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CSME Is Needed Now More Than Ever

Caribbean nations and citizens need to embrace the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). This was stressed by Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, while speaking to the Barbados Government Information Service recently about the importance of the...

CARICOM Member States Need Better Financing Deals

Regional governments need to attract better investment opportunities for their citizens, if Caribbean countries are to survive the current financial crisis. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, made this clear recently, as he gave a synopsis of aspects...

CARICOM Agriculture & Food Security Task Force Established

CARICOM now has a Food Security Task Force to ensure that member states make agricultural development a priority. This was disclosed by Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, recently, as he gave the Barbados Government Information Service an...

Ambassador Outlines CARICOM Strategy Amidst COVID

Barbados and other CARICOM countries are doing “a phenomenal job” in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Member States were given the thumbs up by Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, as he gave an update to the Barbados Government Information...

Ambassador Comissiong: Let Us Work Out A Solution

Statement by Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong – It Is Our CXC: Let Us Work Out A Solution  In the interest of those 5th and 6th form students across our region who have been negatively impacted by the controversy surrounding the...

Ambassador Comissiong: Get Your Skills Certificate

Barbadians have been encouraged to obtain a CARICOM Skills Certificate from the Barbados Accreditation Council, so they will be able to live and work in other CARICOM States. The call has come from Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, as he participated...

Reparations Still On The Agenda

CARICOM Member states are still pursuing reparations from their former colonial masters. This was made clear by Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, as he participated in a recent podcast on the YouTube channel Information, Knowledge, Observation titled:...

Applications Open For CARICOM Youth Ambassadors

The Division of Youth Affairs is inviting persons between the ages of 16 and 30 who have been actively involved in a youth organisation at the local or national level, to apply for the post of CARICOM Youth Ambassador. The CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Programme (CYAP) is...

The CARICOM Travel Bubble Has Started

The long anticipated CARICOM Travel Bubble is now in operation. It went into effect on Friday, September 18, in keeping with a decision made at a Special Emergency CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting one week previously. News of this came today in a statement from...

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H.E. Mr. David Comissiong
Ambassador to CARICOM
Email: dcomissiong@foreign.gov.bb
CARICOM Youth Ambassadors
Tirshatha Jeffrey
Chad Monerville
cya@barbados.gov.bb