Trinidad and Tobago
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Progress, but impact of HIV prevention response inadequate, particularly among key populations – PANCAP Evaluation
The Caribbean has made progress in responding to the HIV epidemic, but an evaluation done last year has found that the impact of the prevention response has been inadequate, particularly among key populations. Of concern, according to the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), is that the annual number of new HIV infections among adults in the Caribbean declined by…
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Youth must be equal partners – CARICOM SG
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin Larocque, speaking at the Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention which opened earlier today, in Georgetown reminded youth from across the Caribbean that they were “equal partners in the struggle”. “Fora such as these provide an opportunity for our youth to be fully involved in providing solutions to problems that affect them”, the…
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2019 ANSA Caribbean Awards Laureates Announced
The Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence has named four laureates for 2019 and announced that its Awards ceremony will be held in Barbados on March 30, 2019. The Laureates are: For Arts and Letters, Ms Danielle Dieffenthaller, a Trinidadian television and film producer, director, writer and a passionate advocate for a strong Caribbean film industry; For Entrepreneurship,…
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Statement – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on CSME
Conceived as an instrument to facilitate economic development, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) is the manifestation of the intent to deepen the integration process that began with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas in 1973. That Treaty was later revised and the Community is now governed by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas Establishing the Caribbean…
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Trinidad and Tobago signs CARIFESTA XIV Host Country Agreement.
As the excitement builds in the lead up to this country’s hosting of the Caribbean’s premiere Festival of the Arts in 2019, Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago signed the Host Country Agreement for CARIFESTA XIV with Ambassador Irwin La Rocque, Secretary General of CARICOM. The signing took place on Tuesday December 4th, 2018 at…
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CARIFORUM/EU Capacity Building Workshop on Restorative Justice ends with loud praise for the Initiative
(CARICOM Secretariat) The Regional Train-the-Trainer Workshop on Restorative Justice, using the Sycamore Tree Project methodology ended on 4 December, in Georgetown, Guyana. The initiative targetted officials from the government Criminal Justice System and non-govermental organisations working in rehabilitation, across the Region. This capacity building initiative is an activity of the Crime and Violence Prevention and Social Development Project within the…
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‘If not now, when’ – Prime Minister Rowley on CSME
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government were challenged to move the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) forward by Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley. Speaking this morning at the start of their 18th Special Meeting which is focused on the CSME at the Hilton Hotel in Port of Spain, the host Prime Minster posed…
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Band to gather to protect, empower and uplift all persons with disabilities – says Chair of Advisory Panel for CARICOM Disabilities
The call of Ms. Kerryann Ifill, Chair of the Advisory Panel for CARICOM Disabilities (APfCD), in a message to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, is for “all governments and citizens of the Region to band to gather to protect, empower and uplift all persons with disabilities who are blessed to live among us!. Ms. Ifill lauded the appointment of CARICOM…
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Disability respects no one says CARICOM Special Rapporteur on Disabilities
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Special Rapporteur on Disabilities (CSRoD), Senator Dr. Floyd Morris, in a statement to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), 3 December 2018, drew attention to the thin separation between being abled and being disabled. Calling for persons with disabilities to be treated with “dignity and respect” the CSRoD alluded to the high levels of violence…
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Secretary-General highlights Region’s work against Gender-based Violence
As the Region joins the global observance of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, progress has been identified in the important area of data collection on discrimination and violence against women and children and the analysis of underlying causes. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque noted the development in a message to mark the occasion. “I am happy to report…
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