Press Releases
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STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR – SECRETARY-GENERAL LAROCQUE TELLS COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The need for the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to strengthen relations with the private sector was one of the key messages Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), gave to the Region’s Trade Ministers at the Opening Ceremony of the Council’s two-day Thirty-Third Meeting. He referred to…
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SURINAME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CARICOM LEGAL PROCEDURES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is moving to improve the understanding in Suriname of legislative processes in CARICOM. From 21-22 November, legal experts within the CARICOM Secretariat will engage legal officials from various government departments in Suriname, in the CARICOM Law and Legislative Drafting Seminar. The seminar is being supported by the European Union,…
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REGION’S FISHERIES SECTOR PROFILED IN ACP MEETING IN JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Fifteen countries from the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), are participating in a four-day workshop in Jamaica which profiles fisheries management in Region, even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) finalises negotiation for a Common Fisheries Policy. The Third Regional Programme Monitoring Training Workshop began on Tuesday 15 November, in Kingston,…
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STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, OCC, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINIARE AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good Morning. Mr. Secretary-General, my first and most enjoyable task today is to extend to you the warmest congratulations on your assumption of the office of Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We have worked together for many years and I know that in you, the Community is in very capable and committed hands. I…
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REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE (DESIGNATE) OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 16 NOVEMBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Sir Edwin, as your successor it is my honour and distinct pleasure to receive your Letters of Credence, accrediting you as Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the Caribbean Community. This is indeed a rare occasion, where the Community has the opportunity to receive as an accredited diplomatic representative, a…
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STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, OCC, AMBASSADOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good Morning. Mr. Secretary-General, my first and most enjoyable task today is to extend to you the warmest congratulations on your assumption of the office of Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We have worked together for many years and I know that in you, the Community is in very capable and committed hands. I…
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SIR EDWIN BEGINS HISTORIC `THIRD RELATIONSHIP’ WITH CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Sir Edwin Carrington, Trinidad and Tobago’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), presented his credentials to Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday, signaling the start of his third relationship with the CARICOM Secretariat. Accepting Sir Edwin’s credentials, Amb. LaRocque, who succeeded him as Secretary-General, said it was a rare occasion that the Community had…
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EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE LEADS TO STRESS RELATED ILLNESS IN YOUTH, SAY CARICOM OFFICIAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Heather Johnson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development says, young people who are constantly exposed to violence invariably develop complex psychosomatic illnesses which very often lead to other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, mental illnesses and heart diseases. Dr Johnson who also majored in psychology was delivering…
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TRADITIONAL SOCIALIZATION AGENTS HAVE FAILED, SAYS ST KITTS AND NEVIS MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The third leg of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) National Consultations on Gangs and Gang violence project opened in St Kitts and Nevis on Monday with a call from that country’s Minister of Social Development Culture and Gender Affairs Honourable Marcella Liburd for “traditional shapers of society “to reassert their role in order to mitigate…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS ASTONA BROWN PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, ST KITTS AND NEVIS AND CO-CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE (CBSI) COMMISSION AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CBSI COMMISSION 13 OCTOBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am particularly pleased to join in welcoming all our participants to the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Commission and to state how grateful we are to the Government of Guyana for agreeing to host this year’s meeting and for the warm hospitality extended to the delegations represented here today. On…
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