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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque responds to questions at the social media interaction on Monday evening in Barbados
CARICOM SG’s social media interaction with youths a success

Youth from across the Region as well as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) diaspora Monday evening got the opportunity to engage in a live social media interaction with the CARICOM Secretary General

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Stage set for CARICOM Summit in Barbados

The theme Vibrant Societies, Resilient Economies, will guide Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government as they tackle a packed agenda at their Thirty-Sixth Summit that will b

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Top three men - (l-r) Pamenos Ballantyne (SVG) 3rd; Cleveland Forde (Guyana) 1st; and Kirk Browne (Jamaica) 2nd
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago take titles: CARICOM 10K

Guyanese Cleveland Forde and Trinidadian Tonya Nero made it two in a row when they retained their male and female titles respectively in the 2015 edition of the CARICOM 10K race held in Bridgetown

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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell (right-background), looks as Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), John Morton (seated left), and Chairman of WRB Enterprises, G. Robert Blan
US initiative financing the largest solar energy facility in the Caribbean

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday June 29, 2015 – The United States is financing the construction of the first utility scale photovoltaic power plant in Jamaica.

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File Photo: Opening Ceremony of the 35th Heads of Government
CARICOM Heads Opening Ceremony on Thursday

Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will assume chairmanship of the 15-Member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on July 1, replacing outgoing Chairman, Perry Christie of the Bahamas.

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Former Turkish President, Suleyman Demirel
CARICOM extends condolences to Turkey on death of former President

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended condolences to the Government and People of Turkey on the passing of the country’s former President His Excellency Suleyman Demirel.

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Barbados Youth Parliament debates CARICOM

As Barbados prepares to host the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of theCaribbean Community (CARICOM) next week, its Youth Parliament is today discussing the topic

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Dr. Kenny D. Anthony
Prime Minister to attend OFID Signing, CARICOM Heads Meeting

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, Planning and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Kenny D. Anthony leaves the state today to travel to Vienna.

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CARICOM heads to continue pushing reparations agenda

When the CARICOM Heads of Government gather in Barbados early next month for the 36th Regular Meeting, they are expected to continue “fleshin

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CARICOM states strong objection to EU “blacklist”

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) strongly objects to the recent decision by the European Commission to "blacklist" a number of Member States of CARICOM on the pretext that there is no cooperation

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Caribbean billed as next hotbed for renewable development

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, CMC - A senior official of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said Wednesday that the agency is convinced of the potential that renewables prese

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CARICOM SG to host social media interaction on entrepreneurship with youth

Young people from across the Region will have an opportunity to interact with the 

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The Rt. Hon Perry Christie, CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of The Bahamas
PM Christie calls for realistic approach towards education

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The three-day meeting of Commonwealth Education Ministers has opened here with Prime Minister Perry Christie calling for the 53-member grouping to “identify realistic an

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Guyanese President David Granger. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS
Climate Change: An Interview with Guyanese President David Granger

Nearly 90 percent of Guyana’s population lives on a narrow coastline strip a half to one metre below sea level.

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Caribbean To Get US$200-Million Energy Facility

Noting that the Caribbean region is faced with high-energy costs and that the use of renewables could help reduce prices, a senior member of Spain's government has indicated that a green-energy fac

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CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General Dr. Douglas Slater with 10K winners Cleveland Forde of Guyana and Tonya Nero of Trinidad and Tobago, in Antigua and Barbuda 2014
CARICOM 10K runs off on Sunday in Barbados

Amateur and professional athletes from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet early Sunday (28 June) to compete in the Eleventh Annual CARICOM 10K Road Race on Bay Street Espl

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New Caribbean Basin Initiative called for focused on tourism

MIAMI, USA -- The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), representing the private sector tourism interests of the region, has called for the establishment of a Caribbean Basin Tourism Init

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CARICOM appeals to Dominican Republic to halt expulsions

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) calls on the Government of the Dominican Republic not to expel tens of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent.

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