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Summit decides on measures to curb Zika virus spread
Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Conference of the CARICOM Heads of Government Hon. Dean Barrow on Wednesday announced a series of actions that CARICOM Member States will take to confront the Zika virus that is affecting the Region. The course of action includes continuous public education, implementation of measures at ports of entry, health facilities, schools, private…
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Opening remarks delivered by Carlos Wharton, Director – EPA Implementation Unit, CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat
– Mr. Remwick Rose, Chairman of the CARIFORUM Representatives of Civil Society; – Ambassador Mikael Barfod, Head of the EU Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean; – Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen On behalf of the Director-General of the CARIFORUM Directorate, Mr. Percival Marie, I would like to thank CARIFORUM Civil Society for inviting the CARIFORUM Directorate to this important…
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All options to be pursued for solution to banking sector threat – CARICOM Chair
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will employ the full gamut of options available to it to confront the banking crisis that is threatening the Region Chair of the Community and Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Dean Barrow said. He underscored the necessity of collective action, sensitisation and mobilisation. Among the steps Heads of Government have decided on at their Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting…
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Heads to increase co-operation on crime and security
CARICOM Heads of Government deliberated on the issue of crime and security and agree to increase their cooperation and collaboration in this area. President of Guyana H.E. David Granger signs the protocol amending the Treaty to formally establish the Council of National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE), “The Conference adopted and opened for signature, the Protocol Amending the Revised Treaty…
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CARICOM SG gets second term
CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been reappointed to a second term of office. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Dean Barrow of Belize, made the announcement during the Closing Press Conference for the 27th CARICOM Inter-sessional Meeting in Placencia, Belize on Wednesday. The Chairman said the decision by the Heads of Government was unanimous. “The reward for good work is more…
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‘Retain, improve all that has worked’ – CARICOM Heads of Government
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM leaders have called for stocktaking to determine what was working well for the integration movement so that those elements could be retained and improved, while discarding those components that were hindering the Community. As they addressed the Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government which opened in Placencia, Belize, last…
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CARICOM SG calls for action against security, economic, health threats
Crime, unproved categorisation of the Region as a financial high risk area and the potentially devastating effects of the Zika virus were the threats identified by CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in his urgent call for action to keep the Community’s well earned reputation safe and secure. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque made this call to the official opening of the 27th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference…
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CARICOM must wage relentless campaign against threat to banking sector – PM Dean Barrow
The threats to the Region’s banking sector via the trend of de-risking could have “cataclysmic ramifications” for the Caribbean, and a “relentless” campaign must be waged against it, Chairman of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon Dean Barrow warned on Monday. At the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Amb. Irwin LaRocque
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Remarks by the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Amb. Irwin LaRocque At the Opening Ceremony Of the Twenty-Seventh Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) February 15-17, 2016 Placencia Hotel, Belize It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the Twenty-Seventh Inter-sessional Meeting…
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Major breakthroughs from COP21 says PM Stuart
Outgoing CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Barbados Hon. Freundel Stuart said the Community got major breakthroughs that it wanted from the COP 21 Agreement signed in Paris last year. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, which is being held in Placencia, Belize from 16-17…
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