Press Releases
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MEDIA ADVISORY: New Date for the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – 28 -30 July 2024 | Grenada
Dear colleagues in the media, The 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will now be held from 28 -30 July in St George’s, Grenada. Grenada is hosting the Conference in the year of its 50th anniversary of independence. This meeting of the Conference is also being held 35 years since the…
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Hurricane Beryl dealt ‘serious blow’ to Grenada’s 25 by 2025 progress – PM Mitchell
Hurricane Beryl dealt a “serious blow” to Grenada’s efforts to reduce its food import bill by 25 percent by next year, the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada said. The Category 4 hurricane hit Grenada, particularly Carriacou and Petite Martinique, on 1 July 2024. At a press conference on Tuesday 9 July, the Prime Minister, who is also the…
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CARICOM congratulates The Bahamas on 51st Anniversary
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Carla Barnett has lauded The Bahamas as “an example of remarkable socio-economic development within the Region,” as the Member State marks its Fifty-First Anniversary of Independence on 10 July 2024. In a message conveying the Community’s congratulations to Prime Minister Philip Davis of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Dr. Barnett commended the…
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CARICOM SG sends congratulations to Britain’s Labour Party
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett has congratulated the Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer and Britain’s Labour Party on the landslide victory at the polls last week. In a message to the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dr Barnett said the Labour Party’s win…
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Message from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, on the Occasion of the Fifty-First Anniversary of the Signing of the Original Treaty of Chaguaramas
Citizens of the Caribbean Community, We are marking this Fifty-First Anniversary of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as several Member States are assessing the extraordinary damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl, the earliest recorded Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean, and one of the most dangerous weather systems the Region has ever experienced. In the circumstances, we have had to…
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CARICOM Private Sector Organization Commences Relief Response Coordination for Support to Member States Impacted by Hurricane Beryl
(CPSO Press Release) The CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) held its first Coordination Meeting today, July 1st, 2024, for the mobilizing of the regional private resources to provide assistance to Member States, which may be impacted by the passage of Hurricane Beryl, currently affecting the Windward Islands. The CPSO Coordination Meeting was held within the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency…
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CARICOM, Argentina Foreign Ministers meet during OAS General Assembly
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers met with Her Excellency Diana Mondino, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic in the margins of the Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly taking place in Asunción, Paraguay, from 26-28 June 2024. Discussions during the encounter addressed global, hemispheric, and bilateral…
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Statement from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the attempted coup in Bolivia
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community welcomes the restoration of law and order in Bolivia following yesterday’s attempted coup against President Luis Arce and the Government of Bolivia. CARICOM deplores any use of force to overthrow democratically elected governments. We reaffirm our guiding principles of respect for democracy and the rule of law and stand in…
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Knowledge Hub launched for 47th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana): The CARICOM Secretariat has launched an online knowledge hub to highlight key features and elements of the upcoming 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which will take place from 3 – 5 July in Grenada.This official online presence was designed as a gateway to the…
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CARICOM’s 47th Heads of Government Meeting set for St George’s, Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet in St George’s, Grenada, from 3-5 July 2024, for their 47th Regular Meeting. The Meeting’s agenda will comprise the agri-food systems work programme which prioritises food and nutrition security; climate change and sustainable development; foreign policy; the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME); and engagement…
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