Press Releases
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Dominican Dr. Carissa Etienne re-elected for second term as PAHO Director
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne was re-elected today for a second five-year term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the Member States of the organization. Ministers of health meeting at the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference voted unanimously to re-elect Dr. Etienne. Her candidacy, which was not contested, was submitted by the Government of…
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Strong CARICOM support for hurricane ravaged Dominica
The Governments and people of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States continue to actively support their sister country Dominica following Monday night’s devastating passage of Category 5 Hurricane Maria. “We’ve lost all that money can buy”, Prime Minister Roosevelt had disclosed after surveying the widespread damage to houses and infrastructure. A number of deaths have also been reported. The government of…
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CARICOM representatives show solidarity with Dominica’s Prime Minister following passionate UN speech
Representatives of CARICOM Member States and the CARICOM Secretariat were among the many delegates who expressed sympathy with Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit following his stirring speech to the UN General Assembly on Saturday. The Prime Minister’s address came just a few days after Category 5 Hurricane Maria devastated his island, causing at least 15 deaths and widespread damage to…
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Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit addresses the UN General Assembly
UNGA 72ND SESSION STATEMENT. Secretary General to the United Nations- H.E. Antonio Guterres, President of the General Assembly- H.E. Miroslav Lajcak Distinguished Heads of Delegations, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: Mr. President; I come to you straight from the front line of the war on climate change. With physical and emotional difficulty I have left my bleeding nation to be with…
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CARICOM to Launch Online CSME Platforms
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will officially launch four (4) online platforms on Monday 25 October 2017. These online platforms have been developed to help make the benefits of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) more accessible to CARICOM Nationals. They were created with the assistance of the Tenth European Development Fund (10th…
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CARICOM mourns the loss of life in Mexico
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has joined the international community in mourning the tragic loss of life wrought by the September 19th earthquake in Mexico City. CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday despatched a message of condolence to the government and people of Mexico, expressing his anguish with the widespread destruction and continuing trauma there. This…
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‘It has been brutal’ – Prime Minister Skerrit
A visibly emotional Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, briefed the world on Thursday about the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria which directly hit the island on Monday evening. The island is now under a state of emergency and a curfew is imposed. “It has been brutal,” he said on a live programme hosted at ABSTV studios in Antigua and…
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SCLAN pledges its support for hurricane ravaged countries
SCLAN pledges its support for hurricane ravaged countries (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chair of the Spouses of the Caribbean Leaders Action Network (SCLAN), H.E. Kim Simplis Barrow, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Belize and Special Envoy for Women and Children in Belize…
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CARICOM gripped with compassion at widespread loss of life… – SG
Caribbean Community Secretary-General, Amb. Irwin LaRocque, has expressed “profound condolences” to the President of the French Republic, His Excellency Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron. Referring to the recent passage of Hurricane Irma over the Overseas French Caribbean Territories of St. Barthelemy and in particular Saint Martin, the Secretary-General in a Message of Condolence said – “…the disruption, destruction…
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Cayman Islands Premier delivers relief aid for Anguilla hurricane recovery
Hon. Alden McLaughlin, Premier of the Cayman Islands, on Friday 15 September 2017 delivered 15,000 lbs of relief aid to assist Anguilla in its post hurricane recovery. Anguilla, an Associate Member of CARICOM was pummeled by one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, hurricane Irma, on Tuesday 5 September. It damaged the main hospital, schools and…
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