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  • June 28, 2013
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    THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) There is a school of thought that a more positive and apt description of the group of States that form the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is one couched in language that infers connectedness rather than divisiveness by the Caribbean Sea. In other words, the characteristic of being connected by the Caribbean Sea lends to inclusiveness,…

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  • June 28, 2013
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    CARICOM 10k Runs Off On Saturday In Port Of Spain

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Athletes from eight Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will compete at the 9th Annual CARICOM 10k Road Race which takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday 29 June. The race has become the precursor to the annual Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.…

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  • June 28, 2013
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    CARICOM MINISTERS IN FACT FINDING MISSION TO TCI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Ministerial Fact-Finding Mission from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ended a three-day visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on Wednesday 26 June. This Mission, led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of The Bahamas, the Honourable Frederick A. Mitchell was mandated by CARICOM’s Community to review the situation in the…

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  • June 27, 2013
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    PIVOTAL MEETING OF REGIONAL EPA FUNCTIONARIES TO BE CONVENED

    CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is convening a meeting of National coordinators and heads of national implementation units of the fifteen Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM) States under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. The Meeting, on 2 and 3 August in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, will allow…

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  • June 24, 2013
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    DRAFT EPA MODEL BILLS UP FOR CONSIDERATION

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Legislative drafters from regional states signatory to the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) are to meet on 26-28 June in Grenada, to discuss draft Model Bills to give effect to provisions of the Agreement. The Meeting is being mounted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…

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  • June 21, 2013
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    This Eighth CARIFESTA has already brought its fair share of excitement and expectations, challenges and creative adaptations, frustrations and a spirit of accommodation and understanding. After all, this festival is taking place in the Southern most Member State of the CARICOM family, whose ancestral heritage adds a distinctive flavour to the cultural variation that makes this region of ours so un

    SALUTATIONS! I am proud today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community to welcome you all to CARIFESTA VIII in Suriname. This pride is heightened by the fact that this is the first time since my assumption of office in 1992 that this major Community event is being held in a non-English speaking country. Indeed it is only the second time…

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  • June 20, 2013
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    PLANS UNDERWAY FOR CWA 2013 IN GEORGETOWN

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Preparations are moving apace for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) which will be held in Georgetown, Guyana in October. CWA 2013, the twelfth edition of the Region’s premier agricultural event, will be hosted by the Government of Guyana, 4-12 October, 2013, under the theme `Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    Renewable Energy: World Invests $244 billion in 2012, Geographic Shift to Developing Countries

    The sister publications, REN21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report and Frankfurt School – UNEP/BNEF’s Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2013 were launched June 12th, 2013. Global demand for renewable energy continued to rise during 2011 and 2012, supplying an estimated 19% of global final energy consumption in 2011 (the latest year for which data are available), with a little…

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  • June 12, 2013
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    WTO HEAD CALL FOR CLOSER CARICOM INTEGRATION

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Director General of the World Trade Organisation Mr Pascal Lamy has emphasised that the Region needs closer integration. Speaking at the launch of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Aid for Trade Strategy in Port au Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, Mr Lamy said the strategy sought to build on the promise of a Region free…

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  • June 11, 2013
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    Lamy: “Aid for Trade to support closer Caribbean integration”

    Director-General Pascal Lamy, at the launch of the Caribbean Regional Aid For Trade Strategy in Port au Prince, Haiti on 11 June 2013, said: “Today intra-Caribbean trade stands at just 13% which, as CARICOM itself notes, is on average, at 46 % below its trade potential. There are tremendous opportunities for increasing the role of trade in the region’s growth.…

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