TRIBUTE TO FORMER JAPAN PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE

TRIBUTE TO FORMER JAPAN PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE

The Conference of Heads of Government and the entire Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are shocked and saddened by the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan, the Honourable Shinzo Abe. Mr Abe is well remembered in our Community as in 2014 he became the first Prime Minister of Japan to visit the region and meet […]

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 INVEST IN AGRICULTURE, REMOVE TRADE BARRIERS, IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION – TAKEAWAYS FROM CARICOM AGRI INVESTMENT FORUM OPENING

INVEST IN AGRICULTURE, REMOVE TRADE BARRIERS, IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION – TAKEAWAYS FROM CARICOM AGRI INVESTMENT FORUM OPENING

(CARICOM) -Boosting agriculture production; the need for financial injection in the sector; the removal of trade barriers; and the necessity for reliable, intra-regional transportation came into sharp focus as the CARICOM Agri Investment Forum and Exposition got underway Thursday. Those matters were the common thread of the remarks of the nine featured speakers at the […]

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 CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) takes note of the release on April 29, 2022, of the Report of the British Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry (COI) with its far-reaching recommendations.   The British Virgin Islands (BVI), a British Overseas Territory, has been an Associate Member of the Community since July 1991.     CARICOM supports the decision of the […]

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 Regional media workers to be sensitised on Free Movement of CARICOM Nationals

Regional media workers to be sensitised on Free Movement of CARICOM Nationals

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is sensitising regional media workers during a webinar, Tuesday 26 April 2022, on the Free Movement of CARICOM Nationals within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The online session is slated to start at 10 am and is a collaboration with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Association of Caribbean […]

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 CARICOM CONDEMNS ATTACK ON HAITI’S PRIME MINISTER

CARICOM CONDEMNS ATTACK ON HAITI’S PRIME MINISTER

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) condemns the armed attack on the Prime Minister of Haiti and his delegation at Gonaives on Saturday 1 January 2022 during the traditional ceremony commemorating the 218th anniversary of Haiti’s independence. The attendance of the Prime Minister of Haiti and his delegation of high officials at the traditional celebration of the […]

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 NEW YEAR STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) HONOURABLE JOHN BRICEÑO PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE

NEW YEAR STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) HONOURABLE JOHN BRICEÑO PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE

A Happy New Year to all, as we usher in 2022 with hope and optimism. The past two years have seen all plans affected by the COVID-19 virus which has caused profound social and economic turmoil. The prospects for our recovery hinge on the urgent acceleration  of vaccinations, which remains alarmingly low in our Community. […]

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 FORMER ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PRIME MINISTER DIES

FORMER ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PRIME MINISTER DIES

(CARICOM)- 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 […]

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 REGION NEEDS TO STRENGTHEN ITS RESOLVE TO ADVANCE A GREEN RESILIENT RECOVERY POST-COVID-19: CARICOM SG TO USAID CLIMATE CHANGE SYMPOSIUM

REGION NEEDS TO STRENGTHEN ITS RESOLVE TO ADVANCE A GREEN RESILIENT RECOVERY POST-COVID-19: CARICOM SG TO USAID CLIMATE CHANGE SYMPOSIUM

CARICOM– “All of us gathered here are well-seized of the fact that climate change and the pandemic, as separate occurrences, are devastating for CARICOM Small Island and Low-lying Coastal Developing States (SIDS).  That double threat compounded by the recent eruption of La Soufrière Volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has stretched our limited human […]

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 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL® (CXC®) STATEMENT ON THE 2021 REGIONAL EXAMINATIONS

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL® (CXC®) STATEMENT ON THE 2021 REGIONAL EXAMINATIONS

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) is cognisant of the many challenges across the region at this time including the debilitating impact of COVID-19 on all areas of society, and all stakeholders operating within the education sector, coupled with the explosive volcanic activity on La Soufrière in St Vincent and the Grenadines.CXC® stands in […]

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