(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Monday 26 November continued the unveiling of the prodigious array skills and talents that reside within the walls of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Georgetown. The occasion ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     More than 9, 000 young people logged on to new media platforms on Thursday afternoon, to participate in a two hour social media interaction with the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. Dubbed Live...

On October 30-31, the 2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference took place in Antigua and Barbuda at the Sandals Grande Resort.  The two-day conference examined the emerging framework of governance of international finance and new non tax business models to guide the future of C...

As the unemployment rate continues to escalate, especially among young people who comprise about 64% of the region’s population, job creation is one of the most challenging tasks facing Caribbean governments today. By no means confined to the Caribbean, youth unemployment is a global problem,...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Job creation is one of the most challenging tasks facing Caribbean Governments today as the unemployment rate continues to climb steadily, especially among young people who make up roughly 64% of the Region’s population. Youth unemplo...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has facilitated yet another successful national consultation on youth crime and violence. The two-day consultation which was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (US...

he Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum emerged out of the need for a regional mechanism for sharing of information, collaborating, guiding policies, and addressing relevant plant health issues of importance to the Region. The meetings are planned and convened by several agencies and orga...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     There is growing concern about the alarming levels of violence - particularly sexual violence - against the Caribbean Region’s most vulnerable – our children and our youth. Regrettably, there is a deart...

The Ministerial Council overseeing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) agreed to sharpen the focus of CRFM to improve the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the region. The Council held its sixth meeting on 15 June 2012, in Nassau, The Bahamas, to discuss the development o...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The 39th Special  meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED),  slated for Georgetown, Guyana on Friday, will provide the last ministerial platform for environment and sustainable deve...