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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA SPORT MINISTER WANTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Hon Winston Williams, Minister of Sport, Antigua and Barbuda has called on the Caribbean Community to organise a Conference of Sport Ministers to discuss the future of Regional Sport Development within the Community Minister Williams, who was speaking at the Presentation Ceremony of the Fourth Annual 10k Road Race held at the Antigua…
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TOURISM HEADS THE BILL AT 29th MEETING OF CARICOM LEADERS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty–Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opens in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday 1, July 2008, with an agenda replete with critical issues. CARICOM Heads of Government will meet at the Jolly Beach Resort from 2-4 July following the opening ceremony on the…
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TOURISM HIGH ON CARICOM AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Deeper levels of functional cooperation in tourism, re-branding of the Region’s tourism product to reflect its diversity, and Transportation, will be prime areas of focus when Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in a special session devoted to Tourism during the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in…
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CARICOM DEVELOPMENT FUND SOON TO BE A REALITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) is to be launched at the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Antigua and Barbuda 1-4 July 2008. A decision was taken by the Heads of Government to frontload $60M of the US$250M Fund to coincide with the launch next…
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORTS CARICOM 10K RUN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Several business entities in Antigua and Barbuda have thrown their support behind the fourth staging of the Annual CARICOM Road Race set for Sunday 29th June 2008 in that same twin island. The annual 10K Run which has attracted local sponsors such as ABI Financial Group, Anjo Wholesale, Scotia Bank, Digicel, Hadeed Motors, and…
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Jamaican To Receive CARICOM Triennial Award For Women
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An outstanding Jamaican woman will be awarded the Caribbean Community’s Triennial Award for Women for her sterling contribution to national and regional development especially in the field of education and research. The award will be conferred on 1 July 2008 at the Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads…
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. STEPHENSON KING, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA, ON FORGING CLOSER TIES BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, 20 JUNE 2008, NEW YORK, USA
I am honoured to be here at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, an institution which stands as testament to the strong historical ties between the Caribbean and the African-American community. Named after a Black Caribbean man, the Schomburg Center has been the home of Caribbean and African-American culture and history, and of all peoples of the African…
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STIMULATING INVESTMENT SESSIONS AT NEW YORK CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government on Friday concluded a series of meetings with New York City business executives in their thrust to promote the Caribbean Region as an attractive investment destination. At a press conference at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, New York, USA, Friday afternoon, Heads of Government expressed satisfaction with the trade and…
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FORGING PARTNERSHIPS OUT OF COMMON OBJECTIVES : SPEECH BY DR. THE HON DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER, ST KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM OF THE NEW YORK CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN, 19 JUNE 2008, NEW YORK, USA
It is my pleasure to participate in this symposium on education and to share this panel with such distinguished speakers. This discussion could not be timelier. We in CARICOM Community are currently re-examining the scope and effectiveness of our overarching philosophy “education for all”. In New York, it is clear that you are grappling with the reality of the principle…
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WORKSHOP TO MAP DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR REGIONAL SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, in association with the Government of Japan, will be convening a Workshop to Address Priority Constraints Facing Small, Medium and Micro-Sized Enterprises in the Caribbean, from June 25-27, 2008, at the Saint Lucian by Rex Resorts. The Workshop is aimed at continuing the process towards the implementation of the…
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