Press Releases
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ADDRESS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF
Hon. Billie Miller, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers; Other Hon. Ministers; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Delegates; Distinguished Guests; Staff of the Secretariat; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen: It is once again my honour and pleasure to welcome you to this…
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Finance ministers meet in Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Finance Ministers will meet on Wednesday 7 August in Trinidad and Tobago within the framework of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP). High on the agenda is a follow-up discussion seeking to chart a framework for growth and development in CARICOM which engaged the Heads of…
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MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE TO THE 36TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN UNION OF TEACHERS 5 AUGUST 2013, GUYANA
I welcome this opportunity to greet teachers from across the Region, as you gather for your Biennial Conference. The Region’s gradual shift toward knowledge-based economies, together with competition in the global market place and free movement of skilled labour, has placed new demands on our schools and educational institutions. Our Community needs a workforce that is healthy, competent, literate…
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SG URGES REGIONAL TEACHERS’ UNION TO PLACE EMPHASIS ON STANDARDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, has urged teachers gathered in Georgetown, Guyana for the 36th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Union of Teachers, to place emphasis on teaching standards to meet demands for a competent workforce in the Community. In a message to the Conference, which opened on Monday evening at the…
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CARICOM courts increased funding from International Development Partners
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday put forward a case to raise the level of funding from its International Development Partners (IDPs) and to increase the number of Community priorities in the bilateral and regional programmes of the IDPs. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque wants to ensure that the Community’s positions are reflected in…
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CARIFORUM Platform to be Strengthened, says New DG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. Percival Marie, a national of the Commonwealth of Dominica, assumes office on August 1 as Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Directorate in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. He replaces Mr. Ivan Ogando Lora. Mr. Marie who has been appointed for a period of three years…
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Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary -General, Caribbean Community At The Opening Ceremony Of The Third High –Level Forum on Donor Coordination Georgetown, Guyana 30 July 2013
I wish to extend a very warm welcome to all participants to the Third High-Level Forum on Donor Coordination. The last High-Level Forum was in July 2011 and much has transpired since. The gap between these Meetings has been too long but I am sure that over the next day and a half we will make up for the time…
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Increased trade in the Region a consequence of integration
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Intra-regional trade in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been positive with significant growth in the early period of the integration movement and with the share of intra-regional to total trade increasing, on average, in the face of exogenous factors. Despite a dip in 2009, the increase in trade in 2011 was approximately thirty times…
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JOINT STATEMENT OF THE SEVENTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
The Seventh General Meeting between the United Nations (UN) system and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its associated institutions was convened at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York on 22 and 23 July 2013. Opening Remarks were given by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. BAN Ki-moon, and by the Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque.…
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CARDI –CTA Launches the 3rd Regional Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Awards Recognition for Regional Journalists Reporting on Agriculture
Port of Spain, July 19th 2013 – The Caribbean Research Development Institute (CARDI) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation (CTA) have launched their third Regional Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Awards this time under the theme “Achieving Food Security through Regional Cooperation”. Journalists from across the Caribbean are invited to participate, by submitting their best entries. The inaugural…
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