(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) "The Way Forward" presented by Yvonne Holder, Technical Coordinator of the Technical Action Services Unit at the CARICOM Secretariat ended the three-day Sustainable Livelihoods for CARICOM Youth Workshop held in Saint Lucia from 8-10 July.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At least two CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have ensured that the voices of youth resounded on the issue of Sexual Health and Reproduction, through their participation in a panel discussion held Tuesday 11 July in Saint Lucia, in observance of World Population Day.

The exercise was staged by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and involved more than 30 CYAs, as well as local and regional officials. It was moderated by Dominica’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Fenella Wenham.

The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) has fully accredited the University of the West Indies’ Medical Programme, lauding it for its “outstanding students, enthusiastic and committed teachers including residents (house staff).

In a letter to the Vice Chancellor of the UWI, Professor Nigel Harris, the Board of CAAM-HP noted that “graduates of the MBBS course of UWI, achieve high international standards at the time of graduation.”

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The countries and peoples of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were recently celebrated in Cuba as part of its Twenty-Sixth Caribbean Festival, Feast of Fire held 3-9 July in the city of Santiago de Cuba.

With the Ninth Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA 1X) billed for 22 September-1 October in Trinidad and Tobago, CARICOM’s Consultant for CARIFESTA, Dr. Carole Maison-Bishop used the Festival as a platform to promote the Caribbean cultural exposition.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) If all goes well, Alien Invasive Species (IAS) such as the Hibiscus Mealybug which destroyed, among others, okra crops in some CARICOM Member States could well be a thing of the past in the Caribbean. This could be the case as the Caribbean has mapped a policy framework for tackling IAS with the development of the Caribbean Regional Invasive Species Intervention Strategy (CRISIS) and the establishment of the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA)

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The policies and programmes for the agriculture sector in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as set out in the Jagdeo Initiative will ensure that the Region’s agriculture sector is given priority in order for it to become sustainable.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) from across the Region met in Saint Lucia over the weekend to be updated on recent developments within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and to develop a regional framework for integrating sustainable livelihood into HIV/AIDS prevention projects.

News release 146/2006
(06 July 2006)

The Government and the people of St. Kitts and Nevis are honoured to welcome our sister countries of CARICOM to participate in this annual summit.

This meeting comes at an auspicious moment when the already instituted CARICOM Single Market is celebrating at the same time as the 25th Anniversary of the Treaty of Basseterre, which created the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS); as you know a sub-region of CARICOM among countries that enjoy common services.

The Twenty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, from 3 to 6 July 2005. Dr. the Honourable Kenny D. Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Chairman of CARICOM, presided over the Meeting of the Conference.