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  • Photo of CARICOM  SG: Upcoming CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting  will assess rapidly-changing global landscape

    CARICOM SG: Upcoming CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting will assess rapidly-changing global landscape

    CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, said that Heads of Government will assess challenges arising in the rapidly changing global context when they meet in Barbados from 19-21 February 2025 for the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference.  In a message ahead of the Meeting, Dr Barnett stated that the Community will seek to devise solutions that advance regional integration and…

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  • Photo of Negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in focus at first meeting of CARICOM Maritime Technical Working Group

    Negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in focus at first meeting of CARICOM Maritime Technical Working Group

    A CARICOM Technical Working Group on maritime matters held discussions on 18 December that focused on negotiations for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry. It was the first time the Maritime Technical Working Group(MTWG) met since it was established following the 113th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Development (COTED) on Transportation that was…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Chair receives enthusiastic welcome to Secretariat during Tourism, Trade and Investment Mission to Guyana

    CARICOM Chair receives enthusiastic welcome to Secretariat during Tourism, Trade and Investment Mission to Guyana

    CARICOM Chair and Prime Minister of Grenada, Hon. Dickon Mitchell, was warmly welcomed to the CARICOM Secretariat today, Thursday, 29 August, by Dr Carla Barnett and members of staff. Prime Minister Mitchell is leading the delegation of the Tourism, Trade and Investment Mission to Guyana from 27-30 August 2024. This four-day event aims to improve trade relations between the two…

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  • Photo of Climate Change and Natural Disasters Key Drivers of Displacement in the Caribbean

    Climate Change and Natural Disasters Key Drivers of Displacement in the Caribbean

    “Climate change and natural disasters remain key drivers of displacements in the Region with the frequency and magnitude of events likely to increase in the future. This has contributed to many regional states facing demographic decline, which has impacted their workforce, our younger population seeking job opportunities outside the Region and many key sectors being negatively impacted.” Alison Drayton, Assistant…

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  • Photo of Youth Crucial to Moving CSME Forward

    Youth Crucial to Moving CSME Forward

    “You are the future of the Region and the ones best placed to reach the youth of your countries and communicate what is at stake with the integration project. This attachment programme is meant to deepen your understanding of the CSME and place you in a position to become advocates of the integration project. But more importantly, it is meant…

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  • Photo of Special COTED Meeting Discusses Transportation Matters

    Special COTED Meeting Discusses Transportation Matters

    Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers with responsibility for Transportation, met on Thursday, 6 June for a special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development that dealt with transportation matters. Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Lead for Transportation in the CARICOM Quasi-Cabinet, chaired the half-day, virtual meeting that saw the participation of…

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  • Photo of Suriname to be added to inter-island regional ferry route

    Suriname to be added to inter-island regional ferry route

    Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said plans are moving forward for the “imminent” launch of an inter-island regional ferry service, with the intention to add Suriname to the route. The Office of the Prime Minister said Dr Rowley joined regional leaders in Georgetown, Guyana, for the 46th Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government on Monday. The conference will…

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  • Photo of Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago to soon launch ferry service

    Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago to soon launch ferry service

    HE Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana, announced that shortly, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobagoand Barbados will launch a ferry service to improve intra-regional transportation. The President, who is the current Chair of CARICOM, was at the time delivering the feature address atthe opening of the Guyana Energy Conference 2024 and Supply Change Expo on 19 February, wherehe highlighted how…

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  • Photo of Regional officials meet on operationalisation of ferry service

    Regional officials meet on operationalisation of ferry service

    (CMC) Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Barbados are on the cusp of the formation of a company to drive the process for the introduction of a regional ferry service. Discussions hosted by Works and Transport Minister, Trinidad and Tobago, Rohan Sinanan on the operationalisation of the service were held on Thursday. The company will comprise directors from each of the…

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  • Photo of Momentum accelerating towards fulfilling Region’s agriculture potential and food security

    Momentum accelerating towards fulfilling Region’s agriculture potential and food security

    Raymond is passionate about farming. He is not one to simply plant a seed and expect it to grow, but he gets literally to the root of the science behind its growth. I met the young farmer and his family at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Georgetown, Guyana, during the CARICOM Agri Investment Forum and Exposition that Guyana and…

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