Caribbean Community Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in mourning the passing of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, eulogized him as incomparable, a revered symbol of justice and humanity and a source of inspiration for all. “The People of the Caribbean Community who...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A two-day High Level Meeting on the Rights of Persons Living with Disabilities and Special Needs began in Haiti on Thursday. It is expected to conclude with the signing of the Declaration of Port-au-Prince which shou...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Ambassador John W. Ashe, President of the 68th Session of the General Assembly, and Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund will lead a high level delegation to Trinidad and...

I would like to begin by thanking the CTU – under the leadership of Secretary-General Bernadette Lewis - for the invitation to bring greetings to this Opening Ceremony of the 12th Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar, as part of the CTU “ICT Week”. I would have been pleased ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Heads of Government have decided that ICT will be one of the major topics to be discussed at the upcoming Intercessional meeting in February. This was disclosed by Secretary General of the Caribbean Commu...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has discussed the implications for the Community and Member States on the recent Caribbean Court of Justice ruling in the matter involving Shanique Myr...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Warm greetings to all delegates and CDEMA staff attending the Eighth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management. I am honoured to provide brief remarks at the launch of the CDM Strategy 2014-2024, giv...

As we commemorate World AIDS Day on 1 December and its significance, we do so at a time when the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in its fortieth year of existence, has renewed and heightened its focus on its reason for being.  A Community for All is much more than a tagline! Rather, it reflects ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The first of a series of workshops in preparation for the implementation of the pilot project for the CARICOM After School Activity Programme (ASAP) began on Monday in Anguilla. The workshop which is being implement...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has an “historic opportunity” to demonstrate its relevance to, and its caring for, the citizens of the Region by resolving the issue surrounding the effect of the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court’s Ruling on Nationality on persons of Haitian...