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Grenada pays homage to CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Grenada honoured the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by renaming the True-Blue Roundabout on the Maurice Bishop Highway in St George’s, Grenada, the CARICOM Roundabout. The renaming ceremony on 28 July 2024, preceded the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government from 28-30 July in Grenada. Host Prime Minister and Chairman of…
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Message from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, on the Occasion of the Fifty-First Anniversary of the Signing of the Original Treaty of Chaguaramas
Citizens of the Caribbean Community, We are marking this Fifty-First Anniversary of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as several Member States are assessing the extraordinary damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl, the earliest recorded Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean, and one of the most dangerous weather systems the Region has ever experienced. In the circumstances, we have had to…
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COVID-19NEWS FEATURE: Caribbean Community successfully keeps low COVID-19 infection rates
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has managed the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to great effect, ensuring that its cases have been kept low relative to larger and more affluent parts of the international community. CARICOM Member States have been ranked among the best in the world in their response to the pandemic in many global assessments. There has been…
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CARICOM Chairman leads delegation to hurricane ravaged Dominica
CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell (2nd right) led a regional delegation to hurricane-ravaged Dominica on Tuesday, and met with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit (right). The Chairman’s delegation included (from right) CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr. Warren Smith, Executive Director of the Regional Security System (RSS) Captain Errington Shurland, and Executive…
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Caribbean better prepared to deal with crisis situations
The Caribbean region’s ability to respond to crisis situations and its early warning capacity have been greatly strengthened, thanks to the Global Crisis Response Support Programme (GCRSP). The two-year programme received 2.6 million euros from the European Union to improve crisis management infrastructures in the Region, and included training courses, workshops, and a scenario/simulation exercise. Participating agencies gave the Programme…
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