{"id":251379,"date":"2020-06-21T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T02:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=251379"},"modified":"2020-06-21T22:44:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T02:44:52","slug":"communique-of-the-69th-meeting-of-the-oecs-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/communique-of-the-69th-meeting-of-the-oecs-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Communiqu\u00e9 of the 69th Meeting of the OECS Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"story__headlines\" role=\"heading\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_251380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251380\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-251380\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Roosevelt-OECS-642x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Roosevelt-OECS-642x356.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Roosevelt-OECS-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Roosevelt-OECS-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Roosevelt-OECS-640x355.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Roosevelt-OECS.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OECS Chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Sixty-Ninth Meeting of the OECS Authority was held virtually on June 18th 2020, under the Chairmanship of Dr. the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"story__content story__content--with-wells\">The Meeting was preceded by a brief virtual Opening Ceremony where remarks were made by the outgoing Chairman, the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda; the incoming Chairman, Dr. the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica; and the Director-General of the OECS Commission, His Excellency Dr. Didacus Jules.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, was also in attendance at the Opening Ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>In the main, the Meeting focused on, inter alia:<\/p>\n<p>(a) The Regional COVID-19 Response<\/p>\n<p>(b) The Reopening of Borders<\/p>\n<p>(c) Support and Financing of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court<\/p>\n<p>(d) Annual Work Plan and Budget of the OECS Commission<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressroom.oecs.org\/communique-of-the-69th-meeting-of-the-oecs-authority\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"story__content story__content--with-wells\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixty-Ninth Meeting of the OECS Authority was held virtually on June 18th 2020, under the Chairmanship of Dr. the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica. 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