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CARICOM ATTORNEYS-GENERAL AND MINISTERS OF JUSTICE MEET ON CRUCIAL ISSUES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meets on Friday 9 May in St. Lucia for its Tenth Ordinary Meeting. The meeting’s agenda is replete with modern and timely legislation and instruments for CARICOM Member States to address the challenges of an increasingly globalised world. The Committee, comprised of Attorneys-General or…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE FIRST MEETING OF CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS, 23 APRIL 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairperson, Collaborative Partners – Food and Agriculture Organisation – Dr. Hesdie Grauwde, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) – Mr. Ignatius Jean, United States Department of Agriculture /Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS) – Dr John Shaw, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) – Mr. Pierre-Yves Tycheney, Participants from the non-CARICOM Countries, Members and Associate Members…
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BOOST FOOD PRODUCTION TO HELP WITH FOOD SECURITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E Irwin Larocque, Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration at the CARICOM Secretariat told the first formal meeting of Plant Health officials from across the Caribbean, that the Region needs to produce more than it consumes, in order to tackle the issue of rising food prices. In his address to in the opening…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, 23 -25 APRIL 2008, LE RESSOUVENIR, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA
The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport The Hon. Junia Regrello, Parliamentary Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago Distinguished delegates of the Ninteenth Regional Cultural Committee Members of the Interim Festival Directorate Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming Directors of Culture and other culture officials to the Nineteenth Meeting of…
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DEREK WALCOTT FOR CARIFESTA X
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott will be one of the featured guest presenters at CARIFESTA X, the Caribbean’s premier festival, slated for Guyana on 22–31 August, 2008. Making the announcement on Wednesday 23 April 2008 at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Culture Committee (RCC), Dr Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Guyana,…
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WE ARE READY TO HOST YOU – MINISTER FRANK ANTHONY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Come to CARIFESTA; we are ready to host you; are you ready to come?” This is the firm and positive message delivered to the Caribbean Region by the Honourable Dr Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Guyana, as he addressed the Opening Session of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Culture Committee…
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CYA DEAN CALLS FOR MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Dean of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassador Programme (CYAP) Donna Greene has called on public and private sector agencies and youth-oriented institutions to develop more meaningful partnerships with young people. Ms. Greene made the challenge on Monday while addressing CYAs, senior government officials and stakeholders at the Induction ceremony for CYAs at…
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CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ASSURED OF SUPPORT TO COORDINATE PLANT HEALTH SECTOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean countries were today assured of scientific and technical assistance to improve plant health systems which if not effectively dealt with could negatively impact on the work towards ensuring food security which has become critical in the face of rising food prices across the globe. This assurance came from the International Development Partners (IDP)…
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A HOMECOMING FOR CARIFESTA – ASG GREENE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat said, Guyana’s offer to host the tenth staging of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA X) represents a homecoming for the Festival. Speaking at the Opening Session of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Culture Committee (RCC) held in Guyana…
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CARICOM ATTORNEYS-GENERAL AND MINISTERS OF JUSTICE MEET ON CRUCIAL ISSUES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meets on Friday 9 May in St. Lucia for its Tenth Ordinary Meeting. The meeting’s agenda is replete with modern and timely legislation and instruments for CARICOM Member States to address the challenges of an increasingly globalised world. The Committee, comprised of Attorneys-General or…
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