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“Celebrating CARICOM” Day with the CARICOM Song!

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Forty two years ago (July 4, 1973) the CARICOM founding fathers came together and signed the Treaty of Chaguarama

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CARICOM Competition Commission Completes the Preliminary Examination of CWC’s Agreement to Acquire…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Competition Commission (“the Commission”) hereby provides an update to its

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Hon. Perry Christie - Outgoing Chairman
Remarks by the Hon. Perry G. Christie Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and…

I am pleased to be back in Barbados for this formal handing over ceremony of the Chair of the Caricom Community.  It has been an honour and a privilege for The Bahamas and for me personally to

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Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis
Address by Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis At the Opening…

It is indeed a great pleasure and an honour for me to address this distinguished gathering on behalf of the people of St.Kitts and Nevis.

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ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena addressing the meeting. At her left is Secretary General of the Organisation of American States, Luis Almagro Lemes.
Top ECLAC official calls for debt write-off for CARICOM states

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 3, 2015– Caribbean leaders appear to be giving serious consideration to making a proposal requesting the gradual write-off of billions of dollars in external debt.

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United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon addresses the opening ceremony of the 36th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM
Continue to be voices of the vulnerable – UN SG tells CARICOM

Praising the Caribbean as a place of ideas, examples and solutions, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be voices of the vu

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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
CARICOM’s Priorities aligned with the Global Agenda says Secretary General

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, addressing the opening session of the Thirty-Si

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Premier of Montserrat Hon. Donaldson Romeo addresses the Opening Ceremony
Address by the Hon. Donaldson Romeo Premier of Montserrat at the Opening of the Thirty–Sixth…

I recognize that protocols have been established, but please allow me to recognize our Host Governor General Sir  Elliot  Belgrave.

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Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Mini ster  of Barbados
Remarks by the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados, on the occasion of the High-…

Colleague Prime Ministers, Ministers of Cabinet, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am delighted to endorse the sentiment already exp ressed by Foreign Minister Maxine McCl

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Dr. Warren Smith, President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
CDB President Outlines Huge Possible Cost Of Inaction On Climate Change

Without appropriate and effective action, the adverse effects of climate change could cost Caribbean countries up to 75% of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2100.  This according to Dr.

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Chairman of CARICOM the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart
Address by the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados, on the occasion of the Thirty-…

Fifty years ago, in response to a letter from Errol Barrow received on the 27th day of June,  1965, the then Premier of British Guyana, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, came to Barbados on the 4

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Chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister Perry Christie of The Bahamas (File Photo)
PM Christie rallies Heads of Government to address challenges youth face

Outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community, the Rt. Honourable Perry G.

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Brigadier David Granger, MSS President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Address by Brigadier David Granger, MSS President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the…

I am honoured to join fellow Heads of Government here in beautiful Barbados at this Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.  We wish t

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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin La Rocque
Creativity and innovation alive in CARICOM: Regional platforms such as the CSME providing…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     This is the view of CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin La Rocque, in his Remark

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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
Remarks By the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the…

Welcome to the Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.

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UN Secretary General to launch UNAIDS and Lancet Commission Report: defeating AIDS –Advancing…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM and UNAIDS are hosting the Launch of the Report of the UNAIDS and Lancet Commission: Defeating AIDS- Advancing glob

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His Excellency Andrés-Navarro-García, Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic
“CARICOM Ambassadors Meeting with His Excellency Andres Navarro Garcia, Foreign Minister of the…

(MFA) – 30th June, 2015: Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic H.E.

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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
SG hosts Ambassadors accredited to CARICOM

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque hosted Ambassadors accredited to CARICOM to a Breakfast Meeting on Thursday morning.

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UN Secretary General says MOU signed by the Government of Barbados and UN Women is a step towards…

UN Women today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office of the Attorney General of the Government of Barbados to support strengthening of the resources of the police and Courts to effec

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