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CARICOM-Canada Agreement must take full account of Community’s development interests – CARICOM Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Trade and Development Agreement being negotiated between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada must take into full account the Community’s development interests, given the differences in size and levels of development between the two sides, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said on Friday. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 38th Meeting of the…
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Continue search for solutions to challenges – Acting Chair of COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Delegates to the 38th Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) were encouraged to continue to search for solutions to the various challenges that beset the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with conviction and confidence. Acting Chairman of the COTED, the Hon. Alva Baptiste, Minister of External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation…
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Opening Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque Secretary-General Caribbean Community At The Thirty -Eighth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)
From the outset I want to thank Minister Baptiste for so graciously accepting to chair this meeting at short notice. Unfortunately our chairman, the Honourable Wilson Laleau of Haiti, could not be here due to the death of someone close to him. Also I wish to welcome His Excellency Don Tosendjojo, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname to his…
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Caribbean sports journalists are making good on a promise to form an umbrella organisation
Plans to form an umbrella organisation for Caribbean Sports Journalists have been applauded by sporting confederations and former sporting icons. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) have congratulated the initiative by a group of sports journalists,…
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COTED engages private sector
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will hold discussions with the Region’s private sector on Saturday, 10 May, 2014, during the 38th Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). COTED opens on Friday 9 May, 2014, and will focus its attention on a number of critical areas including an…
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CARICOM strengthens efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is strengthening its efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment through the Sixth Meeting of Directors/Coordinators of Women’s/Gender Bureau being convened 6-7 May in Bridgetown, Barbados. The meeting is being held in partnership with the UN Women Multi-country Office (MCO) for the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Development Bank. It focuses on…
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First ever Dutch Ambassador to CARICOM presents credentials
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first ever Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from the Kingdom of the Netherlands Her Excellency Lucita MoenirAlam presented her credentials to Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at a simple ceremony at his office in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday. Both Ambassadors agreed that the accreditation was a step forward in the deepening of relations…
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CARICOM Triennial Award for Women selection process begins
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The selection process for the eleventh CARICOM Triennial Award for Women 2014 got underway in Bridgetown, Barbados on Monday. The Selection Committee comprised representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica and Montserrat. This year there were eight nominees from five Member States. The aim of the Award is to honour a Caribbean Woman…
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CARPHA and CTO Launch Tourism and Health Programme in the Region
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 06, 2014: Closures of hotels and cruise ports due to outbreaks of communicable diseases, environmental challenges like climate change, and poor health and wellness in the tourism workforce, can result in significant losses in revenue. These were the major catalysts for the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) partnering to…
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CARICOM Secretariat Staff Association gives back
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “We [CARICOM Secretariat] operate as a family so all staff members from Executive Management to Office Assistants and Office Attendants made a contribution….” This is the explanation of the CARICOM Secretariat Staff Association President, Timothy Odle, on the US$1800 donated by the Association to two homes in Paramaribo, Suriname on 3 May 2014. Members…
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