Disaster Management
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CARICOM’S SUPPORT TO HAITI REMAINS STRONG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the just concluded Twenty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, re-emphasised their commitment to Haiti. CARICOM leaders at the Summit, held in Grand Anse, Grenada, signalled that the Community’s support to Haiti remained “strong,” as the country emerged from the rubble of…
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CARICOM RENEWS CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HONOUR PLEDGES TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has made another impassioned plea to the international donor community to make good on their pledges of assistance towards the reconstruction of Haiti. In a Statement on the Recovery and Reconstruction of Haiti, issued at the conclusion of the Twenty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of…
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REBUILDING HAITI: A PRIORITY FOR THE CARIBBEAN – AN ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. P.J. PATTERSON, ON, OCC, PC, QC, TO THE JAMAICA STOCK EXCHANGE INVESTMENTS & CAPITAL MARKETS CONFERENCE, WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY 2011
Salutations I congratulate the Board of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and its General Manager, Mrs. Marlene Street-Forrest for organizing what portends to be a most exciting Conference. The timing is opportune as the Caribbean struggles for survival in a changed and most uncertain global economic environment and as the international community struggles to help Haiti rebuild after the devastating…
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HAITI ONE YEAR LATER – CARICOM CONTINUES SUPPORT TO ITS MEMBER STATE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first Anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 looms, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing its steady and multi-pronged support to this Member State. At a recently concluded meeting co-ordinated by the Office of the Special Representative of CARICOM Heads of Government on Haiti, the Most Honourable…
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CARICOM SG BEMOANS HAITI RECONSTRUCTION AID SLOW DISBURSEMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first anniversary of earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 approaches, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Sir Edwin Carrington is bemoaning the slow disbursement of the aid promised by the international community to support the reconstruction in the French Speaking CARICOM Member State. Delivering remarks at the opening…
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FAILURE NOT AN OPTION IN HAITI RECONSTRUCTION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Failure was not an option”, for Haiti’s reconstruction efforts. That was the charge given to the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) by Special Representative of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government to Haiti, former Jamaican Prime Minister, Most Honourable P.J. Patterson as it convened its first meeting in the Dominican Republic on June…
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CARICOM ON INTERIM HAITI RECONSTRUCTION COMMISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is among organizations represented on the Board of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission that will oversee the money pledged for Haiti’s reconstruction. The IHRC, which has an 18-month mandate, will be co-chaired by the Hon Jean-Max Bellerive, Prime Minister of Haiti and Mr. Bill Clinton, former US President and current United…
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Subsequent to earlier information, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has learnt that fo
Subsequent to earlier information, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has learnt that four delegates who were attending the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have not been accounted for. The delegates include a national of Saint Lucia, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and two nationals of…
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CARICOM MISSION LEOGANE GETS UNDER WAY IN HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community‘s (CARICOM) team in Port-au-Prince prepares to relocate to the town of Leogane, a Transition Mission is underway to facilitate the Community’s health initiative in Haiti. CARICOM had identified health as the primary but not exclusive focus of the Community’s intervention in Haiti following the 12 January devastating earthquake. The Community’s…
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More CARICOM Health Personnel for Haiti
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 11, 2010 (CDEMA) – CARICOM sends a regional eight member team of health personnel to Haiti. The team of specialists from Barbados and Saint Lucia left for Haiti today to begin two weeks of voluntary service. These individuals will provide emergency and specialized health care to earthquake victims and compliment the work of teams from the Sub Regional Focal Point Jamaica.…
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