Press Releases
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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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Dominica Elections: CARICOM Observation Mission Issues Preliminary Statement
(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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Declaration of Havana on The Occasion of the Fifth Caricom-Cuba Summit Adopted In Havana, Cuba, 8 December 2014.
We, the heads of state and government of the Caribbean Community and of the Republic of Cuba, meeting in Havana, Cuba, on 8 December 2014, on the occasion of the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit and in commemoration of the Forty-Second anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations among the independent States of CARICOM and Cuba and the twelfth anniversary of Cuba-CARICOM Day. Proud of our shared Caribbean identity and the strong and high level of bilateral and political relations, strengthened by the…
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Remarks by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba at the opening session of the 5th CARICOM-Cuba Summit. PALACIO DE LA REVOLUCION. DECEMBER 8TH, 2014
Honourable Gaston Alphonse Brown, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and Chairman of CARICOM; Honourable Heads of State or Government of CARICOM member countries; His Excellency Irwin Larocque, Secretary General of CARICOM; His Excellency Mr Didacus Jules, Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States; His Excellency Mr Alfonso Múnera Cavadía, Secretary General of the Association…
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the opening of the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba summit
This Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit is testimony to the solidarity and fraternal relationship that exist among us as Caribbean people. Forty-two years ago today, we began this journey when the four independent countries of CARICOM, acting in concert, came to Havana to establish diplomatic relations. This action broke a hemispheric diplomatic embargo. It was an expression of our solidarity with Cuba,…
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Summit a testimony to solidarity, fraternal relationship – CARICOM Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit was testimony to the solidarity and fraternal relationship that existed among Caribbean people, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said on Monday. Addressing the Summit in Havana, Cuba, the Secretary-General retraced the history of the relationship between CARICOM Member States and Cuba, and outlined the myriad ways in which they had cooperated.…
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Grenada CSME Process Owners undergo refresher training on the Treatment of CARICOM Nationals
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana): Personnel from Customs, Immigration, Business and Investment agencies and the Ministries of Tourism and Culture took the opportunity to participate in a CSME refresher training session hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the past week. The Worksite Meetings led off a schedule of technical meetings, designed specifically for officers from the Public…
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Regional Company Registrars Consider Integrated Online Registry
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A meeting to discuss the development of a complete online registry among 12 Member States participating in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will be held in Saint Lucia from 8 – 10 December 2014. The three-day meeting which was convened by CARICOM Secretariat, is funded by the European Union under the 10th…
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