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CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION LEADERS AGREE ON THE WAY FORWARD
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Parliamentary Opposition Leaders have agreed to set up a six-member team to follow up on issues arising from their recent historic meeting in Saint Lucia and also to map the path for the way ahead. The team will comprise three representatives on each side. The Opposition…
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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TOP INAUGURAL CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male and female athletes Pomunos Ballentyne and Sonia Ackbar, outran their Caribbean counterparts by emerging as the first place winners at the Inaugural Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 10 K Road Race. The competition was ran at the dawn of Sunday 3 July in Saint Lucia, where the 26th Meeting of the Conference…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE RETURN TO WORK OF HON. PERRY CHRISTIE, PRIME MINISTER, THE BAHAMAS
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington today expressed pleasure on learning of the return to work of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hon. Perry Christie, after a recent illness. Secretary-General Carrington who had a short telephone chat with the Prime Minister during his visit to Freeport, The Bahamas for meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers and…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ASAFA POWELL’S VICTORY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington says the entire Caribbean is proud of Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell for his recent world record-breaking 100-metre run of 9.77 seconds in Athens, Greece. In congratulating Powell, Mr. Carrington said it was significant that Powell returned to Greece to prove to the world that he is indeed a great sprinter,…
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CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE RUNS OFF ON 3 JULY 2005
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural CARICOM 10K Road Race will be launched in Saint Lucia on the morning of 3 July 2005, just hours before the opening ceremony for the 26th Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government. The race is open to professional and amateur athletes from across the Region as well as other CARICOM nationals residing elsewhere. The…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF IN GUYANA TO BE AMONG BLOOD DONORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Guyana will mark World Blood Donors day on June 14 by donating blood to Guyana's National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS). The donation will be administered by the NBTS from 1:00 p.m. at the Bank of Guyana Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. The aim of the exercise is to…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 9-10 JUNE 2005, JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement was held in Jamaica, 9-10 June 2005. The Meeting was convened to facilitate the dialogue between Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement and Law Enforcement officials and Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 on the security requirements and specifically the…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 1-2 JUNE 2005, FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA, THE BAHAMAS
The Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas, on 1-2 June 2005. The Ministers attending were: Dr the Hon. Edmund Mansoor, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Antigua and Barbuda; Hon Frederick A Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Public Service, The Bahamas;…
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CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS URGE ACTION ON HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have expressed deep concern over the deterioration of the situation in Haiti. The Community's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) pointed out that “the fragility and volatility of the security environment in Port-au-Prince had increased” This has been illustrated “by the most grave incidents of violence affecting Haitians of all…
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CARICOM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIPS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighth meeting of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) got on the way in Freeport The Bahamas on 1 June with an extensive agenda focusing on Regional security matters and CARICOM's relationship with traditional partners and building relations with others. CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington in his address to the COFCOR,…
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