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 Community (CARICOM) Observer Team for the recount of Guyana’s Regional and General Elections will arrive in Guyana on Friday, 1 May. The three-member team will be led by Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and includes Mr. John Jarvis, Commissioner of […]
Statement by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley,Prime Minister of Barbadoson the Withdrawal of CARICOM High Level Team The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deeply regrets that it has been forced to withdraw the independent High Level Team it fielded on Saturday, 14 March 2020, to supervise the re-counting of the ballots in Region […]
A CARICOM High Level Team is now in Guyana to supervise the re-counting of ballots from the country’s 2 March 2020 Elections. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, on Saturday announced that Guyana’s President Mr David Granger made a request for the Caribbean Community to field an Independent High-Level Team to supervise the […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Wednesday, 15 January 2020 A conspicuous area requiring serious electoral reform relates to the ‘primary and exclusive’ constitutional use of the Voter Identification Card, which is issued to an elector after registration in accordance with section 24 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA, […]
As Election Day approaches in Dominica, the Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), is encouraging ‘peaceful elections.’ Since the Group arrived in Dominica, there have been protests, incidents of civil unrest and threats of violence. The Chairperson of the COG, Zainab Bangura – a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone and former Under-Secretary-General […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, on his re-election to the office on 21 October 2019. In a congratulatory message to Mr Trudeau on behalf of the Community, Secretary-General LaRocque said Canada has been a long-standing partner of CARICOM. Member States […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MONDAY, MAY 28th, 2018 –GIS: Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell was scheduled to return to Grenada Sunday night after traveling to Barbados Sunday, May 27th, to have lunch with Barbados’ new Prime Minister, Honourable Mia Mottley, and several other regional Prime Ministers; as well as to attend the Swearing-in Ceremony of Barbados’ […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FRIDAY, MAY 25th, 2018 –GIS: In a May 25th letter to the new Prime Minister of Barbados, Honourable Mia Mottley, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell wrote: “I congratulate you and the Barbados Labour Party on your unprecedented win at the polls, and subsequent assumption to the leadership of Barbados. […]
