Press Releases
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SECRETARY-GENERAL ASSURED OF JAMAICA’S SUPPORT FOR CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been assured of Jamaica’s support to the integration movement by Prime Minister the Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller and Opposition Leader the Honourable Andrew Holness. The Secretary-General on a three day official visit to Jamaica met with the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon on the…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE ‘MEET THE SECRETARY-GENERAL BREAKFAST’ EVENT AT THE PEGASUS HOTEL, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 29 JUNE 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I would like to thank the organisers of this event for inviting me to share thoughts, ideas and information with you. I welcome this opportunity to have this dialogue with you today as this kind of forum has been a feature of my visits throughout the Community since assuming office last August. It is…
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TOO MANY OBSTACLES TO REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, SAY CARICOM SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “To achieve competitiveness, the Region must address its constraints head on.” This opinion was expressed on Friday, by the CARICOM Secretariat’s Private Sector Facilitation Specialist, Ms Leela Ramoutar, during the opening of a regional consultation coordinated by the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness (CCfC). The Consultation was hosted at the Georgetown, Guyana headquarters of the…
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Press release 165/2012 (28 June 2012) REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES MONA, JAMAICA, 27 JUNE 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor for inviting me to this ceremony this evening to herald the opening of the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies (UWI). This splendid building itself is an example of the kind of collaboration among regional institutions, agencies, the private sector, private individuals and…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES MONA, JAMAICA, 27 JUNE 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor for inviting me to this ceremony this evening to herald the opening of the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies (UWI). This splendid building itself is an example of the kind of collaboration among regional institutions, agencies, the private sector, private individuals and…
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THIRD CARIBBEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FORUM OPENS IN ST KITTS AND NEVIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 150 persons from across the Region and beyond are expected in St. Kitts and Nevis Thursday and Friday for the Third Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF) and Exhibition. Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Rt. Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, will deliver the keynote address and set the tone for the…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HEADS TO JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will pay an official visit to Jamaica from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 June 2012. The Secretary-General will be meeting with the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller on the first day of his visit which is his tenth to Member States…
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CARICOM OPEN FOR BUSINESS: PUSHING PROJECTS FOR CONNECT THE AMERICAS SUMMIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in preparing for the one of its kind Connect the Americas Summit, set for Panama in July, is sending a strong and clear message to private sector and investment organizations that they are ready with viable, creative, cross-cutting regional and national development projects for funding. The Third Preparatory Meeting of…
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CARICOM PREPARES FOR CONNECT THE AMERICAS SUMMIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean gears up for one of the biggest summits on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Americas – Connect the America Summit, in July 2012, the CARICOM Secretariat is now spear-heading the third preparatory meeting in Barbados, on Tuesday, to cement the Region’s plans for participation in that Summit. Chaired by…
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CARICOM OFFICIAL DECORATED FOR 15 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Heather Johnson, CARICOM Secretariat Deputy Program Manager, Youth Development was decorated in the Order of Grand Officer of the Yellow Star of the Republic of Suriname by the Government of Suriname, last week. The Honour was conferred during the closing ceremony of the two-day CARICOM-UNASUR High Level Youth Exchange hosted by Suriname’s President,…
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