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YOUTH EXPLOSION LAUNCHED IN THE BAHAMAS
The Caribbean Youth Explosion will be launched in Nassau, The Bahamas on Friday,18 September 1998 with a ceremony at the Nassau Marriott Hotel. This unique event will involve more than 100 young people between the ages of 13 and 30 from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Commonwealth Caribbean including Canada. With the theme “Making Choices, Taking…
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REGULATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN MONTSERRAT
The Government of Montserrat is taking steps to regularise employment opportunities for CARICOM nationals in that country. The following outlines the procedures to be followed by suitably qualified CARICOM nationals seeking employment in Montserrat. In recent times, nationals of several overseas countries arriving in Montserrat to access employment opportunities, have been refused entry because they do not fulfil entry requirements.…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN VISITS GUYANA
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Kenny D Anthony is scheduled to arrive in Guyana on Sunday, September 13 for a one-day visit. The purpose of Dr Anthony’s visit is to met with the parties who are signatories to the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement, the two CARICOM-brokered documents which set…
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SIR JAMES LEADS CARICOM LEADERS’ MISSION TO ST KITTS/NEVIS
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines the Rt Hon Sir James Mitchell and the Prime Minister of Dominica, the Hon Edison James are in St Kitts/Nevis holding discussions with the principals involved in the secession issue. The Prime Ministers, accompanied by Ambassador Kingsley Lane of St Vincent and the Grenadines arrived in Basseterre on Wednesday for a two…
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STATEMENT BY DR. THE HON. KENNY ANTHONY, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE NEVIS REFERENDUM
The Caribbean Community is relieved at the decision on the part of the people of Nevis to remain in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. This has ensured the continued integrity of the State. It has also provided what could be the last chance for all with the interests of the people of St. Kitts and Nevis at heart…
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NEVISIANS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISION – CARRINGTON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The people of Nevis, a part of the Federation of St.Kitts/Nevis, have a right to self-determination, but the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr. Edwin Carrington says they should at least have the maximum information on the pros and cons of secession before voting in a referendum on 10 August, 1998. Speaking to journalists at…
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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PREMIER OF NEVIS OF THE DATE FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL FUTURE OF NEVIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community heard with surprise and disappointment the recent announcement by the Premier of Nevis, that the Nevis Administration would be proceeding with the holding of a referendum on 10 August 1998, with a view to seceding from the State of St. Kitts and Nevis. The Community views this development with grave concern. The Community…
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TRAINING FOR CARICOM SECONDARY SCHOOL SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The University of the West Indies will host the Sixth annual workshop for Secondary School Spanish Language teachers drawn from the Caribbean Community Education system starting 10 August 1998 at Mona Campus, Jamaica. The five-day training programme is geared towards enhancing the teaching skills of Spanish as a foreign language as participants will be exposed to…
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TRIBUTES PAID TO FOUR DISTINGUISHED CARIBBEAN NATIONALS WHO WERE CONFERRED WITH the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC) AT the opening ceremony of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 30 JUNE – 4 JULY 1998, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
ARTHUR NAPOLEON RAYMOND ROBINSONTrinity Cross and State Counsel Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, a national of Trinidad and Tobago was born in the Island of Tobago on 16 December 1926. He served his country and people with distinction, honour and fortitude in winning, sustaining and advancing their independence. Convinced of the importance of regional integration for the preservation of that independence…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 30 JUNE – 4 JULY 1998, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Castries, Saint Lucia, on 30 June-4 July 1998 with an Opening Ceremony on the evening of 30 June1998 and a Closing Ceremony on 4 July 1998. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister and…
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