Press Releases

  • November 17, 2009
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    CARICOM UNVEILS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY AHEAD OF COPENHAGEN

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Thursday unveiled a campaign to promote the Region’s collective position on climate change, ahead of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-18 December, 2009. Underpinned by the theme “1.5°C to Stay Alive”, the campaign is…

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  • November 16, 2009
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    NATIONAL COHSODs TO DISCUSS YOUTH REPORT

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With just one month to go before the much anticipated report on the situation of Caribbean youth is submitted to the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat has embarked on a series of national consultations to engage key stakeholders in discussions on the findings and recommendations of the draft report.…

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  • November 16, 2009
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    FIRST ROUND OF CARICOM/CANADA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ENCOURAGING – OTN DIRECTOR-GENERAL

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Her Excellency Ambassador Gail Mathurin, Director-General of the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat indicated on Monday that the Region was satisfied with the first round of the CARICOM/Canada Trade and Development Negotiations, held November 9-13 in Bridgetown, Barbados. She was at the time speaking a press briefing at…

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  • November 16, 2009
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    CARICOM FORMALLY INTRODUCES NEW OTN DIRECTOR

        (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The new Director-General of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN), Her Excellency Gail Mathurin was formally introduced to the Region on Monday 16 November, 2009. The introduction was conducted at media briefing, via video conference involving the media in Guyana and Barbados. In his remarks, CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency…

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  • November 13, 2009
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    PANCAP GETS GLOBAL FUND GRANT

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) application for US$34.5 million was approved when the Global Fund to fight HIV and AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) met for its 20th Board Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 9-11 November 2009. This is the ninth time the Global Fund Board has approved funding…

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  • November 13, 2009
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    IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EASY – FORMER BARBADOS PRIME MINISTER ON CSME

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Inaugural Symposium on Current Developments in Caribbean Law at the Hyatt Regency in Trinidad and Tobago this week saw Leaders of Government and Opposition echoing calls for renewed commitment to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Speakers featured at the opening session were Hon. David Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados and CARICOM…

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  • November 12, 2009
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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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  • November 11, 2009
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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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  • November 11, 2009
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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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  • November 10, 2009
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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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