Press Releases
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AGENCY (CAHFSA), 18 MARCH 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
It is with a sense of progress and pride that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I address you at this Inauguration Ceremony of the Headquarters of the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA). Let me at the outset thank the President of Suriname, His Excellency Runaldo Venetiaan. It was you, Excellency, who at the Thirtieth Meeting…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY DRS. KERMECHEND RAGHOEBARSING, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FISHERIES, SURINAME ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AGENCY (CAHFSA) 18 MARCH 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Good afternoon and welcome to the grounds of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. In 2005, my Ministry started to design a more comprehensive National Agricultural Health and Food Safety System. Many parts of the system were already available and in operation, like legislation, institutional facilities, inspections, trace-back systems and veterinary services. But there was also…
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CAHFSA Launched In Suriname
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The agency upon which the Region will depend to strengthen agricultural health and food safety and ensure the highest standards for trade in agricultural products, was launched Thursday afternoon in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) was inaugurated at an elaborate ceremony on the grounds of the Ministry of…
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GOVERNANCE CRITICAL TO THE NEW HAITI SAYS P.J. PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Special Representative of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) the Most Honourable Percival Patterson singled out the area of Governance when he addressed the two-day Technical Preparatory Meeting on the Reconstruction of Haiti in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 16-17 March 2010. Mr Patterson emphasized that Governance underpinned the entire…
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CARICOM INVOLVED IN HAITI PLANNING CONFERENCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Special Representative on Haiti, the Most Honourable Percival Patterson and CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General Foreign and Community Relations, Ambassador Colin Granderson are in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic attending a preparatory meeting for the Pledging Conference on Haiti convened by the United States and scheduled for 31 March at…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-FIRST INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 11-12 MARCH 2010, ROSEAU, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Roseau, Dominica, on 11-12 March 2010. The Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, presided. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Winston…
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Subsequent to earlier information, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has learnt that fo
Subsequent to earlier information, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has learnt that four delegates who were attending the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have not been accounted for. The delegates include a national of Saint Lucia, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and two nationals of…
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EDUCATION AND JOBS A PRIORITY SAYS HAITI’S PRESIDENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Without the assistance of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) even with its limited financial resources, and the resources of the international community, Haiti would not be able to recover from the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country earlier this year, H.E Rene Preval, President of Haiti said Friday. Haiti has been one of the major…
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CARICOM CALLS FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HAITI GOVERNMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is to provide direct financial support to Haiti in recognition of the importance of channelling resources through the government of Haiti and as a demonstration of the Community’s confidence in the Haitian government. The Community is also calling on the international community to demonstrate a greater level of confidence in…
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STATEMENT BY THE MOST HONOURABLE P.J. PATTERSON, ON, OCC, PC, QC., SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON HAITI AT THE DONORS CONFERENCE, 31 MARCH 2010, NEW YORK
The earthquake of January 12 ranks as being among the worst catastrophes to befall a single nation. The loss of life, the toll of severe injuries, the destruction of the physical infrastructure, the demolition of public buildings and its consequent damage to the apparatus of governance combined to make the natural disaster one of the worst ever in recorded history.…
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