengthen relations with the Guyanese community. The team of officials visited the locally and internationally acclaimed Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), St. Francis Community Developers (SFDC) to observe the organisation’s work. The mission was led by Ambassador Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary-General, Directorate of Human and Social Development,…

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  • Photo of End of Year Message  by the Secretary-General  of the  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque

    End of Year Message by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen,  Greater  Georgetown)   CARICOM Secretary-General, Amb. Irwin LaRocque, in his end-of-year message, reiterated the value of the integration movement in  providing an improved standard of living for CARICOM citizens.   The provision of an even better service to citizens was at the core of our Community’s efforts, he said. These included delivery of better health systems, improving the…

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  • Photo of Strong regional collaboration credited for CARICOM’s successful Climate Change campaign

    Strong regional collaboration credited for CARICOM’s successful Climate Change campaign

    CARICOM’s well prepared and experienced team of negotiators, and a focused, unified campaign, helped the Caribbean Community get its red line climate change issues all represented in the final Agreement at the just ended Climate Change conference, COP 21, in Paris, France. And, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has hailed the strong regional collaboration, given the critical importance of climate…

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  • Photo of CARICOM coordination at its best; Region’s issues all represented – CARICOM SG on Paris Climate Change Agreement

    CARICOM coordination at its best; Region’s issues all represented – CARICOM SG on Paris Climate Change Agreement

    “We saw our Community operating as its best on the international front in Paris.  The coordination was superb and I want to say hats off to our negotiators – our technical negotiators led by Minister James Fletcher, the Minister of Sustainable Development of St. Lucia, and of course the role played by all our Ministers and Heads of Government.  I…

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  • Photo of CARICOM urges WTO to add Trade to new global deals

    CARICOM urges WTO to add Trade to new global deals

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday urged the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to join a successful year for multilateral diplomacy by delivering trade deals which will drive global economic growth and uplift the poor. Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson made the call in his address, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to the…

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  • Photo of CARICOM SG congratulates re-elected Vincentian Leader

    CARICOM SG congratulates re-elected Vincentian Leader

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador LaRocque has congratulated Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on his party’s victory in the recent elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and his re-election to office as the nation’s leader. Dr. Gonsalves’ Unity Labour Party (ULP) won eight of the 15 seats at stake in the December 9 general elections to register…

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  • Photo of Ensure implementation of Paris Agreement provisions

    Ensure implementation of Paris Agreement provisions

     Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Rt. Honourable Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados, has applauded the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The adoption in Paris on Saturday, 12 December 2015, followed the conclusion of the 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.   In a statement on the adoption of the…

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