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  • Photo of Statement By Prime Minister, The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley S.C., M.P, on the admission of the African Union to the G20

    Statement By Prime Minister, The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley S.C., M.P, on the admission of the African Union to the G20

    It is with great joy and optimism that I join my fellow African brothers and sisters across the world to celebrate the African Union’s (AU) admission to participate in the Group of Twenty (G20) as a permanent member. That Africa, a continent with a population of 1.3 billion and a strong and rapidly growing economy, now has a seat at…

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  • Photo of Another 30-nil

    Another 30-nil

    Mia Mottley led her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to a second consecutive sweep of all 30 parliamentary seats in General Elections held Wednesday 19 January 2022. Seven political parties, including the main opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) under new leader, Attorney, Verla De Peiza, contested the elections, called some 18 months ahead of the constitutional deadline. There were also nine…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Salutes Barbados as the country embarks on new path

    CARICOM Salutes Barbados as the country embarks on new path

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Barbados on the country’s Fifty-Fifth Anniversary of Independence and its transition to Republican status. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett’s congratulatory message to Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said the theme for the Celebration “Rebuilding A Nation, Embracing Our Heritage” was most apt given that Barbados has chosen this moment…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Reparations Commission Steps up Advocacy for Reparatory Justice

    CARICOM Reparations Commission Steps up Advocacy for Reparatory Justice

    The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) will convene a virtual media engagement on 6 July to update the media on recent developments in CARICOM‘s push for reparatory justice for the historical crimes of native genocide and African enslavement in the Caribbean region. The media engagement comes in the wake of recent public statements of “apology” and “regret” by some European states…

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  • Photo of Virtual Hand-Over Ceremony for CARICOM Chairmanship

    Virtual Hand-Over Ceremony for CARICOM Chairmanship

    (Barbados Government Information Service) Outgoing CARICOM Chair and Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and incoming Chair, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will host a special conference on Friday, July 3, which will see Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley handing over the reins to incoming chairman, Prime Minister…

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  • Photo of STATEMENT by the Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados on the  Electoral Crisis following Guyana’s General and Regional Elections 2 March 2020

    STATEMENT by the Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados on the Electoral Crisis following Guyana’s General and Regional Elections 2 March 2020

    Many of us have observed with great sadness what has been transpiring in Guyana. It is more than 100 days since the people of Guyana went to the polls. And yet there is no declared result. From the very beginning we have been clear and said consistently that every vote must count and every vote must be made to count…

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  • Photo of Prime Minister: Criteria Must Reflect Countries’ Needs
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    Prime Minister: Criteria Must Reflect Countries’ Needs

    Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley participates in a high-level event on Financing for Development in the era of COVID-19 and Beyond – May 28, 2020. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has told the global community that criteria and definitions used to determine access to goods and credit in a COVID-19 crisis or afterwards, must reflect countries’ needs rather than…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Chair Praises Resiliency Of Caribbean People

    CARICOM Chair Praises Resiliency Of Caribbean People

    The people of the Caribbean have remained resilient, despite the various adversities encountered, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley expressed this view last evening, as she addressed the Virtual Launch of Pan African Festival TT, in commemoration of Emancipation 2020 and African Liberation Day, held under the theme: 1970 Remembered: Reconnection and Recommitment. Ms. Mottley told those…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Chair, PM Trudeau, discuss COVID-19 developments
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    CARICOM Chair, PM Trudeau, discuss COVID-19 developments

    (Office of the Prime Minister of Canada) (On 20 May) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the Prime Minister of Barbados and current Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mia Mottley, to discuss the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. The prime ministers exchanged information on the efforts within Canada and the Caribbean to fight the pandemic and protect the…

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  • Photo of STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), HONOURABLE MIA AMOR MOTTLEY Q.C., M.P., PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS ON CARICOM OBSERVER TEAM FOR GUYANA ELECTIONS RECOUNT

    STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), HONOURABLE MIA AMOR MOTTLEY Q.C., M.P., PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS ON CARICOM OBSERVER TEAM FOR GUYANA ELECTIONS RECOUNT

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Observer Team for the recount of Guyana’s Regional and General Elections will arrive in Guyana on Friday, 1 May 2020. The three-member Team will be led by Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and includes Mr. John Jarvis, Commissioner of the Antigua and Barbuda…

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