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CARICOM's LaRocque, in Dominica, Calls for Action on Food Security

Above: SG Irwin LaRocque (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean is at an opportune moment to demonstrate that it is serious about achieving food and nutrition security, CARICOM Secretary General and Dominican native Irwin LaRocque said […]

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Guyana to Host Caribbean Security Forum

Above: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CARICOM Ministers at the launch of the Caribbean Security Initiative (Photo: US Department of State) Guyana will be hosting the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Commission Thursday and Friday […]

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The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora

Above: Executive Producer Dr Keith Nurse By the Caribbean Journal staff “Forward Home,” a documentary which takes a look at the way the Caribbean diaspora travels, and its significant economic impact on the region, has been released on DVD following […]

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Guyana Elections Set for November 28th

By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo announced tonight that general and regional elections will be held on Nov. 28. Jagdeo will not be running in the elections, meaning Guyana will have a new prime minister for the […]


Following China's Lead, South Korea Looks to Caribbean Market

Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and South Korea FM Kim Sung Hwan (UN Photos: Eskinder Debebe and JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted […]


CARICOM Meets on Crime

Above: the meeting in Guyana (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Participants from St Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are meeting in Guyana this week as part of a four-day sub-regional meeting on gangs and […]

Guyana, Venezuela Meeting on Sea Shelf

Above: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Guyanese FM Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2009 (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras) Officials from Venezuela and Guyana are meeting Friday to discuss the decision by Guyana to make a claim […]


CARICOM, Canada Meet

Above: Ambassador David Devine and CARICOM’s Irwin LaRocque (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM and Canada solidified diplomatic ties today, meeting with the new Canadian Ambassador to CARICOM, David Devine. Devine, who is also the Canadian High Commissioner […]


China, CARICOM Meet in Guyana

Above: Ambassador Yu Wenzhe and Ambassador Colin Granderson (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Irwin Larocque met yesterday with Chinese Ambassador Yu Wenzhe, in a courtesy call at CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. LaRocque was joined […]

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CARICOM, Chile Talk in Georgetown

Above: Patricio Pradel and Irwin LaRocque (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Patricio Pradel, representative of Chile to CARICOM, paid a courtesy visit to CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque today at CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana today. CARICOM and […]


Guyana, Canada Meet on Tourism

Above: Minister Maniram Prashad and High Commissioner David Devine Guyanese Minister of Tourism Maniram Prashad met yesterday with new Candian High Commissioner to Guyana David Devine. The two officials spoke about the countries’ 45-year-long history of diplomatic relations, and the […]


Guyana Takes Chair of CARPHA

Above: Leslie Ramsammy (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has been appointed the first chairman of the Executive Board of the new Caribbean Public Health Agency. The 14-member board was installed at […]


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