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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WINS FIRST ROUND IN CARICOM DEBATE
Trinidad and Tobago defeated Grenada as the preliminary round of the CARICOM 25th Anniversary Regional Schools Debating Competition got underway in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday, February 2, 1999. The three-member all-female Trinidad and Tobago team of Kersha Edwards, Bhagwandaye Basdeo and Keisha Jack successfully argued that “Gender Equality in the Caribbean Community Is A Myth“. Ms Edwards was adjudged Best…
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PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 25-29 JANUARY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Third Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee comprising Hon. Ministers responsible for Legal Affairs and Attorneys-General of the Caribbean Community was convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 25-29 January 1999 under the distinguished chairmanship of the Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, S.C., Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago. The Meeting was attended by Ms. Gertel Thom, Deputy Solicitor General…
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CARICOM FACILITATOR TO GUYANA, 31 JANUARY 1999
Since I last reported to you on 18 December 1998, the Parties have continued faithfully in dialogue. You will recall that the agreement reached in relation to Composition of State Boards, Commissions and Committees had left certain details to be completed. Those details have now been resolved and that matter has been settled. The Boards, Commissions and Committees on which…
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CARIBBEAN-US FORUM LEAD ACTIVITY IN GUYANA
The Secretariats of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) will play host to a delegation from the Dominican Republic in Guyana as a lead activity to the Caribbean-US Forum on Trade and Investment which is scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic 16-18 March 1999. The delegation from the Dominican Republic will, on Friday 29 January 1999…
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TRADE MATTERS DOMINATE COTED MEETING
The Fifth Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED) begins in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday. Ministers, mainly those with responsibility for Trade, will discuss an agenda dominated by matters related to the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSM&E) as well as External Trade and Economic Relations. COTED promotes trade and economic…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY-GENERAL MEET IN SURINAME
The President of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency, Dr Jules Wijdenbosch on Thursday welcomed a four-member delegation from the CARICOM Secretariat led by CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington. This traditional Secretariat briefing of the incoming Chairman, took place at the Presidential Cabinet in Paramaribo, Suriname and the Secretary-General…
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SURINAME AND HAITI HEAD CARIBBEAN ORGANISATIONS AS THE 21ST CENTURY LOOMS
A clear indication of the progress and direction of Caribbean integration can be gleaned from the fact that Suriname and Haiti both non-English speaking Members of the Community head vital institutions as the Region moves towards the new millennium Suriname has assumed the Chairmanship of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the first time…
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MONTSERRAT’S CARICOM VILLAGE TAKES SHAPE
Montserratians are eagerly awaiting the completion of the CARICOM Village at Davy Hill in the north of the island. Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister the Hon. Lester Bird and CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington toured the project on the north side of the island during their one-day visit to the volcano-stricken Member State of the Caribbean Community on Tuesday. Of…
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CARICOM SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IN MONTSERRAT
Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, the Hon. Lester Bird, accompanied by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington will pay a goodwill visit to Montserrat on Tuesday December 29 to share the spirit of the Christmas season with residents of that volcano-stricken Member State of the Caribbean Community. The Lang Soufriere volcano which erupted in July 1995 has continued…
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PRESS STATEMENT BY THE CARICOM FACILITATOR TO GUYANA
The PPP/Civic and the PNC have agreed that in an effort to speed up the resolution of issues agreed for discussions the leaders of each Party’s Dialogue Team would meet as often as possible outside of the weekly Statutory Meetings of the Dialogue. These meetings of the respective Leaders are described as Bilateral Meetings. Any agreements reached at those bilateral…
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