St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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CARICOM congratulates St. Vincent and the Grenadines on 41st Independence Anniversary
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the country’s forty-first anniversary of Independence, which it celebrates on 27 October 2020. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, said that as an Independent nation, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has achieved global recognition…
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Vincentians to vote November 5
The people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will vote in General Elections on 5 November 2020. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves made the announcement Thursday night, while saying the country’s Parliament will be dissolved on Friday and that Nomination Day will be 20 October. The Elections are expected to be a straight fight between Dr. Gonsalves’ Unity Labour Party…
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CARICOM Chairman’s Statement on the passing of former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur
Statement on the Passing of Owen Seymour Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados by Dr. the Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Owen Seymour Arthur, the distinguished former Prime Minister of Barbados, a titan of regional integration, and a most esteemed son of our Caribbean civilisation, passed…
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Tribute To Sir Everton Weekes: Climbing To The Top – By CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves Of St. Vincent And The Grenadines
On July 3, 2020, the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community paid tribute to Sir Everton Weekes who died on July 1, 2020, at the age of 95 years. Sir Everton was accorded a reverential one minute’s silence. He was a great Barbadian and Caribbean personality. Three decades before our great West Indies Test cricket team was…
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Statement by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr. The Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the progress towards the finalisation of the electoral process in Guyana following the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday 8 July. The Community calls on all stakeholders to respect the ruling of the CCJ, Guyana’s final court of appeal. Indeed, the CCJ in the summary judgement aptly stated: “It has been…
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Address by CARICOM Chairman, Dr. The Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to the Special Meeting of CARICOM Heads of State and Government, July 3, 2020
RESHAPING CARICOM TO MEET THE ON-RUSHING CHALLENGES IN OUR CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY First, I adopt unequivocally, and call as my own, the remarks made this morning by our Secretary General and our outgoing Chair. My own remarks here are thus intended to add value to our proceedings and deliberations. Next year, 2021, the Caribbean Community will commemorate the twentieth…
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CARICOM Heads of Government Meet on Friday – Handover of Chairmanship to feature
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will hold a special conference on Friday, July 3, which will see Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley handing over the six-month CARICOM Chairmanship to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This Twentieth Special Meeting of CARICOM Heads will be held via video conference beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern…
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CARIFORUM Capacity Building Intervention starts: Youth investment, policies and prevention programmes, partnerships emphasised
The importance of investing in youth, including treatment and rehabilitation for those who are using and addicted to alcohol and other drugs, was underscored at the Official Opening of the Regional Adolescent Training Workshops on 4 February 2019 in Trinidad and Tobago. To this end, partnerships, relevant policies and adolescents’ prevention programmes, among others, were emphasised by speakers who represented…
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After record Sargassum influx, CRFM initiates fact-finding study in CARICOM States
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has initiated a regional fact-finding study to document the record-breaking influx of Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean Sea in 2018, and the impacts this phenomenon has been having on countries in the region since 2011. The fact-finding survey is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), that has coordinated official development assistance from…
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One step closer to new framework for dialogue among CARIFORUM, FCORs, OCTs
A new framework for dialogue among CARIFORUM, FCORS and OCTs is closer to being completed following a consultation that was held in Barbados over the past few days. The forum, which is facilitating the establishment of the framework that is expected to improve coordination and collaboration among CARIFORUM and the overseas territories, has met its objectives, according to some…
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