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CARICOM INSTITUTIONS IN WORKSHOP SESSIONS PRIOR TO MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana) Officials of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Institutions attending the first set of sectoral cluster workshops prior to a forum with H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM at the CARICOM Secretariat, have called for greater levels of interaction among stakeholders to address the use of natural resources and climate change, especially energy, water and land. At…
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CARICOM Competition Commission Chairman Attends Geneva Forum
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Kusha Haraksingh, Chairman of the CARICOM Competition Commission has been attending, since Tuesday 15 July, at the invitation of the Secretary General of UNCTAD, the 9th session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy in Geneva. The meeting was successful in highlighting the profile of the CARICOM Competition Commission,…
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CARICOM REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS HEADS MEET FOR THE SECOND TIME IN GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana) Following a successful historic meeting of Heads of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Institutions in 2007, the CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W Carrington will again facilitate a second meeting of these institutions on 30 -31 July 2008 at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana. Thirty one regional Institutions, including have been invited to the…
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CARIFESTA CHILD-ART COMPETITION LAUNCHED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural (Caribbean Festival of Arts) CARIFESTA X Child Art Competition was launched in Guyana on 16 July 2008 at the Umana Yana with an exhibition that exemplified the meaningful contribution young people could make to the visual arts in future CARIFESTAs. In his remarks, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Dr. Frank…
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TRIBUTE TO LOIS YVONNE HOLDER, DEAR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND OF THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT AND OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, 20 JULY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Friday, 13 July 2007 will live on in our memory at the CARICOM Secretariat as a very dark day. That was the day when a light in our lives went out. Yvonne Holder, our dear colleague and friend, was a most vibrant and beautiful figure, synonymous with light, with calm, with serenity, and with…
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CARICOM CONGRATULATES HIS EXCELLENCY NELSON MANDELA ON NINETIETH BIRTHDAY
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations and best wishes to H.E. Mr. Nelson R. Mandela, former President of South Africa, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday on 18 July 2008. The congratulatory message was extended to the former President, by the Hon. Baldwin W. Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of…
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CARIFESTA CHILD-ART COMPETITION LAUNCHED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural (Caribbean Festival of Arts) CARIFESTA X Child Art Competition was launched in Guyana on 16 July 2008 at the Umana Yana with an exhibition that exemplified the meaningful contribution young people could make to the visual arts in future CARIFESTAs. In his remarks, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Dr. Frank…
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Agriculture recognised as vital to CARICOM Economic Development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market Advisor with the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Desiree Field Ridley has cited Agriculture as one of the Community’s critical responses to the global challenges now impacting the Region’s economic well-being. In her presentation titled, The Caribbean Community- Challenges as we proceed into the 21 Century, Ms Field-Ridley told the…
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The palm tree which is so synonymous with the tourism industry in the Caribbean is under threat from a small red mite that has taken root and is severely affecting palm trees across the Caribbean Basin.
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, The Right Honourable David Milliband Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs the Hon. Meg Munn Distinguished Members of the UK Parliament Colleague CARICOM Heads of Government and Foreign Ministers Specially invited guestsLadies and gentlemen! It is indeed my pleasure and honour to address you on behalf of the…
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SMALL RED MITE THREATENING PALMS IN THE CARIBBEAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The palm tree which is so synonymous with the tourism industry in the Caribbean is under threat from a small red mite that has taken root and is severely affecting palm trees across the Caribbean Basin. It was revealed by a scientist yesterday (15 July 2008) at a symposium on invasive species in Miami…
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