Tobago Readies New Anti-Crime Plan

Tobago’s government is planning a new push to combat crime, according to Chief Secretary Orville London. The new plan involves more cameras, the creation of a canine unit and greater surveillance at ports of entry, London said. The plan, drafted by Tobago’s Assistant Commissioner of Po...
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Prosperity and Security focus of 8th Caribbean-UK Ministerial Forum

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and the Dominican Republic and Premiers from the UK overseas territories met in London on 16-17 June 2014 for their biennial high-level talks with the Foreign Office Minister for the Cari...
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St Kitts and Nevis to pilot Regional Youth Security Programme

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 05, 2014 (SKNIS): An eighteen month programme which targets the safety of youth in schools and communities is a new initiative between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis. At a recently held National Consultation and Launch of the ...
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Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies in the Caribbean

This CARICOM presentation outlines regional trends, risk factors, and strategic responses related to adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean. It links early sexual initiation, gender norms, sexual abuse, and limited access to reproductive health services with broader social development and protection ...
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Remarks by the Hon. Kamla Persad- Bissessar, Prime Minster of Trinidad and Tobago   At the Opening of the Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting Of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM Buccament Bay, Vincent and the Grenadines

I take great pleasure today in formally passing Chairmanship of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to Dr The Honourable Ralph Gonzalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. I congratulate him and express my sincerest hope that his tenure will...
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