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March 19, 2012 - "Caricom is in crisis. This is for three reasons: Longstanding frustrations with its slow progress have continued to mount; a serious weakening in its structure and operation over a number of years; continuing economic retrenchment since the 2008 financial crisis and a risk of a further downturn in 2012."
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana - March 14, 2012- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has launched an online system which allows consumers in 14 Member States to alert authorities on dangerous products which they detect in the market.
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March 10, 2012 - Heads of Government agreed that the Secretary-General would begin the process of restructuring of the Secretariat through the recruitment of a change facilitator to support him in that exercise and the strengthening of the corporate functions in the first instance. In a parallel exercise, the Bureau of Conference would work with an internal group from the Secretariat to facilitate improving regional governance and implementation. This process will involve the drawing up of the outline of a five-year strategic plan in time for ..the Conference in July.
Feb. 23, 2012 - The Caribbean Community is in "crisis". And the discouraging news is official. Confirmation on the nature of the 'crisis' is outlined in a comprehensive report, based on a mandated assessment that's now in the possession of Heads of Government of the 15-member Community.
Feb. 1, 2012 - The stage has been set
for the convening of the Twenty-Second Meeting of
the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Human
and Social Development (COHSOD) on 2 February 2012
in Georgetown, Guyana.
Remarks: William Hague, Sec. of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs at 7th UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Jan-12
- Government, Politics, Int'l Relations , CARICOM
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana - Jan. 23, 2012 - First, we have significantly increased our development programme for the Caribbean. With plans to invest 75-million pounds over a 4-year period, a considerable increase on previous aid budgets, we see it as a sign of our strong commitment to the region as well as right and necessary in itself.
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana - Jan. 18, 2012 - Mr Terrence Bastian, Auditor General of The Bahamas was on Tuesday elected as the first Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat’s Audit Committee.
Dec. 10, 2011 - WE, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) and of the Republic of Cuba,
meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 8
December 2011 on the occasion of the Fourth
CARICOM-Cuba Summit;
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- Aug. 16, 2011 - Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis on Monday said that the assumption of office by the new Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, marks a turning point in the history of the Community.
CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- July 22, 20110-- Ambassador Irwin
LaRocque has been selected to serve as the seventh
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
by the Heads of Government. Ambassador LaRocque, 56,
a national of Dominica replaces His Excellency Sir
Edwin Carrington of Trinidad and Tobago.
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June 17, 2011 - Dr. the Honourable Errol Cort, Minister of National Security and
Labour of Antigua and Barbuda
and Chairman of the Caribbean Community’s Council of Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE), met today via
video conference with staff of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and
Security (IMPACS) and its two sub agencies, to appraise them on the latest developments
and to engage them in the process of restoring confidence, following a series
of allegations in the press.
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- June 2, 2011 -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) has commissioned a special-purpose audit to probe further into the operations of the Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS).
Joint OAS-CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission Highlights Technical, Organizational and Security Improvements in Haiti Elections
- By S Coward
- Published 27-May-11
- CARICOM , Government, Politics, Int'l Relations
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May 27, 2011 - The Joint Electoral Observation Mission (JEOM) in Haiti deployed by the
Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) recently highlighted that, in terms of efficiency, the second
round of the presidential and legislative elections in the Caribbean
country “was indeed far superior to the first round from a technical,
organizational and security point of view.”
May 24, 2011 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Trade Ministers have agreed that CARICOM’s responses
must be bold, innovative and multisectoral to ease
the consequences of the soaring costs of fuel and
commodities on the Region. They therefore
recommended a number of measures aimed at combating
the proble.