PATTERSON DESCRIBES DUVALIER’S RETURN TO HAITI AS PRECIPITOUS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Special Representative for Haiti, Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has called for the international community to allow Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to rule on the disputed first round of Presidential el...
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HEALTH SECTOR BEST OPTION FOR CARICOM ASSISTANCE TO HAITI - SG

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The danger posed by injuries and the anticipated outbreak of disease in Haiti and the Community’s capacity to respond informed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) decision to focus mainly on health in Port au Prince, the Secreta...
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REGIONAL OFFICIALS MEET IN JAMAICA ON HAITI RECOVERY PROJECTS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials will meet with their Haitian counterparts and officers of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in Kingston, Jamaica, January 5-7, 2011, in a high-level and broad-based meeting with critical focus on b...
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CARICOM SG BEMOANS HAITI RECONSTRUCTION AID SLOW DISBURSEMENT

(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...
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STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE BRUCE GOLDING, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), REGARDING THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is distressed and extremely saddened by the deadly effect of the cholera epidemic currently ravaging the people of its Member State, Haiti. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of t...
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Cyber-Scam War

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, particularly those aligned to the Jamaica Bankers' Association (JBA), have pooled human and financial resources in an all-out effort to smash an emerging debit-card scam that is threatening the security confidence of the electronic banking system in Jamaica. For the fir...
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