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CARICOM SG highlights Antigua and Barbuda’s diplomatic leadership on 44th Independence Anniversary
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Antigua and Barbuda’s leadership on the regional and international stage was commended by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Carla Barnett, as the country observes its Forty-Fourth Anniversary of Independence on Saturday, 1 November. In a message to the Prime Minister, the Honourable Gaston Browne, Dr. Barnett said that this leadership…
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION (CEOM) TO THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | 28 APRIL 2025
By way of letter dated 10 December 2024, CARICOM was invited by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to deploy an Election Observation Mission to observe the Parliamentary Elections to be held in 2025. A twelve (12) member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on 21 April and will depart on 30 April…
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Message from the CARICOM Secretary-General | Forty-Third Independence Anniversary of Antigua and Barbuda | 1 November 2024
Antigua and Barbuda will celebrate the country’s Forty-Third Anniversary of Independence on 1 November. To mark this occasion, CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett issued a congratulatory message to the country’s Prime Minister, the Honourable Gaston Browne. In the message, she commended the twin-island nation for its successful hosting of the critical Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4),…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General at the opening of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Roseau, Dominica, 23 May 2024
Dr. the Honourable Vince Henderson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of the Commonwealth of Dominica, and Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson-Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, and Outgoing Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Honourable Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean…
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CARICOM: Happy 42nd Independence Anniversary Antigua and Barbuda
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Antigua and Barbuda on its Forty-Second Anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 1 November 2023. Secretary-General Dr Carla N Barnett sent the following congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Hon Gaston Browne: “Honourable Prime Minister, On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I extend warm congratulations to the Government…
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Launch of the Enhanced TVET Framework for Certification in Antigua and Barbuda – Remarks by Mr Leo Titus Preville
Remarks by Mr. Leo Titus Preville Programme Manager, CARICOM Single Market, CSME Unit at the Launch of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA and CSME Standby Facility for Capacity Building “Enhanced Technical Vocational Educational Training (TVET) Framework for Certification in Antigua and Barbuda” Thursday, 07 April 2022, 10:00 A.M Salutation Hon. E. P Chet Greene, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade; Hon.…
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Statement by CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Hon Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda on the occasion of the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of CARICOM-Cuba Diplomatic Relations, 8 December 2021
It is my distinct honour, in my capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to address the People and Governments of CARICOM and Cuba on the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between our Countries. Today reminds us of that symbolic and courageous historic act of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago on 8 December 1972,…
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CARICOM Chair expresses condolences at passing of former Vincentian Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Gaston Browne, has expressed deepest sympathy at the passing of Sir James ‘Son’ Mitchell, the former Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Prime Minister Browne telephoned Dr Ralph Gonsalves Tuesday morning to convey the condolences of the Caribbean Community’s Heads of Government to…
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CARICOM salutes the late Sir Lester Bird’s commitment to Regional Integration
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has applauded Sir Lester Bird’s commitment to regional integration as it expressed deepest sympathies on the passing of the former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister. Sir Lester who led Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and also held Ministerial positions in earlier administrations, died in his homeland on 9 August 2021. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin…
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Former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister dies
Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Sir Lester Bird has died. The Office of the Prime Minister, in making the announcement, said Sir Lester died at 6:00 this morning. Sir Lester served as Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister between 1994 and 2004. He also served earlier in several Ministerial positions including Tourism and Economic Development. The government has ordered…
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