Press Releases
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Presidential Proclamation: National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, 2013
NATIONAL CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2013 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONFor centuries, the United States and nations in the Caribbean have grown alongside each other as partners in progress. Separated by sea but united by a yearning for independence, our countries won the right to chart their owndestinies after generations of colonial rule. Time and…
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EASTERN CARIBBEAN COURT OPINION ON CCJ FOR SAINT LUCIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in respect of the process to be followed by Saint Lucia to provide for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as that country’s final court of appeal. Chief Justice Janice Pereira delivered judgment…
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TRANSPORT MINISTERS RECOMMEND RETURN OF CRICKET WORLD CUP HASSLE FREE TRAVEL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In recognition of the benefits derived from the Single Domestic Space (SDS) during the International Cricket Conference Cricket World Cup in 2007, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Transport are recommending its reintroduction. The Ministers made the recommendation at their just-concluded one-day Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Transportation…
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CARICOM-GERMANY COOPERATION PLACES FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, RENEWABLE ENERGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, and Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity will be the focus of Germany’s assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the programming period to 2018. This was reiterated recently when a German delegation met in Georgetown, Guyana, to review the CARICOM-Germany technical cooperation programme. The German delegation was…
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EPA Key to The Bahamas’ Value Added Trade Strategy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bahamas is pursuing a value added trade strategy. Authorities are seeking to more intensively position the country as a hub in global value chains, in the first instance drawing on, thereby better integrating, production networks across regional states in order to source primary and intermediate inputs for further production and export. The Caribbean…
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Communiqué Issued At The Conclusion Of The Twenty-fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of The Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 18-19 February 2013, Port-au-prince, Republic Of Haiti
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti, from 18-19 February 2013. His Excellency, Michel Joseph Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti, presided. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda,…
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Statement to the Press by His Excellency Michel Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) following discussion with Mr. Joseph Biden, Vice President, United States of America, 28 May, 2013, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We have come out of a very frank but cordial session with the Vice President and we believe that today’s discussion further strengthens the relationship between the Caribbean and the United States. It would no doubt help the United States to articulate clearly its policy toward the Caribbean which would provide an overarching framework…
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STATEMENT BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR GLENDA MOREAN-PHILLIP, HEAD OF DELEGATION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN-UNITED STATES SECURITY COOPERATION DIALOGUE, 27 MAY 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday concluded its Thirty-Sixth Meeting recording progress to boost the Community’s trade and development agenda in key areas. Over two days, 2-3 May, 2013, the Ministers, meeting at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, advanced discussions on the strategic direction…
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CARICOM, US TO SIGN TRADE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT DURING VICE PRESIDENT VISIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Energy, Security, Human and Social Development as well as Trade and Investment are the general themes for the meeting on Tuesday 28 May between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government and the Vice President of the United States, Mr Joseph Biden. The meeting takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and CARICOM…
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