Press Releases
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The Hurricane Season is here
Friday 1 June, marks the official start of the 2018 hurricane season. Forecasters are predicting an average season with about 13 named storms, six of which will become hurricanes and two major hurricanes. The 2017 season will be remembered for major Hurricanes Irma and Maria – two Category Five storms which battered the Caribbean within one week during the months…
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Guyana lauded for fostering Caribbean unity on its 52nd Independence Anniversary
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Guyana on its 52nd Anniversary of Independence, praising its role ‘at the forefront of all initiatives fostering Caribbean unity’. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Guyana’s President HE David Granger, also noted that the country’s five decades of self rule has seen it advance socially, economically and in other spheres. “Guyana…
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Secretary-General looks forward to welcoming PM Mottley to next CARICOM Heads Meeting
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated new Barbados Prime Minister Hon. Mia Mottley on her ‘truly historic achievements’ following Thursday’s General Elections, and said it will be his pleasure to welcome her to the next meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Jamaica on 4-6 July. Ms Mottley’s Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won all 30 seats in the Barbados…
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CARICOM continues implementation of a harmonised Results-Based Management (RBM) System with visit to Haiti
Sensitisation seminars on the CARICOM Results-Based Management (RBM) System moved to Haiti on Wednesday following visits to other Member States. The RBM System, which promotes a more results-focused approach to programme and project management, is targeting a wide cross section of stakeholders including parliamentarians, Permanent Secretaries, International Development Partners, Regional Institutions, Directors and Corporate Planners, the Private Sector, Non-Governmental Organisations…
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SG URGES LITHUANIA TO ADVOCATE FOR CARICOM
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque urged Lithuania to advocate on behalf of CARICOM in fora where the Region had no voice. The Secretary-General on Wednesday accepted the credentials of Lithuania’s new representative to CARICOM Ambassador Audra Plepytė, at the Secretariat’s Georgetown Headquarters. In noting the country’s accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…
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International Day of Biological Diversity – Statement by CARICOM Secretary-General
The year 2018 marks 25 years since the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force on 29 December 1993 after the 30th ratification. It is significant that five CARICOM Member States ratified the Convention (Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis) or acceded to it (Saint Lucia) to bring about this significant outcome. From 28…
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Second Regional Meeting of Youth Leaders on Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV and AIDS
YOUTHS CHALLENGED TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES TO DISSONANCE BETWEEN THE AGE OF CONSENT FOR SEX AND THE AGE FOR INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AT OPENING OF SECOND REGIONAL YOUTH MEETING COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN ALL SCHOOLS AND GENDER INCLUSIVE LAWS ALSO FORM KEY ASPECTS OF THE DISCUSSION Friday, 18 May 2018 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM…
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CARICOM shares Cuba’s grief over tragic plane crash
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Friday sent a message of condolence to the President of Cuba His Excellency Miguel Díaz Canel in the wake of today’s tragic plane crash in Havana. The Secretary-General’s message reads: “The Caribbean Community expresses its condolences and its solidarity with the Government and People of the Republic of Cuba following the tragic crash of…
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CARICOM Secretary-General receives Indonesia’s Foreign Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Her Excellency Madam Rento L.P. Marsudi paid a courtesy call on Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Friday. The Minister was accompanied by a number of Foreign Ministry officials. Indonesia accredited its first Ambassador to CARICOM, HE Drs. Dominicus Supratikto, on 2 May 2018. The Ambassador noted at the time that the…
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Ministers responsible for CARICOM Affairs meet in Georgetown
Ministers responsibly for #CARICOM Affairs in Member States are meeting in Guyana today. This forty-second Meeting of the Community Council – CARICOM's 2nd highest organ – is deliberating on matters which will go before Heads of Government at their 4-6 July meeting in Montego Bay #Jamaica. The meeting is being chaired by HE Mr Antonio Rodrigue, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Haiti.
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