Press Releases
-
Speech by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At the Forum on the Future of the Caribbean, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, 6 May, 2015
It is indeed a pleasure for me personally, as well as the CARICOM Secretariat, to be associated with this “one of a kind” event. This “Forum on The Future of the Caribbean” could not be more timely and relevant given the challenging regional and international circumstances. I am particularly heartened by the range of participants involved during these three days.…
Read More » -
CARICOM DSG encourages young girls to join ICT revolution
CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan has encouraged young girls to become more involved in the ICT sector. She was speaking at the opening ceremony for an event hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat to commemorate Girls in ICT Day 2015. Female students from schools in Georgetown including Bishops’ High School and the University of Guyana converged on the Secretariat’s Headquarters in…
Read More » -
Honourable Samantha Marshall Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development, Gender and Youth Affairs Feature Address Caribbean Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting
In October 2011, a report commissioned by Commonwealth Heads of Government made the following compelling statement: At least 60 per cent of the Commonwealth’s population is under 30 years of age. That is significantly lower than the global average of 52%. Therefore the future of the Commonwealth – and of the world it shares – is inexorably tied to the future…
Read More » -
Cricket Board structure to be reviewed: CARICOM-WICB Meeting agreement
CARICOM and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have agreed to establish a panel to conduct a review of the governance structure of the Board. This was the key outcome of a near five-hour long meeting between the CARICOM Cricket Governance Committee and the Directors and Management of the WICB. The Chairman of CARICOM, the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, Prime…
Read More » -
Cricket Legends meet CARICOM Heads of Government
West Indies Cricket Legends Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Wesley Hall, Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Andy Roberts, Deryck Murray, Gordon Greenidge and Michael Holding met in Grenada with the CARICOM Cricket Governance Committee to have a discussion on the Governance of Cricket. The Governance Committee comprises the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell as Chairman, the Prime Minister…
Read More » -
Statement By The Hon. Kamla Persad-bissessar Prime Minister Of Trinidad And Tobago – CARICOM-US Summit 2015
Call to Action on Security in the Western Hemisphere Thank you Prime Minister Simpson Miller for hosting this meeting between the United States and its CARICOM partners. Thank you also to our Chairman, Prime Minister Christie, for your leadership and vision for the social harmony and unified development agenda for CARICOM. And of course to our friend President Obama, we…
Read More » -
Statement by The Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, Q.C., M.P. Prime Minister Of Barbados
Mr. President, I should like to join those who have preceded me in warmly welcoming you once again to the Caribbean, on this occasion, for a short encounter with the Heads of Government of our CARICOM Region. We are pleased to be able to spare you a temporary respite from exposure to the asperities of the weather in the state…
Read More » -
CARPHA and Mexico sign MOU to benefit 17 million Caribbean people
Mexico, April 23, 2015. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Health of the United Mexican States, through the Federal Commission for Protection from Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS). The aim of the MoU is to establish a mechanism for strengthening international cooperation in the health field. The MoU will also provide…
Read More » -
COTED dynamic, critical to achieving Community’s goals – Chair
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is one of the greatest inventions for economic collaboration among Member States with the ultimate goal of creating benefits for people of the Region, Chair of the 40th Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) the Hon Claude Hogan, Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Land, Housing and the Environment of Montserrat, said Thursday. He was at the…
Read More » -
Energy, Security and Competitiveness commitments: CARICOM-US Summit outcomes
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) moves forward from the recent CARICOM-US summit with seed funding for a sustainable energy programme, a commitment to help fast-track ICT development, and continued support for established US-CARICOM security partnerships, among other key initiatives. The US President announced the provision of US20 million in initial funding for a sustainable…
Read More »