Haiti

  • January 28, 2010
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    MORE AUSTRALIAN FUNDS FOR HAITI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has been identified as one of the agencies through which an additional $5M from the Australian Government will be channeled for immediate emergency humanitarian assistance for Haiti. At a press conference on 19 January 2010, the Hon. Stephen Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia, announced the…

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  • January 28, 2010
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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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  • January 27, 2010
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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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  • January 23, 2010
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    P.J. PATTERSON HEADS CARICOM TEAM TO MEETING ON HAITI IN CANADA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Former Jamaica Prime Minister Most Honourable Percival Patterson is leading a delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to a meeting of a Coordination Committee created to organise an International Conference which will have as its objective, the devising of a Strategic Plan for the Reconstruction of Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake of 12 January…

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  • January 22, 2010
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    CARICOM IN MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR HAITI’S RECOVERY

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened by the devastation in Haiti, it is continuing to ensure that all efforts are made to render assistance in the earthquake torn nation. The CARICOM Secretariat hosted a special briefing linking the regional media via video conference at its Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Friday January…

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  • January 22, 2010
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    CARICOM ON THE FRONTLINES IN HAITI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is on the frontlines in Haiti, providing medical, military, and search and rescue interventions along with the international community. Mr. Jeremy Collymore, Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) informed the regional media via video conference on Friday 22 January, from the CARICOM Single Market and Economy office in Bridgetown,…

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  • January 21, 2010
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    CARICOM HEALTH OFFICIALS MEET IN BARBADOS TO CONCLUDE PLANNING FOR HAITI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chief Medical Officers within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and representatives of regional institutions will meet on Friday 22 January at the headquarters of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency management Agency (CDEMA) in Bridgetown, Barbados to conclude a draft plan for the Community’s continued Health Intervention in Haiti after the devastating earthquake of 12 January. The…

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  • January 20, 2010
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    HAITI THANKS CARICOM FOR QUICK RESPONSE

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti Prime Minister Honourable Jean-Max Bellerive has expressed his country's gratitude for the quick response of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the wake of the devastating earthquake of Tuesday 12 January 2010. Speaking to the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), which was part of CARICOM's Tactical Mission to Haiti, Mr Bellerive said his country was…

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  • January 20, 2010
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    CARICOM BUREAU TO MEET ON HAITI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Meeting of the Bureau of Heads to discuss the situation in Haiti is likely to be held in the margins of the upcoming Heads of Government Summit on Youth in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Summit will be held 29-30 January 2010. His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM pointed out that Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit,…

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  • January 19, 2010
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    MOMENT’S SILENCE OBSERVED AT CONTINGENT RIGHTS MEETING

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A meeting on Contingent Rights opened at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown with the observance of a moment’s silence for those who have died in the powerful earthquake in CARICOM Member State, Haiti. Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General who led delegates in Georgetown, and in Kingston, Jamaica via videoconferencing in observing…

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