STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN 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 […]
Canada is committed to remaining a strong partner for Caribbean countries in these uncertain times, and recognizes that the needs in the region are vast. Canada is providing assistance to help Grenada fight climate change through the establishment of the Canada-CARICOM Climate Adaptation Fund. The Canada-CARICOM Climate Adaptation Fund is valued at CAD $20M and will […]
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Monday 15 June, 2020 received the Report of the CARICOM Observer Team which observed the recount of the General and Regional Elections held in Guyana on 2 March, 2020. The Team was led by Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Youth from across the Community were recently engaged at a special consultation aimed at obtaining their input for the development of a Results-focused Community Strategic Plan 2020+. This virtual consultation, brought together CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, and other youth leaders and representatives from a range of youth organisations and communities including, the Commonwealth […]
CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE FEDERATION OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS GENERAL ELECTIONS, 5 JUNE 2020 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT The CARICOM Election Observation Mission, at the invitation of Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, observed the General Elections held on 5 June 2020. Constituted at short notice, […]
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, 3 June 2020. CCRIF is pleased to announce that its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries ahead of the upcoming 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, ceding over US$1 billion in risk to CCRIF and increasing overall coverage by […]
The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission (CEOM) is scheduled to depart Suriname on Tuesday 2nd June 2020 after having spent a full two weeks in Suriname observing, not only the Election Day activities of 25th May, but also the Pre and Post-Election Day phases. On the eve of its departure from Suriname, the CEOM is pleased to […]
The Caribbean region is mourning the death of one of its most highly respected international public servants, Mr Miles Stoby, who retired from the United Nations Secretariat after decades of service, most of it in the area of economic and social development. Miles Stoby died on May 19 in Muscat, Oman, where he resided. Guyanese […]
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deplores the latest attack by the European Commission on the economic well-being of some of our Member States who were named on 7th May 2020, in a list of third countries with strategic Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies, and which would therefore be subject to enhanced due […]
