Press Releases

By mahtabala, 25 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The urgency of a strategic plan of action to respond to the rapid rate of increase in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean has been underscored by several health officials and experts at a two-day workshop which opened in Barbados on Tuesday.

By mahtabala, 25 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago will hold talks with four countries and an international financial institution on the margins of the meeting which takes place in Port of Spain, on 27-29 November 2009.

By mahtabala, 20 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Youth in St. Kitts weighed in quite emphatically on a number of issues at a National Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) consultation held at the conference room of the Ocean Terrace Inn, on Tuesday, November 17.

By mahtabala, 17 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Thursday unveiled a campaign to promote the Region’s collective position on climate change, ahead of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-18 December, 2009.

By mahtabala, 16 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With just one month to go before the much anticipated report on the situation of Caribbean youth is submitted to the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat has embarked on a series of national consultations to engage key stakeholders in discussions on the findings and recommendations of the draft report.

By mahtabala, 16 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Her Excellency Ambassador Gail Mathurin, Director-General of the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat indicated on Monday that the Region was satisfied with the first round of the CARICOM/Canada Trade and Development Negotiations, held November 9-13 in Bridgetown, Barbados.

By mahtabala, 16 November, 2009

 

 
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The new Director-General of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN), Her Excellency Gail Mathurin was formally introduced to the Region on Monday 16 November, 2009.

The introduction was conducted at media briefing, via video conference involving the media in Guyana and Barbados.

By mahtabala, 13 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) application for US$34.5 million was approved when the Global Fund to fight HIV and AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) met for its 20th Board Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 9-11 November 2009.

This is the ninth time the Global Fund Board has approved funding support for programmes to deal with HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and a total of US$2.4 billion in grant was approved in this round.

By mahtabala, 12 November, 2009

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat yesterday responded to the recurrent call of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Guyana, for voluntary donation of blood of all types.

On Thursday November 12, 2009 the CARICOM Secretariat’s Staff Association organised a blood donation drive at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana.