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  • March 6, 2012
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    41 STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM CHLI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Health Leadership Institute (CHLI) will hold its graduation ceremony for the fourth cohort of its Leadership Training Programme on Wednesday 7 March 2012. The event will take place simultaneously via videoconferencing sites across the Caribbean. This year a total of 41 students will graduate from the course from the following countries: Antigua…

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  • March 5, 2012
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    CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEET IN SURINAME: RESTRUCTURING AND REFORM HIGH ON AGENDA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meet in Suriname next week Thursday and Friday for their 23rd Inter-Sessional Conference, it is to discuss a crisp agenda, which has among its priorities, the Landell Mills review of the CARICOM Secretariat and the strategic direction of the 15-member Community. The report titled, Turning around CARICOM:…

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  • March 1, 2012
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    PRIVATE SECTOR HAS A CRUCIAL ROLE TO PLAY- CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL

    (CARICOM Secretarait, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The private sector must play a crucial role if the Community is to achieve the results from the priorities laid out last year by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government. This is the view articulated by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General at a business luncheon hosted by the Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GMSA)…

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  • February 29, 2012
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    ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE GUYANA MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION LTD BUSINESS LUNCHEON 29 FEBRUARY 2012 GUYANA

    ​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) Thank you for this invitation to speak at your quarterly Luncheon. This Luncheon affords me the first opportunity, since assuming office as Secretary-General some six months ago, to address a forum in Guyana outside of the confines of Secretariat’s Headquarters or a Secretariat organized event. The time could not be more appropriate for me to…

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  • February 29, 2012
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    ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE GUYANA MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION LTD BUSINESS LUNCHEON 29 FEBRUARY 2012 GUYANA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) Thank you for this invitation to speak at your quarterly Luncheon. This Luncheon affords me the first opportunity, since assuming office as Secretary-General some six months ago, to address a forum in Guyana outside of the confines of Secretariat’s Headquarters or a Secretariat organized event. The time could not be more appropriate for me to…

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  • February 29, 2012
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    HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ARE COMMITTED TO THE INTEGRATION PROCESS SAYS SG

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Political will is not alone to blame for the so-called implementation deficit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), says Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM. Responding to comments from the floor following an address to the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association in Georgetown on Wednesday, Secretary-General LaRocque said: “I am satisfied that our Heads of…

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  • February 29, 2012
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    ‘WE MUST SET PRIORITIES’ – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must take into account necessity, urgency and resources required when setting its targets and be mindful of “what it can, and cannot do”, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General, said Wednesday. Delivering the feature address to the Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association quarterly business luncheon at the Regency Suites in Georgetown,…

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  • February 24, 2012
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    GEORGETOWN MEETING REVIEWS CaribVET CHARTER, TACKLES SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Coordinating Unit and Chairs of the Working Groups of the Caribbean Animal Health Network (CaribVET) met at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, 14-15 February and revised the network’s Charter Document. The revised Charter, which outlines the principles, organisation and functions of the Network, will be presented for ratification when CaribVET’s…

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  • February 24, 2012
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    CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETS IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

    CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Come next week Tuesday, Antigua and Barbuda will host the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Technical Working Group (TWG) on Preventing Crime by Focusing on At Risk Youths and Vulnerable Populations. The TWG is one of the four Working Groups under the CBSI which includes CARICOM, the Dominican Republic and…

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  • February 16, 2012
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    JOBS KEY TO HAITIAN RECOVERY

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Job creation and strengthening the capacity of the Haitian Government were the top two priorities laid out to the Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during its two-day mission to Haiti. Both the President and Prime Minister of Haiti emphasised those points in their meetings with the Bureau led by Chairman,…

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