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CARICOM Secretariat recognises Guyana’s history-making World Trade Center
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Director for External Trade, Mr. Joel Richards has recognised Guyana for being the first country in the English-speaking Caribbean to establish a World Trade Center.Delivering an address on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat at the recent official opening of the World Trade Center Georgetown (WTCG), Mr. Richards congratulated Guyana for joining a prestigious…
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MESSAGE from the Caribbean Community | Passage of Hurricane Melissa
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expresses its deep concern for, and solidarity with, the Government and people of Jamaica, and other CARICOM Member States and Associate Member States, including Haiti, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and other countries in the Region, which are in the path of the record-breaking system, Hurricane Melissa. We commend the…
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Remarks by the Hon. Kimberley Lew-Jen-Tai, Minister of Governance, Planning and Public Service of Curacao |Opening, 50th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians | Curacao| 27 October 2025
Minister with responsibility for statistics in Curacao, the Hon. Kimberley Lew Jen-Tai, has challenged regional statisticians to think boldly and to strengthen regional partnerships to create a people-centred, modern, collaborative statistical system in the Region. The Minister of Governance, Planning and Public Service made the call at the opening of the 50th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians…
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CARICOM Dialogue Signifies a Turning Point in Educational Planning via Data-Driven Collaboration
Helen Royer, Director of Human Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, emphasised the need for stronger collaboration between educational planners and national statistics officers at a technical dialogue convened during the 34th Meeting of the CARICOM Advisory Group on Statistics on 24 October 2025. She described this partnership as transformative, noting its potential to improve the accuracy and relevance of education…
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On Forty-Sixth Independence Anniversary, CARICOM Secretary-General recognises St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ leadership in regional integration
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 27 October 2025) – As St. Vincent and the Grenadines celebrates its Forty-Sixth Anniversary of Independence today, 27 October, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett has recognised the country for its leadership within the Community and its steadfast commitment to regional integration. In a congratulatory message to Prime Minister, Dr. the…
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CARICOM-UNICEF Study Finds Caribbean Youth Facing High Rates of Depression and Anxiety
Friday, 24 October 2025 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): A significant number of children and adolescents across the Caribbean are experiencing high levels of symptoms of depression and anxiety. This is according to the 2025 Caribbean Child and Youth Mental Health Research Study Report conducted by the CARICOM Secretariat and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In 2024, the survey…
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CDB Awards US$100,000 Grant to Trinidad and Tobago Firm to Develop Caribbean Stock Photography Platform
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), has awarded a USD 100,000 grant to NativeFoto Ltd., a Trinidad and Tobago-based creative enterprise, to develop and scale an innovative digital stock photography platform dedicated to authentic Caribbean visual content. The project, titled “Unlocking Caribbean Pride Through Stock Media,” will create a centralised hub for Caribbean imagery and video,…
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CARICOM Declaration on the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and COP 30
Adopted Thursday, 16 October 2025, by the Forty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Reaffirming that climate change presents a fundamental threat to humanity and planetary habitability, Gravely concerned that the Caribbean small island and low lying coastal developing states (SIDS), despite our…
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STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community | Security Build Up in the Region
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met and discussed various issues on the regional agenda including the increased security build up in the Caribbean and the potential impacts on Member States. Save in respect of Trinidad and Tobago who reserved its position, Heads agreed on the following: They reaffirmed the principle of maintaining the Caribbean Region as a…
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CARICOM Launches Young Professionals Network to support youth in navigating CSME
“Across CARICOM, young people are driving innovations in technology, transforming the creative industries, championing climate action, and reimagining how our societies can thrive. This cohort of Young Professionals reflects that diversity and dynamism.” Dr Carla Barnett | Secretary-General | CARICOM Friday, 17 October 2025 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): Twenty-three young professionals from 12 CARICOM Member States have strengthened their knowledge…
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