Caricom in a sentence

For CARICOM's 40th anniversary, a competition to compose an official song or anthem for CARICOM was launched in April 2013 citation to promote choosing a song that promoted unity and inspired CARICOM identity and pride.

As CARICOM celebrates its 50th anniversary, Trudeau said he will participate in group discussions and bilateral meetings with CARICOM leaders.

In a significant development, CARICOM Heads of Government decided in July 2023 to extend free movement to all CARICOM nationals by March 2024, aiming to remove existing impediments to intra-regional mobility.

CARICOM has not pronounced on its attitude if Granger is sworn in but two issues are important when one looks at how CARICOM will move.

Godwin Hulse, Former Minister of Agriculture: What it is is that Belize is a member of CARICOM and the CARICOM community under the treaty of Chaguaramas created a single market.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Jamaica earlier this week was primarily to garner Caribbean support for Almagro, Washington clearly wanting as many CARICOM nations as possible to vote against a candidate proposed by CARICOM nations.

CARICOM Chairman Timothy Harris (far right) and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque engages EU and Ecuadorean officials ahead of meeting with International Contact Group on Venezuela.

In reference to the above, it is the duty of all leaders of CARICOM member states to oversee, as much as is reasonably possible, the actions of each other so as to protect the integrity of CARICOM and the well-being of its citizens.

When questioned in July of this year after the CCJ’s rulings, Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque had sought to deny reports that Caricom has not been active enough in trying to ensure Guyana remains a democratic and not authoritative State.

Delegates attending the CARICOM breakfast meeting (L-R) Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr. Douglas Slater; Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris; Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt.

The half-day meeting discussed the right of CARICOM nationals to enter another member state; the right for 6 months’ automatic stay, the issuing of the CARICOM Skills Certificates, the right of establishment and the provision of services.

A second-place entry titled My CARICOM came from Jamaican Adiel Thomas who won US$5,000, and a third-place song titled One CARICOM by Carmella Lawrence of St. Kitts and Nevis, won US$2,500.

As the most industrialized and second-largest country in the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has taken a leading role in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and strongly supports CARICOM economic integration efforts.

According to a press release from the Indian High Commission in Guyana, the meeting of Foreign Ministers has been seen as another meaningful step towards institutionalising the high-level engagements between India and the CARICOM nations.

According to CARICOM, this approach includes a common financial consumer protection regime, legal and regulatory frameworks for securities market and deposit insurance and developing a reform agenda for modernising the financial market infrastructure.

Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations, CARICOM Secretariat also acknowledged the importance of the Cancer Registry and of shared health information systems.

Another area of cooperation highlighted is the important role that Caricom and Saudi Arabia can play in hosting major sporting events.

At least seven CARICOM Heads of Government will participate in the symposium which Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and Lead Head with responsibility for Crime and Security, will chair.

At the recent UN General Assembly in September, several Caricom Heads spoke in defence of Venezuela and openly called on the US to end its illegitimate and punitive unilaterally imposed sanctions.

But what about the other CARICOM members?