Press Releases
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PANCAP CONVENES NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Under the theme Towards Universal Access: Enhancing the Multi-sectoral Response to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, more than 150 representatives of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will meet for the Ninth Annual General Meeting on 28-30 October 2009, in Grenada. A key highlight of this ninth meeting is…
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CAUCUS OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH MEETS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) The Caucus of Ministers of Health meets in Washington this week-end (26 -27 September) for its 18th Annual Meeting, with a formidable agenda of critical regional health issues to be addressed. This Forum provides an opportunity for Health Ministers of the Caribbean Region, including the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to collectively discuss and approve regional policies…
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CARICOM MOURNS THE LOSS OF THREE MAJOR CARIBBEAN LITERARY FIGURES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community has lost, in one week, three major literary figures: Jamaica’s Trevor Rhone, Suriname’s Henk Tjon and Trinidad and Tobago’s Wayne Brown. While Rhone and Tjon were both multi-talented, regionally and internationally acclaimed theatre artists, Wayne Brown was an acclaimed poet, creative writing teacher, short story writer, critic and journalist. Trevor…
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CARIBBEAN NATIONAL HEADS UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE – CARICOM SG EXPRESSES CONGRATS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community Secretary-General H.E. Edwin Carrington has extended congratulations to His Excellency Ambassador Davidson L. Hepburn on his election as President for the 35th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). A Bahamian, Ambassador Hepburn, who was elected last week in Paris by the 58 Member States of…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE THIRTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (AGRICULTURE), 18 SEPTEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is a pleasure for me as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community to join the Honourable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, in welcoming Honourable Ministers and Officials from our Member States to this important meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development of the Caribbean Community. Let me begin by extending special greetings to the Honourable Hilson…
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TIME FOR AGRICULTURE TO LEAD REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Agriculture from CARICOM Member States meeting in Guyana on Friday were challenged to let Agriculture take the lead in regional development efforts. This the Ministers heard from CARICOM Secretary-General H. E Edwin Carrington in his address at the opening of the 32nd Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic…
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FORWARD PUSH ON AGRICULTURE URGED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the of the 32nd Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture, the Honourable Ezekiel Joseph, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries and Forestry of Saint Lucia urged his colleague Ministers on Friday to implement the decisions taken at the one-day meeting. Speaking…
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE ROBERT M. PERSAUD, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, GUYANA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (AGRICULTURE), 16-18 SEPTEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Guyana on the occasion of the 32nd Special meeting of the Agriculture COTED. I am saddened to learn that this may very well be the final Agricultural COTED for 2009, and indeed for quite some time. I am saddened because there seems to be so much that remains to be done…
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DR. LESLIE RAMSAMMY, MINISTER OF HEALTH, GUYANA, AT THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATING MECHANISM (RCM) OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 17-18 SEPTEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I want to warmly welcome you to Guyana and to the 13th PANCAP Meeting. Not long from now, PANCAP will observe its 10th anniversary. As we ensconce ourselves within the cusp of this milestone, we must realize there is merely just one more year to go. The question at this 13th Meeting of the RCM of PANCAP is, will we…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE HEAD
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General HE Edwin Carrington has commended Dr Ken Leslie, Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), on receiving one of Belize’s Highest National Honours, the Order of Distinction, for his exemplary work in the area of Climate Change and Development. On Thursday, 16 September, at an official ceremony in Belize, the…
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