On Monday 29 February 2016, the CARICOM Secretariat launched at the Regional Forum on Youth Crime and Violence in Georgetown, Guyana, three one-minute animated public service announcements on the topics of bullying, love and belonging, and the Ideal Caribbean Youth. One of the areas that needs to b...

The CARICOM Secretariat pushes toward consolidating the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) with sensitization sessions for judges in competition law and policy. This Tuesday, March 8, the first of these workshops kicks off in Jamaica at The Court of Appeal. Seven judges of the court will be pa...

 As part of efforts to enhance their electoral partnership, the CARICOM Secretariat and the United Nations (UNDP/UNDPA) will conduct a BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) workshop and round table discussion for participants from the CARICOM Region in Guyana, next ...

As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to lobby for the removal of Member States from the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Friday raised the issue with newly accredited Ambassador of Portugal to CARICOM His Excellency Fernando Teles Fa...

The Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) came to a close on Friday. Minister for Youth Development and Sports Saint Lucia Hon. Shawn Edward chaired the two-day proceedings where Ministers and officials with responsibility for youth development came together t...

CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) from Belize and Vice Dean of the CYAs Tarun Butcher has challenged delegates of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) to do everything in their power to get the optimum participation of young people in the activities of the Caribbean Community. Ms. Butc...

It is my pleasure to warmly welcome you to the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth and Culture.  I welcome, especially, those of you who are visiting our Community Headquarters for the first time.   To the Hon. Evans Rogers, Minister of ...

Guyana’s Minister for Public Security, Hon. Khemraj Ramjattan, called for the crafting of   a culture that makes youth assets rather than liabilities. The Minister made this call at the Official Opening of  the two-day Regional Forum on Youth Crime and Violence which opened toda...

Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan, Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Co-operative Republic of Guyana   Chair, Dr Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat   His Excellency, José Maria Fernandez Lopez de Turiso, Plenip...

It is a real pleasure to be here with you today and deliver some opening remarks at this Preparatory meeting to the CARIFORUM Civil Society Consultative Committee.   The    text   of   the    EU-CARIFORUM   Economic   Partn...