Press Releases
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE OF THE FIFTH HEMISPHERIC MINISTERIAL AND FIFTEENTH REGULAR INTER-AMERICAN BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETINGS, 27 OCTOBER 2009, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Mr. Chairman Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas Director General of IICA, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite Specially Invited GuestsParticipants in this important Private Sector Dialogue I am pleased to accept this invitation to address you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington.…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ON 30TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, has extended congratulations to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on the occasion of the country’s 30th Anniversary of Independence, 27 October 2009. The country gained independence in 1979. It joined the Community on 1 May, 1974. Secretary-General Carrington, in his congratulatory note to Dr. the Honourable…
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PRIVATE SECTOR CRITICAL TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In spite of the challenges facing the agriculture sector in the Region, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) remained convinced that agriculture was an important contributor to rural development, employment creation and export earnings, and to the overall sustainable development of its Member States. This was the view expressed Tuesday by Amb. Irwin LaRocque, Assistant…
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CARICOM CONGRATULATES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON CRICKET PERFORMANCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) extends hearty congratulations to the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team on its excellent performance in the Champions League Twenty/Twenty cricket tournament. The exhilarating performances rekindled hope in West Indies cricket and reminded spectators around the world of the panache associated with West Indies cricket at a time when the game…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE DR. KENNETH BAUGH, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, TO THE NEWSPAPER EDITORS’ WORKSHOP ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 22-23 OCTOBER 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat Association of Caribbean Media Workers Representatives of press and media associations Representatives of the Jamaican mediaLadies and Gentlemen Let me take this opportunity to extend to you, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica, a warm welcome and to thank you for journeying here to participate in this workshop. It demonstrates not only…
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H1N1 VACCINE COMING TO THE CARIBBEAN IN NOVEMBER “WE HAVE PASSED THE PANIC STAGE”
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are expecting the first shipment of the HINI vaccine to arrive in the region late November, as they prepare for further attacks from the H1N1 Virus otherwise known as, the swine flu. The vaccine will provide immunisation for the Community’s most vulnerable groups – children, pregnant mothers,…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT FACILITATES NEWSPAPER EDITORS WORKSHOP ON CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newspaper Editors from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be participating in a workshop on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, Jamaica from 22-23 October 2009. The workshop is organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding provided by the 9th European Development Fund (EDF)…
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HAITIANS MAXIMISE RADIO TO SHARE INFORMATION IN AGRICULTURE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With eight hundred thousand large and small farmers out of a population of nine million Haiti is said to have a vibrant agriculture sector. However among the longstanding challenges facing the sector is slow pace of information flow between policy makers, producers and the public. In order to overcome this information deficit, officials in…
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FAO ASSISTANCE TO BRIDGE COMMUNICATION DIVIDE IN REGIONAL AGRICULTURE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Three Ministries of Agriculture in Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are in line to receive assistance to develop information and communication strategies as a first step towards mainstreaming communications in the work of the Ministries of Agriculture in the Region. While the Member States are yet to be finalised, the Food and…
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OCTOBER 15 IS CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Statistics Day will be observed throughout the Region on 15 October 2009. To mark the occasion, the Regional Statistics Programme of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has planned a series of activities under the theme `Better Statistics, Better Management, Better Development Outcomes’. The activities, which began on Monday 12 October, include a series…
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