Press Releases
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CXC HELPS REGIONAL NURSING BODY PREPARE THEIR EXAMINATIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 40th joint meeting of the Executive and Education Committees and 9th Practice Committee of the Regional Nursing Body was convened at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana, on 14-16 March, 2012. The objectives of the meeting were to discuss the assistance from the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) in the preparation and administration of the…
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CARICOM STRENGTHENS BUDDING RELATIONS WITH SINGAPORE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A burgeoning relationship between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Singapore was taken to new heights Wednesday, with the accreditation of the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the Southeast Asian country to CARICOM. Described as an “historic occasion” by the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, the accreditation formalises diplomatic relations between CARICOM and…
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SINGAPORE SIGNALS INTENT OF PURPOSE FOR GREATER COOPERATION WITH CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Kemal Siddique, the first Ambassador of Singapore to be accredited to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on Wednesday said his appointment was meant to be a signal that “Singapore does not take the support of our Caribbean friends for granted.” His country has always valued its relations with the Community, he stated. The…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE TO CARICOM, 14 MARCH 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, it is my great pleasure and honour to welcome you to Guyana and to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, on this historic occasion of the presentation of your credentials as the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the Caribbean Community. This ceremony today heralds a welcome development in deepening CARICOM-Singapore…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, AT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 14 MARCH 2012
Thank you, Secretary General Larocque, for your kind words. It is a great honour, and a great pleasure as well, to be visiting the region again. I will keep my remarks brief. Let me simply point out that Singapore has always and continues to value our relationship with the countries of the Caribbean. Our relations with the region date back…
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CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS TO DISCUSS HEALTH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The progress on the Elimination Initiative and policy dialogue on the integration of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) into health systems will be the focus of the First Special Meeting of Regional Chief Medical Officers (CMOs). The meeting which is being sponsored by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), will…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE TO CARICOM, 14 MARCH 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, it is my great pleasure and honour to welcome you to Guyana and to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, on this historic occasion of the presentation of your credentials as the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the Caribbean Community. This ceremony today heralds a welcome development in deepening CARICOM-Singapore…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, AT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 14 MARCH 2012
Thank you, Secretary General Larocque, for your kind words. It is a great honour, and a great pleasure as well, to be visiting the region again. I will keep my remarks brief. Let me simply point out that Singapore has always and continues to value our relationship with the countries of the Caribbean. Our relations with the region date back…
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PANCAP MODEL ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION – INTERFACE BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Region’s Chief Parliamentary Counsel will meet over the next four days to refine the PANCAP draft Regional Anti-Discrimination Model Policy, at a meeting being held, in Trinidad and Tobago. PANCAP Coordinating Unit Director, Mrs. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, in brief remarks to the Official Opening of the meeting on Monday 12 March, noted that the…
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