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Stabroek News
April 4, 2018
CARICOM National Drug Observatories representatives will benefit from a regional seminar to be held today and tomorrow in Georgetown. The CARICOM Secretariat said in a statement yesterday that it has collaborated with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to strengthen theÃÂ ...
Trinidad & Tobago Express
April 4, 2018
NOT satisfied with his divisive politics at home, US president Donald Trump has embarked on a foreign intervention to demonstrate “solidarity” with his controversial Israeli colleague, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the expense of suffering Palestinians, 18 of whom were killed on Good Friday byÃÂ ...
Barbados Today
April 3, 2018
A few years ago then Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar raised regional eyebrows – and not for the first time – when she cautioned reporters at a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Jamaica that Trinidad and Tobago must not be regarded as the region's automated teller machine (ATM).
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
April 3, 2018
Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Caribbean Community National Drug Observatories representatives will benefit from a regional seminar April 4-5 in Georgetown, Guyana. The CARICOM Secretariat has collaborated with the Inter American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to strengthen theÃÂ ...
ESPN
April 2, 2018
Chris Dehring, the tournament director of next year's ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, has applauded the security and immigration initiatives agreed by the Prime Ministers of CARICOM, which will enable free movement of fans between the nine host nations plus Dominica. Speaking from theÃÂ ...
Prensa Latina
March 30, 2018
Kingston, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) In efforts to build the Caribbean''s capacity in the delivery of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)''s Green Engineering Syllabus, CXC will be hosting a three-day boot camp in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The boot camp scheduled for April 4-6 will seeÃÂ ...
Barbados Today
March 30, 2018
We know that we can't speak for all of our fellow citizens, but we would like to publicly declare that one of the major things that we hold on to as sons and daughters of the Caribbean to give ourselves a feeling of pride, accomplishment and hope for the future, is our Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Jamaica Observer
March 25, 2018
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDEB) says it is providing US$750,000 for a programme aimed at assisting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries strengthen intra-regional trade. It said Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Guyana, St Lucia, andÃÂ ...
The Star Newspaper
March 25, 2018
Earlier in March news broke that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was officially assessing the application of Curacao and Sint Maarten for associate membership. These two islands are separated by 900 km of water but they share a cultural heritage, central bank, and a view that within CARICOM aÃÂ ...
Caribbean360.com
March 24, 2018
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday March 23, 2018 – The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved US$750,000 in funding for a programme that will assist the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with strengthening intra-regional trade. At least five countries – Antigua andÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
March 23, 2018
“We are collaborating with the airlines and they are collaborating with us. The revised Multilateral Agreement Services Agreement (MASA), which CARICOM heads talked about in Haiti, is about to be a reality. Persons will see that significant progress is being made…not fast enough. Intra-Caribbean tourismÃÂ ...
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
March 23, 2018
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved USD$750,000 in funding for a programme that will assist the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with strengthening intra-regional trade. At least five countries – Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada,ÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
March 23, 2018
“We are collaborating with the airlines and they are collaborating with us. The revised Multilateral Agreement Services Agreement (MASA), which CARICOM heads talked about in Haiti, is about to be a reality. Persons will see that significant progress is being made…not fast enough. Intra-Caribbean tourismÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
March 23, 2018
HEALTH Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has endorsed a Caricom-led initiative aimed at reducing lifestyle diseases across the Caribbean through improved diets. The four-year project, dubbed 'Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in Caricom', will feature coordinated interventionsÃÂ ...
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
March 23, 2018
Georgetown, Guyana – The Republic of Slovenia and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are moving to further deepen relations. New Ambassador of Slovenia to CARICOM H.E. Stanislav Vidovič, in a ceremony for the presentation of his credentials to Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocqueÃÂ ...
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
March 23, 2018
Photo: Dave Reid Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), greets Senior Programme Officer with the International Development Research Centre in Canada, Dr. Zee Leung, during a workshop for the 'Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in CARICOM' project at TheÃÂ ...
Antigua Observer
March 23, 2018
The Mission will prepare a full report for submission to the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), H.E. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, which will include recommendations and suggestions for strengthening the electoral process in Antigua and Barbuda. The CARICOM ElectionÃÂ ...
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
March 22, 2018
“The mission will prepare a full report for submission to Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) H.E. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, which will include recommendations and suggestions for strengthening the electoral process in Antigua and Barbuda,” the preliminary statement said.
teleSUR English
March 21, 2018
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has established a mission to observe Antigua and Barbuda's general elections, which are scheduled to take place ... According to a release issued by Caricom Secretariat, the role of the Caricom Election Observation Mission (CEOM) “is to observe the electoral processÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
March 20, 2018
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) – A 10 member Caribbean Community (Caricom) Electoral Mission (CEOM) has arrived here to monitor Wednesday's general election. The team, headed by the chief elections officer in Guyana, Keith Lowenfield, includes members from the Bahamas, Barbados; Jamaica, St KittsÃÂ ...
Trinidad & Tobago Express
March 15, 2018
We have just witnessed another intersessional meeting of Caricom leaders in Haiti at which some prominence was given to the need for some measure of political control of cricket West Indies. Once again there has been concern as to whether the leaders have not been failing in their ability to advance theÃÂ ...
Barbados Advocate
March 14, 2018
By year end the CARICOM Secretariat will be hard at work getting the framework in place for the new strategic plan for the Caribbean Community. That's the word from Craig Beresford, Director of Strategic Management with the CARICOM Secretariat. He was speaking yesterday morning during the start of aÃÂ ...
St. Lucia News Online
March 13, 2018
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observer Mission (CEOM) has conducted initial assessments and has met with key stakeholders as the March 13 General Elections in Grenada draws near. The CEOM, led by Chief of Mission Ms Pauline Welsh, Director ofÃÂ ...
Caribbean360.com
March 2, 2018
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday March 2, 2018 – The Government of Barbados has expressed concern that citizens of Haiti have to obtain visas in order to travel to some CARICOM member states, although it is a member of the regional integration movement. “Barbados has always thought that this was aÃÂ ...
Venezuelanalysis.com
March 2, 2018
As such, we appeal to all Caricom heads of Government to recognise that the inherent dignity of our nations demand that we fully embrace the fundamental international law principles that underlie our Caribbean Community — principles that enjoin us to unite to defend a sister nation against an imperialÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
March 1, 2018
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has firmly rejected international intervention in Venezuela and said the 15 nations, which form the organization, would maintain its current relations with the South American country. The statements come following the end of CARICOM's 29th Inter-sessional meetingÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
February 26, 2018
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders began a two-day intersessional summit here yesterday amid concerns that the regional integration movement was being fractured by some countries not adhering to decisions taken “behind closed doors”. Grenada's PrimeÃÂ ...
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
February 26, 2018
Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this morning to attend the 29th Inter-sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Port-au-Prince Haiti. The Prime Minister will also use the inter-sessional to engage his colleague Heads ofÃÂ ...
Barbados Today
February 25, 2018
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart travelled to Port-au Prince, Haiti yesterday to attend the Twenty-Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), being held in the French-speaking member state. The summit opens tomorrow at the MarriottÃÂ ...
Bahamas Tribune
February 24, 2018
#PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The Bahamas' advance delegation to the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the CARICOM heads of government arrived in Haiti Thursday afternoon. #The two-day Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) conclave will be held on Monday and Tuesday.
Demerara Waves Online News Guyana
February 23, 2018
Shot and injured is Lionel Persaud, a senior official at Caricom. Police sources said the bandits carted off GY$264,000. He sustained a gunshot wound to his upper right foot. The Guyana Police Force did not disclose the name of the robbery victim, only describing him as a Deputy Programme Manager whoÃÂ ...
Loop St Lucia
February 23, 2018
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has commended Saint Lucia for ensuring that issues related to sustainable development are placed at the forefront of the regional and international agenda. The commendation came in a congratulatory message to SaintÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
February 23, 2018
Caricom is a fine neo-colonial forum which celebrates the best of British and the African diasporas. The Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) is overtly economic, excludes brown nations, taps poor black Dutch, French nations and is woefully short on finance and managerial muscle. It reprises WestÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
February 19, 2018
And so, one is forced to query why three of our Caribbean Community (Caricom) member states — Jamaica, St Lucia, and Guyana — would remove themselves from our collective regional umbrella and, instead, associate themselves with this “big power” campaign of subversion against a fellow developingÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
February 18, 2018
Caribbean Community (Caricom) states are being urged to loosen their chokehold on the concept of sovereignty and move now to fully embrace all tenets of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, specifically the Caribbean Single, Market and Economy (CSME). The call was made by Jamaica's former Prime MinisterÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
February 18, 2018
The report of the Caricom Review Commission, chaired by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has, at long last, been tabled in Parliament by ... relations within the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and CARIFORUM which is Caricom plus Spanish-speaking neighbour, the Dominican Republic.
Jamaica Observer
February 17, 2018
Roderick Rainford, former secretary general of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping, said yesterday he was pleased that many of the decisions taken by regional leaders to deepen the regional integration movement had not been implemented over the years. Speaking at the University of the WestÃÂ ...
Radio Cadena Agramonte
February 17, 2018
Kingston, Feb 16.- Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness will assume the presidency of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, from July 1 to December 31, authorities reported today. The governor general of the island, Patrick Allen, made such an announcement on Thursday during his Throne SpeechÃÂ ...
Antigua Observer
February 17, 2018
The lack of transparency surrounding the finances of the CARICOM Secretariat has found its way into the “Golding Report,” which examines relations between Jamaica and CARICOM and CARIFORUM, with a call for the revamping of the institution's accountability procedures. The report was commissionedÃÂ ...
Jamaica Gleaner
February 6, 2018
The Cabinet is not in agreement with all elements of the Report of the Commission to Review Jamaica's Relations within the CARICOM and CARIFORUM ... to Holness in March 2017, points out, among other things, that Jamaica has recorded a sustained trade deficit with CARICOM over the last 20 years.
Prensa Latina
February 6, 2018
06 de febrero de 2018, 00:22Georgetown, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The detection of false and low-quality drugs in CARICOM states should be reported to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha), an official source stated today. For compliance with the indication, the countries should rely on the newlyÃÂ ...
Jamaica Gleaner
February 4, 2018
Seven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to benefit from a new multi-country strategy for technical cooperation in health through 2024. The strategy was signed between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts- Nevis,ÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
February 3, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has praised the leadership of Dominican Dr Carissa Etienne, who ... CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque said her re-election was as a result of her sterling performance during the first five years.
Trinidad Guardian
February 1, 2018
Last week, the Energy Chamber hosted another successful annual Energy Conference. The theme was “Maximising Value through Collaboration” and in attendance were industry and government representatives, executives and thought leaders from across the local and regional energy sectors andÃÂ ...
The Reporter Belize
January 26, 2018
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Marijuana Commission, which was established to investigate the issue of marijuana use in the region, submitted a status report in preparation for the presentation of findings later this year. The 10-member commission submitted its report this week, notingÃÂ ...
Jamaica Gleaner
January 26, 2018
Why is it that I can never hear or see a coherent vision from our business leaders and politicians on CARICOM? It doesn't seem like there is anything within CARICOM to do anything useful. Nobody seem to know where they want CARICOM to go. It then makes me question yet again the usefulness of thisÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
January 24, 2018
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) Regional Marijuana Commission established to investigate the issue of marijuana use in the region has submitted a status report, the Guyana-based Caricom Secretariat has announced. It said that the 10-member commission,ÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
January 23, 2018
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have indicated a willingness to work with China regarding the socio-economic development of the 15-member grouping. Foreign ministers of the nine CARICOM countries which recognise Beijing met with their Chinese counterpart,ÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
January 20, 2018
Across the Caribbean the strongest view expressed about cannabis is that it ought to be decriminalised or legalised, says head of Caricom's Regional Commission on Marijuana, Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine. Speaking to reporters after a town meeting at Holy Trinity Activity Centre in NewÃÂ ...
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
January 20, 2018
The 2014 approval of the Strategic Plan for the Caribbean Community 2015-2019 by CARICOM heads of government, marked a cross-road for the community. The document clearly articulated the need for a more results-focused approach to programme and project management, which would respond toÃÂ ...
