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UN Secretary-General’s remarks at interactive session with youth of Caribbean region
[As prepared for delivery] I am very honoured to be at the University of the West Indies. I am delighted to see so many young people here and linked in via video. I look forward to hearing from you. Later today, I will sit down with CARICOM leaders. But in many ways, it is fitting that I meet with you…
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CARICOM Summit Deemed A Success
Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, has deemed the just-concluded 36th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, held in Barbados from July 2 to 4, a success. Speaking during the closing press conference on Saturday night at the Hilton Barbados Resort, Mr. Stuart said he and his colleagues focused on three major areas: energy; bolstering education systems to build the…
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CTA wins international prize for youth and ICTs project
CTA’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society (ARDYIS) project has won an international award in the 2015 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Project Prizes. After being shortlisted earlier this year, the ARDYIS entry was proclaimed winner of the e-agriculture category following a round of online voting and a review by a panel of experts of…
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Panama Keen To Cooperate with Barbados In Education
Panama is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Barbados by creating linkages in the area of education. This was expressed today as Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ronald Jones, and officials of his Ministry met with Panama’s Minister of Education, Marcela Paredes de Vásquez, and her delegation, on the margins of the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of…
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Communique issued at the conclusion of the 36th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
The 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Bridgetown, Barbados, 2-4 July 2015. The Prime Minister of Barbados, the Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, Q.C; MP, chaired the proceedings. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Gaston Browne; the Prime…
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Address by Prime Minister St Kitts- Nevis, Hon Dr. Timothy Harris, CARICOM Lead Head for Human Resources Health and HIV -Caribbean Launch of UNAIDS- Lancet Commission Report
Caribbean Launch of UNAIDS- Lancet Commission Report Defeating AIDS-Achieving sustainable health Address by Prime Minister St Kitts- Nevis, Hon Dr. Timothy Harris, CARICOM Lead Head for Human Resources Health and HIV The UNAIDS-Lancet Report is indeed the high level analysis based on empirical evidence. It makes us deeply aware that this disease HIV and AIDS is far from over. At the same time it…
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Remarks by the Hon. Perry G. Christie Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Outgoing Chairman Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At the Opening of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of The Cari
I am pleased to be back in Barbados for this formal handing over ceremony of the Chair of the Caricom Community. It has been an honour and a privilege for The Bahamas and for me personally to have served as its Chair. I now pass the mantle onto the distinguished Prime Minister of Barbados. I am certain that the community…
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Address by Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis At the Opening Of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting Of the Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community Bridgetown, BARBADOS 2 JULY 2014
It is indeed a great pleasure and an honour for me to address this distinguished gathering on behalf of the people of St.Kitts and Nevis. A strong spirit of fraternity and kinship has been fostered among Caribbean leadership for more than four decades, especially among the tiny group of officials, technocrats, experts and academicians who frequent our Caricom Summits and…
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Continue to be voices of the vulnerable – UN SG tells CARICOM
Praising the Caribbean as a place of ideas, examples and solutions, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be voices of the vulnerable in the Region and beyond. He was at the time delivering remarks at the opening ceremony of the 36th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the…
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Address by the Hon. Donaldson Romeo Premier of Montserrat at the Opening of the Thirty–Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community Bridgetown, Barbados 2 July 2014
I recognize that protocols have been established, but please allow me to recognize our Host Governor General Sir Elliot Belgrave. The Highly distinguished Chair Hon Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados Colleagues and friends from across the Caribbean. The UN Secretary General and the Commonwealth Secretary General Let me express my heartfelt gratitude to be afforded the opportunity to give…
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