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JAMAICA, SAINT LUCIA TOP CARICOM TAX ESSAY COMPETITION
Shaneek Amoy Frank, a 12th grade student of William Knibb Memorial High School, Jamaica will be among her country's delegates at the upcoming Eighteenth General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) in The Bahamas from 26-29 July, 2004. Frank's attendance at the meeting forms part of her first prize for the winning entry in…
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JAMAICA, SAINT LUCIA TOP CARICOM TAX ESSAY COMPETITION
Shaneek Amoy Frank, a 12th grade student of William Knibb Memorial High School, Jamaica will be among her country's delegates at the upcoming Eighteenth General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) in The Bahamas from 26-29 July, 2004. Frank's attendance at the meeting forms part of her first prize for the winning entry in…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT TO HONOUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN GUYANA
H. E. Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will lead staff of the CARICOM Secretariat in commemorating CARICOM Day 2004 by honouring and remembering senior citizens in Guyana on Saturday, 24 July 2004. This “different, yet meaningful way”, of celebrating CARICOM Day 2004 recognises that senior citizens are an important part of the Community, but as a…
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DELEGATION OF CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS SET FOR HAITI THIS WEEK
The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) wishes to inform that, in accordance with the decision taken by CARICOM heads of Government at their recent conference in Grenada “to create a channel of engagement with the interim administration of Haiti”, a delegation of CARICOM foreign ministers will be visiting Haiti 13-14 July 2004. Composed of Foreign Ministers of Antigua and…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CORRECTS MEDIA REPORTS ON CARICOM APPROACH TO HAITI
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington today reacted with surprise and some disappointment to reports in sections of the regional media that CARICOM had “called for the release from detention of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune as one of the conditions for recognition of the Interim Administration in Haiti, as well as for a date certain for elections”. Secretary-General Carrington was categorical,…
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DELEGATION OF CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS SET FOR HAITI THIS WEEK
The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) wishes to inform that, in accordance with the decision taken by CARICOM heads of Government at their recent conference in Grenada “to create a channel of engagement with the interim administration of Haiti”, a delegation of CARICOM foreign ministers will be visiting Haiti 13-14 July 2004. Composed of Foreign Ministers of Antigua and…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CORRECTS MEDIA REPORTS ON CARICOM APPROACH TO HAITI
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington today reacted with surprise and some disappointment to reports in sections of the regional media that CARICOM had “called for the release from detention of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune as one of the conditions for recognition of the Interim Administration in Haiti, as well as for a date certain for elections”. Secretary-General Carrington was categorical,…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
The Twenty-Fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Grand Anse, Grenada from 4 to 7 July 2004. Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM presided over the Meeting of the Conference, the work programme of which sought to advance the process of regional…
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STATEMENT BY HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER, BELIZE AND LEAD HEAD FOR ISSUES RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CARICOM QUASI-CABINET, AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
Mr. Chairman, thank you for affording me the opportunity to speak today on Belize's fulfillment of its Quasi-Cabinet responsibility as it relates to sustainable development issues within the Region. Mr. Chairman, it can be argued that the Region is more vulnerable now than we were ten years ago to economic pressures, a declining social fabric and environmental degradation. I do…
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CARICOM ART COMPETITION WINNERS PRESENTED WITH TROPHIES
Two beaming school children from Grenada who participated in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thirtieth Anniversary Art Competition were presented with their trophies in Grenada today. The students, Sean Harford and Shellon Eleazer placed second in the junior and senior categories respectively in the competition, which was one of the activities geared for the Community's youth during the anniversary year, February…
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