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  • PANCAP to hold Third Meeting of AIDS Programme Managers and Key Partners

    The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will hold its third Annual Meeting of National AIDS Programme (NAP) Managers and Key Partners in Trinidad and Tobago, at the Hyatt Hotel, on 28-30 October 2015. Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Health, Hon. Mr. Terrence Deyalsingh will open the meeting.   Under the chairmanship of Mr. Dereck Springer, PANCAP Coordinating…

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  • Photo of Influenza Activity in the Caribbean

    Influenza Activity in the Caribbean

    For the year to date, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) received 284 samples for influenza virus testing. Forty-seven (47) tested positive of which 14 were typed as Influenza A H1N1.  The table below shows number of samples received and tested positive for Influenza A for 2013 -2014.     CARPHA would like to advise members of the public to practice…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to Haiti issues Preliminary Statement

    CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to Haiti issues Preliminary Statement

    Sunday’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Haiti has been engaged in various activities since its arrival, including  meetings with the Haitian Prime Minister and other State officials. The Mission  issued a Preliminary Statement (see below) on Friday, as the 5.8  million registered voters prepare to choose from among fifty-three Presidential candidates and also vote in the second round of the…

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  • Photo of CARICOM extends warm congratulations to Canada’s new Prime Minister

    CARICOM extends warm congratulations to Canada’s new Prime Minister

    Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to the Prime Minister-elect of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau and the Liberal Party won a landslide victory in Canada's Federal Elections held on 19 October. In a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister elect, the Secretary-General said he looked forward to working with Mr. Trudeau and his new government to deepen the…

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  • Photo of CARICOM and Costa Rica to promote joint interests

    CARICOM and Costa Rica to promote joint interests

    Costa Rica has committed to finding common ground with the Caribbean Community on global climate change positions. Costa Rica’s first Ambassador to CARICOM, Ms. Lydia Peralta noted  CARICOM-Costa Rica’s shared climate change concerns and interests as she presented her credentials to CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Secretariat Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday. “On the road to the COP21,…

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  • Photo of CARICOM-US cooperation hailed for tangible benefits

    CARICOM-US cooperation hailed for tangible benefits

    CARICOM-US deepening cooperation in security, health and energy was underscored Tuesday as Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque received new United States Ambassador to CARICOM Mr. Perry Holloway. The Secretary-General, in remarks at the accreditation ceremony, highlighted the important collaboration on the troubling issue of security, with the Caribbean serving as a transit point for the drug trade between the producer and…

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  • CARICOM Region Prepares For WTO 10th Ministerial Conference

    BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – In preparation for the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference (MC10), Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States met to review the state of play of the WTO Doha Round of Negotiations, and their approach to preserve their interests in the context of MC10. The meeting which was held October 15‐16, 2015 in Barbados was convened by…

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  • CARICOM SG continues advocacy for concessional financing for vulnerable states

    CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque continues to champion the cause for vulnerable states to receive concessional financing due to issues related to climate change. The Secretary-General has been focusing on this matter in many of his recent engagements and was vocal about the issue at the Small States Forum that was recently held in Peru. The Forum was held under the theme ‘Opportunities…

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  • CARICOM SG extends condolences to Turkey

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed the Community’s solidarity with the Government and People of Turkey as they mourn the loss of lives from the recent tragic bombings in the capital, Ankara.   Almost 100 persons were killed and scores injured from the twin explosions on 10 October.   “The Caribbean Community unreservedly…

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  • Photo of Invest in improvement of statistics – SG urges Member States

    Invest in improvement of statistics – SG urges Member States

    Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has urged Member States to invest in the improvement of the production of statistics to support and guide sustained Regional economic and social development. He also commended statisticians in the Community for their efforts in the face of resource constraints that the Region was confronting. In a message to mark CARICOM Statistics Day…

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