STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR OWEN ARTHUR, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS It is with deep regret that I learnt of the passing of Professor Owen Arthur, the former Prime Minister of Barbados. [caption id="a...

Statement on the Passing of Owen Seymour Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados by Dr. the Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Owen Seymour Arthur, the distinguished former Prime Minister of Barbados...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has managed the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to great effect, ensuring that its cases have been kept low relative to larger and more affluent parts of the international community. CARICOM Member States have been ranked among the best in the world in ...

CARICOM Day 2020 is like no other in our history.  We celebrate today in an environment dominated by the continuing health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let me, at the outset, extend my deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones; and I wish a speedy recovery to th...

Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been given access to the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), a procurement system for supplies and equipment in the fight against COVID-19. The AMSP unlocks immediate access to an African and global base of vetted manufacturers and proc...

Many of us have observed with great sadness what has been transpiring in Guyana. It is more than 100 days since the people of Guyana went to the polls. And yet there is no declared result. From the very beginning we have been clear and said consistently that every vote must count and every vote m...

This forum provides an opportunity for education leaders to have a conversation about their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic - their successes, their challenges, their recommendations for moving forward, and the opportunities that this COVID-19 pandemic provides for their growth and developm...

The CARICOM Election Observation Mission to the 5 June 2020 General Elections in St. Kitts and Nevis has concluded that the results of the elections reflect the will of the people. The Mission, in a Preliminary Statement, said its assessment of the Election Day activities was that the voters were...

The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission (CEOM) is scheduled to depart Suriname on Tuesday 2nd June 2020 after having spent a full two weeks in Suriname observing, not only the Election Day activities of 25th May, but also the Pre and Post-Election Day phases.  [caption id="attachment_22507" al...

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda says it is reconsidering asking tourists to quarantine at their hotel and could also drop the requirement for an advanced COVID-19 negative test result. This as the island is slated to reopen its borders on June 1 with tourist arrivals expected within a few days...