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CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN HAITI
The Caribbean Court of Justice in its continued Public Education Programme, on the 22-23 May, 2003 launched its public education programme in Haiti. Haiti is the newest Member State embraced as a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The launch and first round of the education programme in Haiti, targeted the Judiciary and Magistracy. The Haitian Judiciary was given the…
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. SAM CONDOR, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AND INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 29 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman and Members of CARICOM, Host Minister Hon. Clement Rohee, outgoing Chair Hon Margaret Dyer-Howe, Colleague Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of Member Governments, Representatives of Inter-Hemispheric and Regional Governments, Ambassador Richard Bernal – Director of the Regional Negotiating Machinery, Friends of the Media: We in the Region continue to face an extremely busy and urgent trade negotiating…
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OPENING REMARKS BY MR. BYRON R. BLAKE, ASST. SECRETARY GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 29 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Deputy Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Incoming Chairman of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Hon. Sam Condor; Minister of Agriculture, Housing, Lands and the Environment of Montserrat and Outgoing Chairman of the Coted, Hon. Margaret Dyer-Howe; Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana and Host Minister, Hon. Clement Rohee; Deputy Prime Ministers;…
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HAITIAN TRADE OFFICIALS ON CARICOM STUDY TOUR
A team of Haitian Trade officials will begin a two-week study-tour on Monday 2 June 2003, spending the first week in Georgetown, Guyana, at the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). They will spend the second week in Trinidad & Tobago to complete the familiarisation exercise of the CARICOM machinery particularly as it relates to trade. Haiti, a Provisional Member…
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CARICOM TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR COTED DELIBERATIONS
Issues pertaining to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade and economic agenda will be the focus of two days of deliberations at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which opens in Georgetown, Guyana, tomorrow, 29 May 2003. COTED is responsible for the promotion of trade and economic development of the Community. The COTED forum will…
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PUBLIC EDUCATION ON CCJ AND CSME INTENSIFIES IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS.
The people of St. Kitts and Nevis recently had another opportunity to learn more about the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by way of a series of regional educational activities, led by a team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The team, led by Sheldon McDonald, CCJ Project Co-ordinator for the establishment of the CCJ, began its educational activities, organised…
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Letter from Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to Mr. Brian Lara, Captain of the West Indies Cricket Team
Dear Mr. Lara The outstanding victory today so magnificently won against the Australians in the final Test Match of the current Test Series took us really beyond the boundary, and represents an historic day in the annals of cricket in the Caribbean Community and indeed the cricketing world. A remarkable test match with a remarkable result achieved by the West…
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CXC: A RESPONSE TO THE REGION’S HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NEEDS : ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE, 24 APRIL 2003, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Madam Chair (Dr Lucy Steward, Registrar CXC) Professor Kenneth Hall, Chairman of CXC Professor Compton Bourne, President of the CDB Dr. Stafford Griffith, Pro-Registrar CXC Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen This evening we celebrate an event of signal importance in the development of our Caribbean Community – the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of the…
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CULTURE IN THE FUTURE OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY BY HON. MAXINE HENRY-WILSON, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, YOUTH AND CULTURE, JAMAICA
Third Lecture in the Distinguished Lecture Series Sponsored by CARICOM to Commemorate Its Thirtieth Anniversary Presented On the Occasion of the Eighth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development, Paramaribo, Suriname April 24-26, 2003 PREFACE I deem it an honour to have been invited by the CARICOM Secretariat to deliver this the Third Distinguished Lecture Series in commemorating…
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