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DEMOCRACY AT WORK IN HAITI SAYS JOINT OAS-CARICOM ELECTORAL MISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Joint Organisation of American States-CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission (JEOM) has said that the peaceful acceptance of the final results of the 28 November elections in Haiti was illustrative of “democracy at work” in the French Speaking CARICOM Member State. In its recently released Report on the First Round of Presidential and Legislative Elections…
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STATEMENT ON THE PROCLAMATION OF OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE FIRST ROUND OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF HAITI BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THE HON TILLMAN THOMAS, PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA
The Caribbean Community welcomes the announcement by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of Haiti of the official results of the first round of the presidential and legislative elections in that Member State. In congratulating the candidates who will contest the presidential and legislative run-offs, the Community also commends all those who participated in the elections for their commitment to the…
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SEMINAR ON CARICOM FOR HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR ON WEDNESDAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A two day Seminar for the Haitian private sector on the management of CARICOM trade is due to begin on Wednesday 2nd February at the Karibe Hotel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Seminar is being organized by the CARICOM Representation Office in Haiti and the Bureau de Coordination et de Suivi des Accords de la CARICOM,…
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SEMINAR ON CARICOM FOR HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR ON WEDNESDAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A two day Seminar for the Haitian private sector on the management of CARICOM trade is due to begin on Wednesday 2nd February at the Karibe Hotel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Seminar is being organized by the CARICOM Representation Office in Haiti and the Bureau de Coordination et de Suivi des Accords de la CARICOM,…
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TAKE OPPORTUNITIES IN HAITI – PATTERSON CHALLENGES CARICOM INVESTORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Investments and Capital Markets Conference in Jamaica on Wednesday was visionary and timely as participants had the opportunity to infuse new impetus into the 1989 Grande Anse decision to create a Regional Capital Market, the Most Hon. Percival J. Patterson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Special Representative to Haiti said. At Grand Anse, Grenada, Heads…
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TAKE OPPORTUNITIES IN HAITI – PATTERSON CHALLENGES CARICOM INVESTORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Investments and Capital Markets Conference in Jamaica on Wednesday was visionary and timely as participants had the opportunity to infuse new impetus into the 1989 Grande Anse decision to create a Regional Capital Market, the Most Hon. Percival J. Patterson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Special Representative to Haiti said. At Grand Anse, Grenada, Heads…
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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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SPEECH ISSUED BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON HAITI, THE MOST HONOURABLE PERCIVAL PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) No Recovery of Haiti after a disaster of such incalculable magnitude, can take place without regard to the prevailing political and social environment. The process of Rebuilding has to commence with respect for its Laws and Constitution and proceed in the clear acceptance that existing institutions will have to be strengthened. In several areas,…
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PATTERSON DESCRIBES DUVALIER’S RETURN TO HAITI AS PRECIPITOUS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Special Representative for Haiti, Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has called for the international community to allow Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to rule on the disputed first round of Presidential elections in that Caribbean nation. Despite the approach of the constitutional end of President Preval’s term in office on February…
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HEALTH SECTOR BEST OPTION FOR CARICOM ASSISTANCE TO HAITI – SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The danger posed by injuries and the anticipated outbreak of disease in Haiti and the Community’s capacity to respond informed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) decision to focus mainly on health in Port au Prince, the Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington said on Friday. The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre…
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