Bahamas
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CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL ON MISSION TO THE BAHAMAS
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr Edwin Carrington will lead a delegation on a two-day Briefing Mission to The Bahamas, on 13-14 March 2003. During the mission the Secretary General and his team will meet with high-level government officials, the Opposition, The Bahamas Trade Commission (BTC) and the Bahamian public. In preparation for Hemispheric, multilateral and bilateral trade…
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MESSAGE FROM MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE PASSING OF SIR GERALD CASH, FORMER GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE BAHAMAS
It is with deep regret that I have learnt of the death of Sir Gerald Cash. Sir Gerald’s role in the public life of The Bahamas is well documented attaining the highest office in the land, serving as Governor-General for 12 years after being an MP and a Senator. The Caribbean Community recalls with affection that at the time of…
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SPEECH BY HON. PERRY CHRISTIE, PRIME MINISTER OF THE BAHAMAS AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. Chairman, Prime Minister Hinds, Colleague Heads of Government, distinguished delegations, Heads of regional and international organisations, Ladies and Gentlemen. May I begin by thanking the Government and People of the Republic of Guyana, and you, Mr. President, for the excellent arrangements made for this meeting, and for the kind hospitality shown to the Bahamas delegation here in…
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PRESS RELEASE ON MEETING BETWEEN CARIBBEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS AND UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, 7 FEBRUARY 2002, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
At the Third Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean and the Secretary of State of the United States Colin Powell, held on Thursday, 7 February 2002 in Nassau, The Bahamas, the Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic, placed trade and investment issues firmly at the top of their agenda. They reminded the United States…
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STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. HUBERT INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER OF THE BAHAMAS, AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Salutations We are today convened for the fourth time in seven months; the frequency of our meetings a clear indication of the ever increasing intensity and complexity of the challenges facing our region today. We all welcomed the opportunity yesterday, in the serenity of Caye Chapel, to sit back and deliberate at length on one of the key issues affecting…
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS
Caribbean governments have agreed to implement an aggressive advertising programme to get tourism, the main foreign exchange earner for a number of countries, back on track following the decline in arrivals after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. This was a major decision emerging from the Summit on Tourism held at Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, The Bahamas…
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MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION, MR. JEAN HOLDER, AT THE SECOND CARIBBEAN TOURISM SUMMIT, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001
Mr. Chairman, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham Distinguished Heads of Government Secretary General of CARICOM Ministers of Government Your Excellencies Tourism Public and Private Sector Colleagues We are met today to fulfil a promise made in February this year to tackle the momentous task of “reinventing” Caribbean tourism, the economic sector, on which this Region is said to be four times…
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ADDRESS BY RT. HON. HUBERT A. INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AT THE SECOND CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT THE BAHAMAS, 8 DECEMBER, 2001.
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname Colleague Heads of Government, Honourable Ministers, Representatives of Regional Organisations Senior Government Officials, Representatives of the Private Sector, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, I am very pleased to welcome you back to The Bahamas and to Paradise Island where many of us gathered just seven weeks ago. We were here to assess…
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TWO-DAY REGIONAL TOURISM SUMMIT IN THE BAHAMAS
In less that two months, CARICOM Heads of Government are once again meeting in The Bahamas, this time for a Tourism Summit on 8-9 December at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, The Bahamas. Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Right Honourable Hubert Ingraham who is Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CARICOM Head of Government with lead responsibility…
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