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Last Lap campaigning
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s two major political parties were entering the final 24 hours of their campaign for Tuesday’s general election, buoyed by the large turnout of supporters Sunday and predicting a win that allow them to govern this Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country for the next five years. Supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), dressed in…
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Caribbean leaders, U.S. attorney general to meet in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — When Jamaican officials snubbed a group of young Haitian soccer players who visited two years ago on the heels of a deadly cholera outbreak in their quake-torn homeland, a revolted Marguerite Rigaud immediately went into action. In a matter of days, the Pétionville restaurateur had thousands of Haitians marching through the streets of Port-au-Prince protesting the boys’ mistreatment…
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CRIME MENACE AND TRANSPORT WOES FOR CARICOM’S HAITI MEETING
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – THE CRIME menace afflicting the Caribbean region as well as recurring air transportation woes are scheduled for special focus at the two-day 24th Inter-Sessional Meeting of Caribbean Community Heads of Government that gets underway today in Haiti. Participating in the special session on crime and security with the CARIC0M leaders and their relevant cabinet colleagues will be…
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Arrival statement of the caribbean community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission to Grenada parliamentary elections on 19 february 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was invited by the Government of Grenada to mount a CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission (CEOM) to observe the Grenada Parliamentary Elections. In response to that invitation, a seven-member delegation, under the leadership of Chief of Mission, Dr. Jennifer Van Dijk-Silos, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Council of the Republic of…
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REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM, KARIBE HOTEL, PÉTION VILLE, HAITI, 18 FEBRUARY 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my privilege and honour to address you this morning at the Opening of this historic Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This is certainly one occasion that the use of the word historic is most fitting. Ten and a half years after its…
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STRENGTHEN COMMITMENT TO INTEGRATION – SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES COMMUNITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has issued a charge to the Region to stave off existing challenges by strengthening “our commitment to integration as the only way for us all to survive and prosper.” The Secretary-General was at the time addressing the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Fourth Intersessional Meeting of…
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SG LAUDS RESILIENCE OF HAITIANS AS HISTORIC INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OPENS IN HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) That Haiti is hosting its first Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government more than ten years after becoming a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) could be no greater indicator that it had taken its rightful place within the Community, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, said Monday. “This is certainly one occasion…
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`Key architect’ of CARIFORUM-EU EPA passes away
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The former Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), Ambassador Henry S. Gill, died on Thursday, 14 February in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. He succumbed, following a long period of illness. As the CRNM’s Senior Director, the late Ambassador Gill played a pivotal role with respect to the regional strategy pursued…
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SPEECH BY the CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, HIS EXCELLENCY MICHEL JOSEPH MARTELLY, PRESIDENT OF HAITI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY PORT-AU-PRINCE 18 FEBRUARY 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am very pleased to welcome you to the land of Haiti on the occasion of the Twenty-Fourth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of CARICOM. I am the voice of the whole nation of Haiti, who welcomes you and wholeheartedly offers you a most enjoyable stay. For the…
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BIG CONVERSATION NEEDED ON FUTURE OF REGIONAL ECONOMIES – PM KENNY ANTHONY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony, has called for a “big conversation” on the future of Caribbean economies. In the face of the challenges currently facing Member States and with the understanding that Caribbean economies needed each other to survive, Prime Minister Anthony suggested that the conversation should take place…
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