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CARICOM Youth dub social media interaction a resounding success
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 9, 000 young people logged on to new media platforms on Thursday afternoon, to participate in a two hour social media interaction with the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. Dubbed Live with SG and hosted by the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, the live social media interaction facilitated by Dominican based COMESEE TV in…
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CARICOM SALUTES ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA’S PROGRESS IN NATION BUILDING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) As Antigua and Barbuda celebrates its Thirty-First Anniversary as an independent nation, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has applauded the progress made by the Twin Isles in national development. Secretary-General LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, commended the Member State for…
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Second Meeting of EPA Joint Council held in Brussels
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Second Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was held at the Headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium on 26 October 2012. The Meeting delved into challenges that have arisen in the implementation of the EPA and provided political guidance, with a view…
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2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference
On October 30-31, the 2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference took place in Antigua and Barbuda at the Sandals Grande Resort. The two-day conference examined the emerging framework of governance of international finance and new non tax business models to guide the future of Caribbean financial centres in an increasingly competitive international environment. Just over a hundred experts and practitioners…
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SPEAKING NOTES BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF H.E. MR. SERGE MARCOUX, AMBASSADOR OF CANADA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 28 OCTOBER 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Serge Marcoux, Ambassador of Canada to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General Representatives of the Canadian High Commission Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Members of the Media It is with great pleasure that I welcome your Excellency Serge Marcoux to the Secretariat today for the special purpose of receiving your Credentials accrediting you as Canada's Ambassador to the…
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CARICOM CEBO project provides entrepreneurship training for regional youth
As the unemployment rate continues to escalate, especially among young people who comprise about 64% of the region’s population, job creation is one of the most challenging tasks facing Caribbean governments today. By no means confined to the Caribbean, youth unemployment is a global problem, with the International Labour Organization (ILO) saying that 70 million young people are actively, but…
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PANCAP HOLDS TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Under the theme PANCAP: Forging new paths, more than 100 members of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will meet for its Twelfth Annual General meeting on 24 -26 October 2012, in Belize City, Belize. Chaired by Hon. Dr. Kevin Fenton Ferguson Minister of Health Jamaica and Chair of the…
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SG URGES BELIZE PRIVATE SECTOR TO MAKE USE OF CARICOM MARKET
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque urged the Belizean private sector to make use of the opportunities provided under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). On the second and final day of his official visit to Belize told the cross section of private sector representatives that CARICOM “is your market;…
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BELIZE PM WELCOMES CARICOM SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Belize, the Honourable Dean Barrow welcomed the emphasis placed by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on youth and human capital development during their discussions on Monday. The Secretary-General called on the Prime Minister at his Belmopan office on Monday at the start of his two day official…
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Sharp Focus On Transportation, Agri-tourism Linkages At Special COTED On Agriculture
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Agriculture wrapped up a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) Friday, recording movement on the linkages between agriculture and tourism and agreeing on the need for intensified action to address the transport of goods within the Region. The Special COTED Meeting on Agriculture was…
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