Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will travel to Guyana today (February 18), where he will participate in Guyana’s 2024 Energy Conference and Supply Expo. The conference, themed “Fuelling Transformation and Modernisation”, begins tomorrow (February 19). The Prime Minister is due to deliver an address at the opening ceremony. The event is intended to foster the […]
Dr Joy St John, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and Chair of the Health Safety and Security Sub-Committee (HSSC), led a team of regional stakeholders in a virtual discussion on health surveillance and intelligence in preparation for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Wednesday, 31 January. The HSSC was convened […]
The 16th CARICOM Road Races commenced yesterday, 1 July, with a 5K event at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Ten (10) year-old Chennai Moore captured first prize for the “Female Overall” category, while Isaiah Alder won first prize in the “Male Overall” category. The CARICOM 10 K Race will be LIVE […]
Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda, and Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR); Other Honourable Ministers; Ladies and Gentlemen. Honourable Minister, it gives me immense pleasure to welcome you to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. CARICOM attaches great value to […]
The Region’s quest to achieve a 25 per cent reduction in its high food import bill by 2025 will require a highly skilled cadre of professionals. “We believe that by investing in and building our human resources that we will be able to meet the desired outcomes outlined in our 25 by 2025 strategy. It […]
(Jamaica Information Service Press Release) Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), His Excellency António Guterres, says the organisation stands in full solidarity with Jamaica on various matters of global and national importance. These include Jamaica’s leading role in mediating the situation in Haiti and how to involve the international community, climate change and the impact […]
“In a world where multi-lateral rules-based systems are under strain, CARICOM, as small states, must rely more than ever on focused and coordinated diplomacy based on those principles on which we are founded. We must bolster our relations with like-minded states, and continue to advocate for multilateralism, including a reformed United Nations.” – CARICOM Secretary-General CARICOM […]
The Caribbean Community Secretariat has launched its ‘Food for Lunch‘ conversations that are aimed at highlighting the 25 by 2025 initiative through engagements with the wider community. The initiative aims to reduce the Region’s US$5B food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025 and is being piloted by President of Guyana, His Excellency Mohamed Irfaan Ali, lead head […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) The Directorate of Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, facilitated the Thirty-First Meeting of the Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) yesterday, Tuesday, 25 April, in The Bahamas. In her opening remarks, Ms. Helen Royer, Director, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, referred to the recently completed Regional Symposium on Violence as a […]
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, delivered opening remarks at the Fourth CARICOM-India Ministerial Meeting on Friday, 21 April 2023, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georegtown, Guyana. Please read her remarks below: Honourable Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India; Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda, […]
