Press Releases
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CARICOM WORKING WITH HAITI FOR THE NATION’S ‘RENAISSANCE’
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Haitian Government has identified the town of Léogane and its environs as the preferred location for the health intervention of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This was the information relayed by Haitian government officials following the CARICOM Mission to Haiti on Saturday 6 February. The Mission was led by the Chairman of CARICOM, Honourable…
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More CARICOM Health Personnel for Haiti
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 11, 2010 (CDEMA) – CARICOM sends a regional eight member team of health personnel to Haiti. The team of specialists from Barbados and Saint Lucia left for Haiti today to begin two weeks of voluntary service. These individuals will provide emergency and specialized health care to earthquake victims and compliment the work of teams from the Sub Regional Focal Point Jamaica.…
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CARICOM IN COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER RESPONSE TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 300 persons from eleven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members have so far been involved in the response to the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January. The Region’s initial response was spearheaded by Jamaica, the sub-regional focal point with responsibility for the northern geographic zone of the Caribbean…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 8 FEBRUARY 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chair of COTED Honourable Clifford Marica, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Guyana Other Hon. Ministers of Government Their Excellencies/Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Other Heads of Delegation Representatives of Regional and International organizations Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the Media Ladies and…
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CARICOM MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HAITI – DSG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must continue to support Haiti and allow sufficient time for that Member State to continue its efforts to participate fully in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, H.E. Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM said Monday. Delivering remarks at the opening of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and…
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CARICOM’S ENGAGEMENT WITH HAITI MUST BE LONG TERM – SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General yesterday signalled the Community’s commitment, in the long term, towards Haiti’s recovery and reconstruction. Speaking at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Wednesday, 1 February at the Thirteenth Meeting of the Budget Committee, Secretary-General Carrington said that the Secretariat had moved to establish a “dedicated…
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HELP ON THE WAY FOR HAITI’S TERTIARY STUDENTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) the Hon Roosevelt Skerrit said CARICOM would have discussions with the University of the West Indies (UWI) with a view to creating special programmes for displaced tertiary students in Haiti. He was responding to queries at a press conference, in Paramaribo,…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS MONELLE ALEXIS, DEAN OF THE CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADOR CORPS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 30 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME: YOUTH NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the Chairman of the Conference, Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit His Excellency, Drs. Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname and Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Youth, Culture Sport and Gender Development His Excellency, Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Ministers responsible for Youth Affairs and other related ministries CARICOM Youth Ambassadors,…
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Declaration Of Paramaribo On The Future Of Youth In The Caribbean Community
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at the Torarica Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname on 30 January 2010 on the occasion of a Special Regional Summit on Youth Development: Conscious that regional integration holds the key to the optimal development of the small developing countries of the Community and the regional population, the majority of which is under the…
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Press release 39/2010 (29 January 2010) REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE HON. JERMAINE WADE, PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SPORTS, MONTSERRAT TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 28 JANUARY 2010
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM, Honourable Ministers of regional governments, CARICOM youth ambassadors, youth reps, members of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD), other officials, my brothers and sisters good day & greetings from Montserrat. I must first join in the sentiments that others have expressed by extending commendations to the members of the CARICOM…
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