Press Releases
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CARICOM mourns passing of regional stalwart and OCC recipient
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed the Region’s sadness at the passing of Trinidadian Kamaluddin Mohammed, the 2012 recipient of the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC). The Secretary-General, in a message of condolence, recalled that Kamal had come to be called Mr. CARIFTA due to his dedication to the building of that process, in particular, his championing of…
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CARICOM Heads meet UN SG at COP21
SIDS and UN SG Meet (r-l) CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Enele Sosene Sopoaga; President of the Marshall Island, Christopher Loeak; President of Kiribati Anote Tong; UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon; CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart; Lead CARICOM Head of Government on Climate Change and Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Dr. Kenny Anthony;…
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PANCAP/CARICOM marks World AIDS Day 2015 Guyana National AIDS Programme receives donation
PANCAP Coordinating Unit Director, Mr. Dereck Springer Collective will needed to sustain HIV response – PANCAP Head More than G$100,000 in food and other items were handed over to the Guyana National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) in a brief ceremony at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat to observe World AIDS Day 2015 on 1 December. At the ceremony, PANCAP Coordinating Unit Director,…
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Avoid being bitten by mosquitoes – CARPHA
Port of Spain, Trinidad, – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is again urging persons to take every precaution to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. Earlier this month, CARPHA had confirmed five (5) case of Zika virus in a territory of the Caribbean Community. Zika is a viral disease, transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same insect vector forDengue and Chikungunya. This is the first time Zika has…
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CARICOM Heads in France to push for Climate Action
CARICOM Heads of Government have joined their global counterparts in Paris, France for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) which runs from today to 11 December 2015. CARICOM negotiators have been working assiduously in several meetings leading up to Paris to emphasize that temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is still inadequate for protecting ecosystems in…
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Director, Pancap Coordinating Unit Message On The Occasion Of 2015 World Aids Day
This year’s World AIDS Day theme “Ending the AIDS epidemic as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”, is aligned to the new PANCAP Vision – An AIDS Free Caribbean and reminds us of the need to retain the HIV response within the post 2015 global agenda. Director, Pancap Coordinating Unit Mr Dereck Springer Earlier this year on September…
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CARICOM congratulates new Commonwealth SG
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to Dominica-born Baroness Patricia Scotland on her election as Commonwealth Secretary-General. Baroness Scotland’s election came on the opening day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta, Friday. Read the full congratulatory message: CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulates Baroness Patricia Scotland on her election as…
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Stakes are high for CARICOM at COP21
“Unless we can get the countries that are the major emitters of green house gases to commit to more ambitious reductions, the Caribbean will be confronted with more extreme storms and hurricanes, more frequent and prolonged droughts, dangerous sea-level rise that will wash away roads, homes, hotels, and ports in every island; greater food insecurity and more acidic oceans that…
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Dr. Edward Greene, UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for HIV In The Caribbean World Aids Day Message On The Occasion Of 2015 World Aids Day
LET US RESOLVE TO MAKE THE CARIBBEAN FIRST TO ZERO Another year. Another World AIDS Day. So much to celebrate yet so much more to achieve. Young people are still dying. Rates of infection are too high among vulnerable groups. Raging stigma and discrimination continue to fan the flames of the disease. Volumes of information are available, yet intolerance…
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Happy 40 Suriname – CARICOM
President of the Republic of Suriname, HE Desiré Bouterse The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Suriname on its 40th Anniversary of Independence, which it celebrates on 25 November 2015. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque in a congratulatory message to President Desiré Bouterse described as remarkable, the country’s progress over the 40 years, noting that it was no doubt supported by the…
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