Press Releases
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Opening Remarks By Secretary-General, Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin Larocque At The Forty-first Meeting Of The Council For Trade And Economic Development (COTED) Guyana Pegasus Hotel 12 November 2015
I welcome you all to this Forty-First Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I am sure you will join me in extending a special welcome to the Her Excellency Sieglien Burleson, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname and the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago. Minister Burleson, immediately as…
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COTED holds special session with Regional private sector Thursday
A special session on Thursday with the Region’s private sector will headline the final Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) for this year as efforts continue to position the business sector to drive growth and development. The private sector is considered a critical partner in the Region’s quest for economic resilience, which is a key…
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CARICOM shocked, saddened at passing of a ‘son of the Caribbean’
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the Head the University of Guyana’s Law Department and former Head of the Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaican Sheldon McDonald. Mr. McDonald, 64, died on Wednesday from injuries received in a car crash in Guyana. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in…
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Walking for Energy: Region kicks of CARICOM Energy Week
CARICOM Energy Week 2015 was kicked off on Saturday 7 November with a series of Energy walks in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada and Guyana. We are pleased to present these photo highlights of the Kilo Walk in Guyana which began and ended at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown. Government Ministers Jaipaul Sharma and David Patterson, University of Guyana students,…
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Happy 37th Dominica – CARICOM
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Dominica on its thirty-seventh Anniversary of Independence. CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque Dominicans celebrate on Tuesday 3 November 2015 under the theme “Rebuilding Dominica Together.”. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said the theme was most apt, given the recent extensive devastation by Tropical…
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CARICOM congratulates St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM has congratulated the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines as they celebrate the country’s 36th Independence Anniversary today 27 October 2015. The Theme “Working Together to enhance National Pride” is quite fitting, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said in his congratulatory message to St. Vincent and the Grenadines…
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CARICOM Energy Week launches 7 November with `Kilo Walk’
CARICOM Energy Week 2015 will be launched on Saturday with a `Kilo Walk’ that begins at 6:00 am at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana. The Week, from November 7-14, will be observed under the theme ‘Empowering our Sustainable Development’. CARICOM Energy Week (CEW) was observed on four previous occasions. The CEW was established in 2011 as an annual event, based on…
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CBSI Technical Working Group on crime prevention convenes in Jamaica next week
The CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) will convene a Technical Working Group (TWG) on crime prevention next week. The working group will be in Jamaica from November 3-5 to examine the development of cross-cutting, comprehensive, and regional approaches to crime prevention by focusing on at-risk youth and vulnerable populations. The group will also facilitate prioritisation and sequencing of CBSI…
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CCREEE establishment sets tone for Regional sustainable development – Barbados PM
The establishment of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) has set the tone for the sustainable development, energy and climate change goals of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “It may well become one of the ironies of Caribbean history that when oil prices were at one of their lowest points, one of the most successful institutions dedicated…
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Energy efficiency centre inaugurated in Barbados
An institution that is geared at hastening CARICOM’s transition to new sustainable and clean energy production systems was inaugurated on Wednesday in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) is designed to assist Member States to navigate the renewable energy and energy efficiency investment climate, and support a modern energy landscape for sustainable development in…
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