Press Releases
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Trinidad and Tobago Election results reflect will of the people: CARICOM Observation Mission
The CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to Trinidad and Tobago’s general elections on Monday say voters were able to cast their ballots without intimidation or harassment and the results reflect the will of the people. The Mission, in its Preliminary Statement issued Tuesday, however called for guidelines and regulations on the use of social media in election campaigns, noting that one…
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Arrival Statement: CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Trinidad and Tobago
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago by way of letter dated 15 July 2015 invited CARICOM to deploy a mission to observe the General Elections which will be held in the country on 7 September 2015. As a result a twelve (12) member Group representing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is now in Trinidad and Tobago to observe the General…
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CARICOM SG congratulates World Champions
Once again the youth of the Caribbean Community have demonstrated without a doubt that a nation’s size is no barrier to global success. Usain Bolt shows his 100, 200 and 4×100 metre medals from the 15th IAAF World Championships (Team Jamaica photo) It gives me great pleasure on behalf of CARICOM, to extend heartiest congratulations to the athletes from…
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CARICOM SG congratulates Trinindad and Tobago on the country’s 53rd Independence Anniversary
CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated the Government and People of Trinidad and Tobago on the country’s 53rd Independence Anniversary. The Twin-Island Republic celebrates its fifty-third birthday on Monday 31st August 2015. In a letter to Prime Minister Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Ambassador LaRocque credited the dynamism and creativity of the people as major factors in the country’s progress. The…
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CARICOM SG extends sympathy to the Government and People of Dominica
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed the Community’s sympathy to the Government and People of Dominica over the tragic loss of life and the widespread damage caused by the devastating passage of Tropical Storm Erika over the island, Thursday. Erika’s heavy rainfall left four confirmed dead and more than 30 missing and caused significant damage…
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Tertiary students from Grenada to examine the CSME in Belize
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nineteen students from tertiary institutions in Grenada are participating in a CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) mission to Belize next week – 30 August – 4 September 2015. The activity is part of a CARICOM Secretariat public education project which exposes tertiary students to the CSME through field missions. With funding from the…
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New Vistas For The Caribbean Agricultural Research And Development Institute (CARDI)
Chairperson, Honourable Suresh Algoe Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Fisheries, Chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee and Members of said Committee, President of the Caribbean Food Crop Society, Representatives of the University of Suriname, University of the West Indies, the Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, University of Puerto Rico, the Food and Agriculture Organization, CACHE and other distinguished partners in sustainable agricultural development, Ladies…
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CARICOM congratulates Cuba, US as steps to normalise relations continue
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated sister Caribbean nation Cuba and the United States on their ongoing moves to normalise relations. In a Statement to coincide with today’s reopening of the US Embassy in Havana, following the recent reopening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C., CARICOM said it will continue to encourage both sides, with which it has close…
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CARICOM Chairman congratulates Haiti’s government, people on elections
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, QC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados, has welcomed the holding of the first round of elections in Haiti. He said that the Community stood by its largest Member State as it conducted this important exercise in its democratic renewal. The Chairman congratulated…
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Region’s Nurses lauded for contributing to one of the world’s highest immunization rates
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean can boast of having one of the highest immunization rates in the world – even better than the United States, and credit for this must go to the Region’s nurses. Assistant Secretary General for Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Douglas Slater made the point as he addressed the…
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