Antibiotics resistance – a growing concern for CARICOM

Community Institutions issue Joint Statement The CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) and the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) have expressed concern about the new global threat of antibiotics resistance. In a Joint Statement issued on the occasion of World Consumer Rig...
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CARICOM continually accesses performance -SG

As International Development Partners (IDPs) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet to examine the priority areas for development in the Community and to match the IDPs interests and resources with those priorities, the IDPs have been  assured that CARICOM continually assesses its performan...
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CARICOM, Australia strengthen ties

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Australia continue to strengthen an already rewarding relationship, which among other things, has seen 128 CARICOM nationals benefitting from major scholarship programmes and leadership awards. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday 9 ...
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Saint Lucian Tertiary Students Head to Suriname

The CARICOM Secretariat is winding down the project ‘Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotion’ with the first of the final three missions for 2016 getting underway this Monday, March 14. Nineteen Saint Lucian tertiary students from the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC)...
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Both men and women should promote gender equality – CARICOM DSG

She was speaking on Tuesday at a luncheon held in commemoration of International Women’s Day at the CARICOM Secretariat in Turkeyen, Guyana. The event was planned and executed by the CARICOM Secretariat Staff Association. The Deputy Secretary-General said many changes were necessary for ...
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A call for more women in electoral processes

 On the eve of International Women’s Day, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan has called for the increased involvement of women in the electoral processes. She made the call to a group of senior officials in electoral m...
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CARICOM SG congratulates new Jamaica PM

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended heartiest congratulations to newly elected Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mr. Andrew Holness. “I look forward to working with you in continuing to strengthen our integration movement in the interest of the people of Jamaica and of t...
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