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CARICOM and Costa Rica to promote joint interests

Costa Rica has committed to finding common ground with the Caribbean Community on global climate change positions.

Costa Rica’s first Ambassador to CARICOM, Ms. Lydia Peralta noted  CARICOM-Costa Rica’s shared climate change concerns and interests as she presented her credentials to CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Secretariat Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday.

CARICOM and Costa Rica to promote joint interests

Costa Rica has committed to finding common ground with the Caribbean Community on global climate change positions.

Costa Rica’s first Ambassador to CARICOM, Ms. Lydia Peralta noted  CARICOM-Costa Rica’s shared climate change concerns and interests as she presented her credentials to CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Secretariat Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday.

CARICOM to mount Observation Mission for Haiti’s Elections

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mount an Election Observation Mission in Haiti for the first round of the Presidential Elections and the second round of the Legislative Elections which will take place on 25 October 2015.

 

The fielding of this Mission comes at the request of the Government of Haiti and follows the presence of CARICOM Election Observation Missions in St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

CARICOM-US cooperation hailed for tangible benefits

CARICOM-US deepening cooperation in security, health and energy was underscored Tuesday as Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque received new United States Ambassador to CARICOM Mr. Perry Holloway.

CDB signs agreement with IDB to secure USD 71.5M sustainable energy programme for Eastern Caribbean

MIAMI, FLORIDA October 20, 2015 – More funding has been put in place to facilitate the growth of the renewable energy sector in the Eastern Caribbean.
            The Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean; a  USD 71.5 million loan and grant package was today signed by  Dr. William Warren Smith, President of the Caribbean Development Bank  (CDB) and Luis Alberto Moreno of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

PM Says Government Committed to Organized Process of Hurricane Joaquin Restoration

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Perry Christie declared that The Bahamas Government has made a commitment to reconstruct, to rebuild and to establish an organized process to do so, in the wake of the onslaught of Hurricane Joaquin. He made the statement on October 14, 2015 at the Office of the Prime Minister.