Press Releases
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At The THIRTY-THIRD Meeting of the COMMUNITY Council of Ministers
Welcome you all to this meeting of the Community Council and in so doing extend a special welcome to our chairman Senator the Honourable Camillo Gonsalves who is attending his first meeting and is immediately thrust into the leadership role. Minister in congratulating you on your assumption of the chair, I do so in the full knowledge that this Council…
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C-SERMS Resource Mobilization Forum was held in July 2013 in Barbados
As a final activity under the C-SERMS Phase I Project funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The keynote address was delivered by Minister with responsibility for Energy in Barbados, Senator the Hon. Darcy Boyce. Other speakers at the event included, H.E. Mr. Stefan Schlüter, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Port of Spain and Mr. Christiaan Gischler, Senior…
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Remarks by SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On the Occasion Of the PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY His EXCELLENCY DR. BOZO CERAR Plenipotentiary Representative (DESIGNATE) Of THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
Ambassador, it is my honour to accept your Credentials accrediting you as Slovenia’s Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM and to extend to you my hand and that of the Caribbean Community in friendship. The Caribbean Community welcomes the interest in deepening ties that your country has shown in appointing you as its second Ambassador to our Community. CARICOM’s expectations that relations…
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SG LaRocque seeks Slovenia’s support in advocating for CARICOM on EU graduation policy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has sought the support of Slovenia in advocating for CARICOM regarding graduation in the EU development policy. The Secretary General was making remarks during a ceremony in which the newly appointed Slovenian Ambassador to CARICOM His Excellency Bozo Cerar handed over his credentials. The…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DOMINICA’S MOVE TOWARDS THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the news that Dominica has moved closer in its bid to formally recognise the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as it final court of appeal. Dominica Prime Minister the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit announced on Thursday that the government of the United Kingdom had no…
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Over 37,000 hits for Facebook link to livestream for interaction with CARICOM SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Over thirty-seven thousand hits were received from users of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Facebook page leading up to a Social Media Interaction with CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Tuesday. The social media interaction was hosted at the Secretariat’s headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. Its purpose was to expose young people across the Region…
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CARICOM Secretary General to host social media interaction with youth on Tuesday
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will host a social media interaction with youth across CARICOM on Tuesday between 6:00 and 8:00pm. The main topic for discussion will be the CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP) which was developed to guide national policy, integrated planning and action regarding youth. The Action…
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C@ribNET – a step in the right direction for CARICOM says Secretary General LaRocque
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has stated that C@ribNET was a step in the right direction for CARICOM. He was speaking to Ministers and delegates at the opening ceremony for the forty-eighth (48th) Special Meeting of the Council on Trade and Economic Integration (COTED) on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)…
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ICT and Human Resource Development, the catalyst to sustainable economic growth and development for CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) ICT and Human Resource Development fused together could be the catalyst to enhancing prospects for sustainable growth and development for CARICOM. That was the sentiment expressed by Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell at the opening ceremony for the forty-eighth (48th) Special Meeting of the Council on Trade and Economic…
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ICT new frontier for regional integration – SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers and delegates to the Caribbean Community’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), led by the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr the Rt Honourable Keith Mitchell, were given a demonstration of the cutting edge of technology in the Region. The opening in Grand Anse, Grenada of the…
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