Press Releases
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Statement by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the thawing of relations between the United States and Cuba and the move towards the re-establishment of diplomatic ties. CARICOM has long been an advocate for the normalisation of these relations and has raised the issue repeatedly in its interaction with both parties. As recently as last Monday, 8…
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Regional sugar association to work closely with COTED
The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) has agreed to work closely with the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to implement decisions taken by the Council in November 2014. The Association held its Board of Directors Meeting on 12-13 December, 2014 in Georgetown, Guyana, where it noted and welcomed the decisions taken at…
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CARICOM hosts regional monitoring and evaluation workshop
In an effort to enhance the implementation of the CARICOM Strategic Plan 2015-2019, the CARICOM Secretariat is currently hosting a Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop. The two-day workshop, which began on Monday, provides training in the use of a CARICOM online Monitoring and Evaluation Tool. It is being held at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown Guyana. The training seminar is…
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CARICOM, WICB partner for ‘Pitch in Schools Project’
A new era for cricket in schools across the CARICOM Region is about to begin with an innovative initiative from the CARICOM Secretariat called the ‘Pitch in Schools Project’. The project will pioneer a fresh innings for primary and secondary schools with a proven cricket background by providing them with an opportunity to vie for the construction of cricket net…
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UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (69th Session) Statement By H.E. I. Rhonda King Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations at the Launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent Trusteeship Council Chambers 10th December, 2014 New York
Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the fourteen member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I wish to express our heartfelt satisfaction at this afternoon’s launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent under the theme “People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice and Development”. We cannot underscore enough the significance of placing today’s launch…
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Guyana H. E. Dr. Patrick Ignatius Gomes selected as the new Secretary-General of the ACP
Press Release (Dec 10, 2014) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce that today, December 10, 2014, at the 100th Session of the Council of Ministers of the African, Pacific and Caribbean Group of States (ACP), held at ACP Headquarters in Brussels, Guyana's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Community, His Excellency Dr. Patrick Ignatius Gomes, was selected…
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CARPHA, Public Health England tackle threat of antimicrobial drug resistance
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 10, 2014: “Antimicrobial resistance threatens a return to the pre-antibiotic era when common infections and simple injuries often cause death.” This World Health Organization statement was reinforced by the Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr C. James Hospedales, at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Laboratory Twinning Workshop on Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance in the…
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Arrival Statement of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to the Commonwealth of Dominica for the House of Assembly General Elections on December 8, 2014.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the invitation of the Government of Dominica, mounted a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Dominica to observe that country’s General Election which is due to be held on Monday, 8 December 2014. The seven member CEOM comprising members of several Member States of the Caribbean Community arrived in Dominica…
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Preliminary Statement, (Commonwealth of Dominica General Elections)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A five member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) comprising Observers drawn from Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago was stationed in Dominica on the invitation of the Government of Dominica to observe that country’s General Elections held on Monday, 8 December 2014. The objective of the Mission was to monitor the…
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Belize further prepares key agencies to facilitate greater access to the CARICOM Single Market
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Belizean government is this week continuing specially tailored educational sessions on the benefits, roles and responsibilities of key Government agencies and private sector groups in helping Belizeans secure their right to work, travel and do business in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. Dubbed AccessCSME – The Workplace Edition, the initiative is being…
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