Press Releases
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT HOSTS BLOOD DONATION DRIVE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat yesterday responded to the recurrent call of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Guyana, for voluntary donation of blood of all types. On Thursday November 12, 2009 the CARICOM Secretariat’s Staff Association organised a blood donation drive at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana. Vice-President of the…
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REMARKS BY PROFESSOR E. NIGEL HARRIS, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM : CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY LAW, 9-11 NOVEMBER 2009, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Chairman of this Conference H.E. Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, Caribbean Community Prime Minister, the Honourable David Thompson The Rt. Hon. Justice Michael de la Bastide, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice Ambassador Dr Cuthbert Joseph Professor Winston Anderson Members of the Judiciary and Legal Fraternity Members of the Diplomatic Corps Other specially invited guests Colleagues Friends Let…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT TEAM TO OBSERVE ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES REFERENDUM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will mount an Observer Mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines when nationals of this CARICOM Member State vote in a National Referendum for the approval of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution Bill, 2009 on 25 November 2009. The Referendum is the first of its kind to…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM : CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY LAW, 9-11 NOVEMBER 2009, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen, It is for me a signal honour to have been invited to Chair this afternoon’s proceedings, and in that capacity, my first order of business is to bid you all welcome today to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It is not by way of accident but rather by way of good design,…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. CUTHBERT JOSEPH, ON BEHALF OF THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM : CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY LAW, 9-11 NOVEMBER 2009, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
My first duty is to apologise for the unavoidable absence of the Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minster of Trinidad and Tobago, to address you this evening. When the Prime Minister asked me to represent him on this occasion, I tried to rationalize his decision. The only answer I could venture is my “longevity” in surviving the long and tortuous…
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CARICOM UNITY IMPORTANT IN FACE OF CHALLENGES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Renewed calls for a consolidation and deepening of the integration movement particularly within the contexts of the development of a rules-based Community and the prevailing economic climate were the common themes at the opening ceremony of a high level law symposium in Trinidad and Tobago. Speakers at the opening ceremony of the Inaugural Symposium:…
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LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN JAMAIC
(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Integration and development issues are to be discussed by Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Latin America and the Caribbean (CALC) at their meeting in Jamaica today, Friday, 6 November 2009. The Meeting is being chaired by Dr Kenneth Baugh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica. In focusing on issues pertaining…
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FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON CARICOM LAW DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the Regional legal fraternity, policy holders, bankers, business executives and entrepreneurs are among those who will have an opportunity to explore developments in law as they relate to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the inaugural symposium on Current Developments in Caribbean Community Law. The Symposium will be held from 9-11 November 2009,…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE TILLMAN THOMAS, PRIME MINISTER, GRENADA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 28-30 OCTOBER 2009, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
I thank the CARICOM Secretariat and the general membership of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) for choosing Grenada as the venue for the Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP). On behalf of the Government and people of this “Spice Isle of the Caribbean”, I extend warmest welcome to…
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PANCAP DEMONSTRATES EFFECTIVENESS OF FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington on Thursday lauded the work of Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), which he said had “demonstrated the effectiveness of functional cooperation.” Speaking via video tape to delegates at the Ninth Anniversary Annual General Meeting of PANCAP on October 29, 2009, St. Georges,…
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