The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the invitation of the Government of Dominica, mounted a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Dominica to observe the country’s General Election which is due to be held on Monday, 8 December 2014.  The seven member Mission comprising members of seve...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Economic and Trade Relations will be among the issues discussed at the Fifth Summit of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba which takes place in Havana, Cuba on Monday 8 December. The...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Exchange of Information on Dangerous (non-food) Consumer Goods (CARREX) is expected to be completely operational at the national and regional levels by the end of 2014. Representatives from national st...

Monday on the occasion of World AIDS Day, Sophia Martelly, the First Lady of Haiti has issued a message of hope. Message from Sophia Martelly : "The World Day against AIDS is once again an opportunity to take stock of the HIV epidemic in Haiti and look it in the face, our achievements and challenge...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Dr. Douglas Slater, CARICOM Secretariat Assistant Secretary-General for  Human and Social Development, was speaking at a brief ceremony to hand over more than G$150,000 worth of food items to the Food Bank of&nb...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The involvement and commitment of the Private Sector are essential to achieving the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) growth and development agenda. That was the message from CARICOM Secretary-General His Excell...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     It has been over three decades since the first case of AIDS was recorded, leaving a trail of crippling fear that gripped the nations of the Caribbean. Though much work is still to be done, the fear is now abating. Mo...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The 2014 World AIDS Day theme is ‘Closing the Gap’. This theme challenges us as Policy makers, programme managers and implementers to identify and develop strategies and policies for closing the gap in re...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     This World AIDS Day brings with it the realization that in less than 400 days the Millennium Development Goals would have expired. It is clear that some targets would not have been achieved. Among them, are those ass...

World AIDS Day provides an opportunity for reflection and resolution.  Not long ago an affliction with HIV and AIDS was literally a death sentence.  Today, thanks to scientific breakthroughs and access to treatment, people with HIV and AIDS are living longer and leading productive lives. &...