Press Releases
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CARICOM OBSERVES ENERGY WEEK
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Next week, November 11-17, is CARICOM Energy Week, to be observed under the theme, Sustainable Energy Powering a Green economy. CARICOM Energy Week, first observed last year, was established as an annual event based on a mandate from CARICOM Energy Ministers in 2011 to provide a platform for increased awareness about energy matters, given…
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CARICOM STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH HURRICANE RAVAGED COUNTRIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has signalled the commitment of the Community to provide support where necessary to hurricane ravaged countries of Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba: this, after Hurricane Sandy barrelled a path through the Caribbean on his way to the US, taking lives and leaving billions of dollars of…
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Draft Model Bills focus of EPA Meeting of Legislative Drafters
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit is set to convene a Meeting of Legislative Drafters on 8-9 November in Antigua and Barbuda. “The Meeting targets legislative drafters from CARIFORUM States that are signatory to the EPA and is designed to benefit those legislative drafters who will be tasked with…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PICEWELL A. FORBES, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 6 NOVEMBER 2012, CARICOM
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is for me always a special pleasure and honour to accept the Credentials of a Plenipotentiary Representative of a Member State to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. The Bahamas is a valued Member of our Community, and the fact…
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CARICOM YOUTH DUB SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTION A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 9, 000 young people logged on to new media platforms on Thursday afternoon, to participate in a two hour social media interaction with the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. Dubbed Live with SG and hosted by the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, the live social media interaction facilitated by Dominican based COMESEE TV in…
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NEW BAHAMIAN ENVOY ACCREDITED TO CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Picewell Forbes, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on Tuesday presented his letters of credence to Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, at the CARICOM Secretariat. The third Plenipotentiary Representative of the Bahamas to CARICOM, Ambassador Forbes is a veteran broadcaster and communications specialist. Describing the diplomatic appointment by the…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PICEWELL A. FORBES, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 6 NOVEMBER 2012, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is for me always a special pleasure and honour to accept the Credentials of a Plenipotentiary Representative of a Member State to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. The Bahamas is a valued Member of our Community, and the fact…
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CARICOM SALUTES ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA’S PROGRESS IN NATION BUILDING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) As Antigua and Barbuda celebrates its Thirty-First Anniversary as an independent nation, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has applauded the progress made by the Twin Isles in national development. Secretary-General LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, commended the Member State for…
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Second Meeting of EPA Joint Council held in Brussels
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Second Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was held at the Headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium on 26 October 2012. The Meeting delved into challenges that have arisen in the implementation of the EPA and provided political guidance, with a view…
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SPEAKING NOTES BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF H.E. MR. SERGE MARCOUX, AMBASSADOR OF CANADA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 28 OCTOBER 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Serge Marcoux, Ambassador of Canada to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General Representatives of the Canadian High Commission Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Members of the Media It is with great pleasure that I welcome your Excellency Serge Marcoux to the Secretariat today for the special purpose of receiving your Credentials accrediting you as Canada's Ambassador to the…
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