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CARICOM vital to regional development

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CARICOM vital to regional development

The role of The Caribbean Community has been identified as indispensable in maintaining consistent within the Region by one regional diplomat. The comments were directed to Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, by new envoy of Grenada to the Caribbean Community Ambassador Arley Salimbi Gill while submitting his letter of credence. In welcoming Mr Gill to the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors, Secretary-General LaRocque apprised him of his role in ensuring that integration has […]

todayApril 8, 2019

Air Transportation Services

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Air Transportation Services in the Region

Heads of Government committed to delivering competitive transportation industry Heads of Government of CARICOM are committed to deliver a competitive transportation industry, and are looking for the right model that would be fiscally appropriate for the provision of air transportation services in the Region. The CARICOM Heads of Government had extensive discussions on regional transportation during their two-day Intersessional Meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis last week. Transportation was a […]

todayMarch 8, 2019

Calls for more investment in statistics systems

Regional News

Greater Investment in Statistics

Calls for more investment in statistics systems, focus on literacy Greater investment in statistics, and the infusion of statistics in schools to help to demystify the science and attract younger minds, were among the rallying calls at the Third High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics. The Forum was held Friday 22 February 2019, at the Grenada Trade Centre in St. George’s under the theme ‘Investing in Statistics to Build Resilience […]

todayFebruary 26, 2019

Four-phased "Montevideo Mechanism"

Regional News

Four-phased “Montevideo Mechanism”

CARICOM, Mexico and Uruguay propose four-phased "Montevideo Mechanism" to resolve the dire situation in Venezuela The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis – describes the international conference taking place tomorrow, Thursday, February 7th, in Montevideo, Uruguay as an effort by the participating countries to resolve the dire situation in Venezuela. Out of both concern over the […]

todayFebruary 5, 2019

CARICOM and Venezuela

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CARICOM hold special meeting on Venezuela

CARICOM Heads of Government today, Friday, February 1st, 2019, continued to demonstrate their deep resolve in advancing a solution to the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela during a meeting held via videoconference, which lasted several hours.  This was their second emergency meeting on Venezuela in the space of a week, the first one being held on Thursday, January 24th. From Government Headquarters in Basseterre, the Chairman of the Caribbean Community […]

todayFebruary 3, 2019

Drug Reduction

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Drug Demand Reduction initiatives

Two Regional Workshops to build the capacity of more than 45 participants working with youth and adolescents from the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) of ACP States  with problematic drug use, will be held on 4 -9 February, in Trinidad and Tobago. The CARICOM Secretariat is collaborating with the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organisation of American States and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, […]

todayFebruary 3, 2019