Areas of Work
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CARICOM’S ENGAGEMENT WITH HAITI MUST BE LONG TERM – SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General yesterday signalled the Community’s commitment, in the long term, towards Haiti’s recovery and reconstruction. Speaking at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Wednesday, 1 February at the Thirteenth Meeting of the Budget Committee, Secretary-General Carrington said that the Secretariat had moved to establish a “dedicated…
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Montserrat’s Chief Minister to Champion Regional ICT Initiative
Montserrat's Chief Minister Reuben Meade says he will champion the cause of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) on a regional level. Speaking to Bernadette Lewis, Head of the CTU who visited the island last week to look at plans for hosting the ICT Roadshow in Montserrat, the chief minister said his government was committed to promoting the use of communications…
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Haiti’s Youth Ambassador Appeals To Cohsod: Let Us Rise And Re-build The Education System
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Leticia Cadet, on Thursday, made an impassioned plea to the Caribbean Community to help re-build, as a matter of priority, the education system in Haiti. At a special meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Ms Cadet recalled with obvious grief the devastation caused…
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HAITIAN YOUTH APPLAUDED AT YOUTH FORUM: MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR HAITI’S YOUTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s youth representatives attending the Regional Youth Forum in Paramaribo, Suriname, on Wednesday, were lauded for their “grim determination and resilience” by speakers at the opening ceremony of the Forum, which is funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Leading the charge, His Excellency Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname noted that the presence of…
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President Jagdeo unveils 2010 Budget trend and talks about ICT
Extract from Guyana Chronicle of 19 Jan, 2010) President Jagdeo touched on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development in Guyana, stating that, hopefully, by this year end, there are going to be two new fibre optic cables coming into the country. He said Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) will bring one and the Government of Guyana the other. “I…
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Statement on Bananas by Honourable. Charles Savarin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Commonwealth of Dominica welcomes this opportunity to speak on the issue of bananas. The future trading regime for bananas is a cause for great anxiety to the people of Dominica and other Caribbean States who have derived their livelihoods from the commodity over the last fifty years. Banana production in Dominica provides employment…
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Remarks Delivered By Dr. Lystra-fletcher Paul, FAO Representative of Guyana, On Behalf of The Food And Agriculture Organisation Of The United Nations, at The Opening of The Workshop “Formulation of A Regional Food And Nutrition Security Policy In The Carib
Honourable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Dindyal Permaul, PS, Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Trevor Murray, Director of Operations and Integration for the Caribbean Region, IICA Representatives of International and Regional Institutions Specially invited guests, farmers, friends, ladies and gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to be here today at the opening…
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FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON CARICOM LAW DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the Regional legal fraternity, policy holders, bankers, business executives and entrepreneurs are among those who will have an opportunity to explore developments in law as they relate to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the inaugural symposium on Current Developments in Caribbean Community Law. The Symposium will be held from 9-11 November 2009,…
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CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE CARIBBEAN FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean needs to have more investment in agriculture if the sector is to match the increasing demand to produce more food in order to ensure food security for the Caribbean. According to Jose Fonseca, a senior policy maker with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA), while the Caribbean continues to…
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