Press Releases
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CARIBBEAN MEDIA DIALOGUE MODEL NOW IN USE BY ACP AGENCY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A format to facilitate dialogue between media professionals and the agriculture sector, which was pioneered by the Caribbean, is now being used by countries of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states to assist in bridging the divide between the two sectors. The adoption of the Caribbean formula by the ACP has come in…
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. CAROL EVELYN, PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE (CAIC), AT THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9-10 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Mr. Chairman, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is an instrument conceived by Heads of Governments of the CARICOM Community to facilitate the economic development of the member states of CARICOM. As we have heard many times, and with which many of us can agree, the private sector is the driver of social and economic development, and welfare, in any…
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REMARKS BY MS. JACQUELINE JACK, PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN CONGRESS OF LABOUR, AT THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME), 9-10 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Honourable David J. H. Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados and Lead Head Minister with responsibility for CSME His Excellency Edward Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen My Fellow Trade Union Colleagues Representatives of the Media Good Morning. I consider an honour in capacity as President of…
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ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE CERTIFICATION OF THE OGLE AIRSTRIP AND SIGNING OF PHASE II RUNWAY CONTRACT, 9 SEPTEMBER 2009, OGLE, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA
It is really for me a great pleasure that I stand here this afternoon at Ogle International Airport. Those last three words have resonated with me for a long time and finally being able to say them is almost like music to my ears. The circle is almost complete from my vision expressed in 2003 which included the…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
It is with a sense of great expectation, that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I address you at this Opening Ceremony of this historic Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. Let me at the outset thank the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable David Thompson, Head of Government with Lead Responsibility in the Community for the CSME,…
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CARICOM OFFICIAL CALLS FOR FORMAL EDUCATION ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Director of Human and Social Development in the CARICOM Secretariat, Myrna Bernard is advocating for formal education on Gender-Based Violence (GBV). In a presentation to the two-day meeting of the Bureau of Women’s/Gender Affairs in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, Ms Bernard told gender directors and coordinators that they should consider more seriously the introduction…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
It is with a sense of great expectation, that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I address you at this Opening Ceremony of this historic Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. Let me at the outset thank the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable David Thompson, Head of Government with Lead Responsibility in the Community for the…
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SINGLE MARKET WORKING BUT MORE COMMITMENT NEEDED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Single Market is working but varying levels of commitment and emphasis on specific initiatives “bedevil implementation in a consistent and timely manner,” the Hon David Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados said Friday. Delivering the feature address at the opening of the two-day Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at…
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PRIVATE SECTOR AND LABOUR AGREE: MORE EFFORT TO ADVANCE CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Region’s private sector and labour are of one accord on the necessity for a more concerted effort by Member States to advance the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). At the opening ceremony of the convocation on the CSME Friday morning at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados, the heads…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNATURE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR THE CIDA-FUNDED CARICOM TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAMME, 7 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Government of Barbados, Mr William Layne Minister Counsellor Mr Douglas Williams of the Canadian High Commission in Barbados and other representatives of the High Commission Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, CARICOM Secretariat, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque Director General, Office of Trade Negotiations, CARICOM Secretariat, Ambassador Gail Mathurin Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen…
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