(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first Anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 looms, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing its steady and multi-pronged support to this Member State. At a recently concluded meeting ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first anniversary of earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 approaches, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Sir Edwin Carrington is bemoaning the slow disbursement of the aid promised by th...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Failure was not an option”, for Haiti’s reconstruction efforts. That was the charge given to the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) by Special Representative of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Gover...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is among organizations represented on the Board of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission that will oversee the money pledged for Haiti’s reconstruction. The IHRC, which has an 18-month mandate, will be c...

Subsequent to earlier information, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has learnt that four delegates who were attending the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have not been accounted for. ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community‘s (CARICOM) team in Port-au-Prince prepares to relocate to the town of Leogane, a Transition Mission is underway to facilitate the Community’s health initiative in Haiti. CARICOM had identified health...

Bridgetown, Barbados, February 11, 2010 (CDEMA) - CARICOM sends a regional eight member team of health personnel to Haiti. The team of specialists from Barbados and Saint Lucia left for Haiti today to begin two weeks of voluntary service. These individuals will provide emergency and s...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 300 persons from eleven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members have so far been involved in the response to the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January. The Region’s initial respon...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chief Medical Officers within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and representatives of regional institutions will meet on Friday 22 January at the headquarters of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency management Agency (CDEMA) in Bridgetown, Bar...

It is with pleasure that I welcome you to this Special Emergency Meeting and thank, in particular, the representatives from CARICOM institutions that have traveled at short notice to be with us today. While welcoming you, I regret, however, the reasons, which give rise to this Meeting. I am also mos...