Press Releases
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South African envoy accredited to CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of South Africa further cemented their ties on Tuesday with the accreditation of Her Excellency Maureen Isabella Modiselle as Ambassador to CARICOM. Ambassador Modiselle presented her credentials to Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM, at a ceremony at the CARICOM Secretariat, and gave the assurance of her…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On the Occasion Of the PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HER EXCELLENCY MAUREEN ISABELLA MODISELLE Plenipotentiary Representative (DESIGNATE) of The Republic of South Africa To the Caribbean Community
It is my pleasure and honour to welcome you to the CARICOM Secretariat and to the family of Plenipotentiary Representatives to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Beyond the political affinities that bind South Africa and CARICOM, our relationship is predicated on shared values. These include a mutual aspiration to ensure that freedom, equity and the rule of law are guiding principles…
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Regional airlines identify areas of functional cooperation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Government-owned air carriers in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have held their second meeting on how they can collaborate to provide more efficient, effective and safe transportation in the Region. Caribbean Airlines (CAL), led by Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Phillip Marshall and including its CEO (ag) Captain Jagmohan Singh and Consultant Mr.…
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Regional Energy Officials seek to advance moves towards renewable energy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A four-year, euro 5.02M project to assist Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States to move towards renewable energy technologies is the focus of discussion over the next two days at CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters, Guyana. Representatives of Member States and other key stakeholders in the Community’s energy sector are charting the way forward for a renewable…
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CARICOM STATEMENT ON GUYANA’S ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING BILL
(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is concerned at the continuing delay in Guyana’s progress towards implementing recommendations to address deficiencies in its anti-money laundering regime. CARICOM calls on all parties involved in the process to take all necessary actions without further delay to have the necessary reforms implemented. CARICOM remains deeply concerned that failure to…
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CARICOM takes steps to improve trade performance under Bilateral Agreements
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The establishment of effective trade facilitation offices, both at national and regional levels has been recommended as a key to the Region taking greater advantage of trade agreements with third countries. Recommendations are contained in a draft report from a study commissioned “to identify and assess the underlying reasons affecting CARICOM’s weak trade performance…
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CARICOM active at CELAC Summit
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARCOM) played an active role during the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Summit (CELAC) on 28-29 January 2014 in Havana, Cuba, on the theme “Eradication of Hunger, Poverty and Inequality”. This also applied to their role during the preceding preparatory meetings of National Coordinators on…
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Change is underway says CARICOM SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has begun the process of restructuring with reforms instituted in corporate areas, Human Resource Management, Finance, and in the way projects are managed, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, said on Friday. Delivering remarks at the opening of the Thirty-Third Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers at the CARICOM…
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Remarks by Senator the Hon. Camillo Gonsalves, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Commerce and Information Technology of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers at the Thirty-Third Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers, 31 January, 2014 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Georgetown, Guyana
I am honoured to be here at the CARICOM headquarters in Guyana, and doubly so to chair this, the 33rd meeting of the Community Council of Ministers. I am especially grateful for the presence of so many esteemed Ministers of Foreign Affairs at this meeting. While travel between and among CARICOM states – in the best of times – can…
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