Press Releases
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BAHAMAS SUSPENDS REPATRIATION OF ILLEGAL HAITIAN NATIONALS, ORDERS RELEASE OF DETAINED HAITIAN IMMIG
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Government has ordered the release of illegal Haitian immigrants detained at the country’s Detention Centre, and has suspended the repatriation of illegal Haitian nationals, due to conditions in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham advised Thursday night. Mr. Ingraham said: “The Department of Immigration will release from the Detention Centre those Haitians who…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN LEADS TEAM TO HAITI ON FRIDAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply distressed and shocked by the enormous loss of life and devastation wrought on its Member State, Haiti and in particular the capital, Port-au-Prince, by the powerful earthquake of Tuesday 12 January 2010. This latest setback to the development of the country will truly test the resilience of the…
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CARICOM MESSAGE ON HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is distressed at the initial reports coming out of Haiti in the wake of the destruction wrought by the series of earthquakes which struck its Member State on Tuesday. As it continues to monitor the situation closely, CARICOM will move quickly to mobilize its disaster emergency response systems in order…
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WORLD AIDS DAY 2009 MESSAGE BY THE HONOURABLE DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIRMAN OF PANCAP, 1 DECEMBER 2009
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The universality of human rights should guarantee universal access to HIV and AIDS related prevention, treatment, care and support services. As we observe yet another milestone in our response to reverse the spread of the epidemic, what does our score card as a region reveal with respect to meeting our commitments to this particular…
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WORLD AIDS DAY 2009 MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 DECEMBER 2009
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Today, we in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) join with the rest of the world to mark the occasion of the 21st World AIDS Day. This year’s theme Human Rights and Universal Access, could not be more timely as we take stock of the progress we have made as a Community in accelerating our…
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REGIONAL TOURISM BRAND CRUCIAL TO OFFSET DIMINUTION FROM GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The development of a Regional Tourism Brand is critical to lessen the impacts of the global economic downturn on the Region’s tourism sector, said the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency, Edwin Carrington. He was speaking at his annual End-of-Year media briefing, last week, via video conference from the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat,…
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CARICOM AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY LAUNCH CARIBSAVE PROJECT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE) and the Caribbean Community Centre for Climate Change (CCCCC) have formed a partnership to address the impacts and challenges surrounding climate change, the environment, tourism and related sectors throughout the Caribbean region. The project is multi-sectoral, multi-objective and multi-donor in nature and is known as CARIBSAVE. Comprising…
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Statement on Bananas by Honourable. Charles Savarin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Commonwealth of Dominica welcomes this opportunity to speak on the issue of bananas. The future trading regime for bananas is a cause for great anxiety to the people of Dominica and other Caribbean States who have derived their livelihoods from the commodity over the last fifty years. Banana production in Dominica provides employment…
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LAST LAP FOR CARICOM YOUTH COMMISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 14-member CARICOM Commission on Youth Development is meeting on Monday, for the seventh and last time to add the finishing touches to their much anticipated Report. Co-chaired by UWI Professor Barry Chevannes and former Youth Ambassador Yldiz Beighle, the Commission, for the next three days, (7-9 December) will be locked into meetings…
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THIRD CARICOM/CUBA SUMMIT SET FOR DECEMBER 8
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will gather in the city of Santiago de Cuba for their third Summit on 8 December 2008. An agenda which will include discussions on the financial, energy and food crises and on climate change and their impact on Caribbean countries as well as the sharing of…
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