Press Releases
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Hon. Oliver Joseph addresses the Opening Ceremony of the Third Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Third Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Council under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) got underway this morning at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre in Liliendaal, Guyana. The Meeting is being held under the chairmanship of Hon. Oliver Joseph, Minister of Economic Development, Planning, Trade, Cooperatives and International Business of Grenada. …
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COHSOD focuses on education, children
The Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) will focus its discussions on education and children when it convenes tomorrow at the CARICOM Secretariat. The theme of the two-day meeting is ‘Safeguarding our Region’s future, reshaping education for the Twenty-First century”. The main objective of the Meeting is to provide an opportunity for Ministers responsible for Education and Children’s Issues,…
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Statement By H.E. Honourable Frederick A. Mitchell, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, The Bahamas At the Third International Conference on Financing for Development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 July, 2015
Allow me first to join previous speakers in expressing my sincere gratitude to the Government and people of Ethiopia for the warm hospitality my delegation and I have received since our arrival in this beautiful city of Addis Ababa. At home our brothers and sisters in locks dream of coming to this city. It looms large in their imagination. …
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Regional Cultural Committee issues Statement on DR actions
STATEMENT FROM THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF CARICOM’S REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE REGARDING RECENT ACTIONS BY THE STATE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The Regional Cultural Committee, -Acknowledging its role as the vanguard and custodian of cultural development in CARICOM; -Acknowledging and recognising that the culture of the people of the region is deeply rooted in our diasporic history and is therefore central…
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CARICOM SG congratulates The Bahamas on its 42nd Independence Anniversary
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to the Government and people of The Bahamas on the country’s 42nd Anniversary of Independence. In a message to Bahamian Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, the Secretary-General said CARICOM was pleased and honoured to count The Bahamas among its membership, noting that by its solid democracy, political stability and economic resilience…
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Statement on The Decree 1787 Of Venezuela ; Guyana Venezuela Border Dispute
CARICOM Heads of State and Government reaffirmed the longstanding, deep and wide-ranging friendship between CARICOM and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. They recalled the numerous agreements in the area of trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people contacts which bind the Governments and peoples of CARICOM and Venezuela together. They discussed in detail Decree No: 1.787 of 26 May 2015…
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Statement On The Situation With Respect to Dominicans of Haitian Descent And Haitian Migrants in The Dominican Republic
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community expressed their abhorrence and outrage with respect to the treatment of Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic. This human rights situation is exacerbated as the tempo of so-called voluntary repatriation gathers pace in unregulated conditions resulting from pressures and the threat of violence as well as the absence…
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Interim Festival Directors, Artistic Directors meet on CARIFESTA XII
A delegation of officials from countries across CARICOM is currently in Haiti for the Interim Festival Directors and Artistic Directors meetings on CARIFESTA XII. The delegation will be in Haiti until Friday 10 July, 2015. There will also be a Regional Launch of CARIFESTA XII this evening at the Ibo Lele Hotel at 7:00 pm. See below photos from the opening ceremony of…
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CARICOM Heads pledge full support for CARIFESTA XII
As preparations for the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XII) in Haiti 21-30 August, 2015, get into high gear, the CARICOM Heads of Government, in the just-concluded Heads of Government in Barbadosreiterated their full support for this event. The sentiment was published in 36th CHOGM Communique issued when the Meeting concluded on Saturday. The Heads also pledged their support for CARIFESTA XIII which will take place in Barbados in 2017.…
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UN S-G remarks at end violence event Barbados
The Honourable Steven Blackett, Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, The Honourable Adriel Brathwaite Q.C., M.P., Attorney General, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Today I am proud to stand with you to end the devastating problem of violence against women. The Caribbean has among the highest rates of sexual assault in the world. Three Caribbean countries are in the global top ten…
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