(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, Friday, 30 October 2020) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Antigua and Barbuda on its thirty-ninth Anniversary of Independence, to be observed on 1 November 2020 under the theme ‘One Purpose, One Vision, One Nation’. “Antigua and Barbuda has made remarkable progress in those 39 years, which is the result […]
Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, will join fellow regional heads for the Forty-first Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government on today. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic, including its health and economic implications for countries, will be one of the critical agenda items to be discussed by the regional leaders at the […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, Tue., 27 Oct. 2020) – COVID-19 and its impact on the Caribbean Community will be among matters for consideration by CARICOM Heads of Government when they meet via video-conference on Thursday 29 November 2020. This Forty-first Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government is expected to examine the health, […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, Mon., 26 Oct. 2020) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the country’s forty-first anniversary of Independence, which it celebrates on 27 October 2020. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – 15 October 2020) – It is my pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to send greetings on the launch of the Twelfth Observance of Caribbean Statistics Day on 15 October 2020. This year also marks the Third Observance of World Statistics Day, which is being observed on […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deplores the ongoing unilateral, arbitrary and non-transparent blacklisting strategy employed by the European Union (EU) against CARICOM Member States. The most recent inclusion of CARICOM States to the blacklist of alleged non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and jurisdictions identified as being deficient in the area of Anti-Money […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Tuesday, 6 Oct. 2020) – CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated Bermuda’s Premier Hon. David Burt and his Progressive Labour Party (PLP) on their resounding victory in the General Elections of 1 October 2020. Premier Burt’s PLP won 30 of the 36 seats at stake, up from […]
The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), signed a General Agreement for Technical Cooperation, which will establish a broad framework for collaboration on initiatives geared towards the advancement of agriculture development in the Caribbean region. While the vital importance of the agricultural sector as a pillar of growth […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 28 Sept. 2020) – Actions to prevent and eliminate violence against women are being strengthened by the Caribbean Community and partners with a newly launched programme called the Spotlight Initiative Regional Programme Caribbean. The programme is so named as it is intended to bring focused attention to this […]
