Press Releases
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PANCAP 13TH RCM MEETING TO BE HELD IN GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 13th Ordinary Meeting of the Regional Co-ordinating Mechanism (RCM) of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will be convened in Georgetown, Guyana from 17 – 18 September, 2009. Under the chairmanship of the Hon. John Fabien, Minister of Health, Dominica and Chairman of the RCM, the meeting will…
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CARICOM/PAHO TO LAUNCH MEDIA COMPETITION ON CARIBBEAN WELLNESS DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community Secretariat in partnership with Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is launching a competition among Caribbean Media in the reporting and documentation of activities related to the observance of Caribbean Wellness Day on 12 September 2009. The annual event, which focuses on reducing Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs), will be observed under the…
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CARICOM CRICKET MEDIATION ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Mediation Process established by Agreement between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association on 21 July under the good offices of the Chairman of CARICOM, President Bharrat Jagdeo, has ended without agreement between the Parties. In announcing this today, a clearly disappointed Sir Shridath Ramphal, said that it was…
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MORE CARICOM COUNTRIES ON BOARD FOR CARIBBEAN WELLNESS DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With less than two weeks to go to Caribbean Wellness Day, 13 September, plans are in high gear across the Caribbean Region to mark the day. Bermuda, which already has a national healthy lifestyle programme called Well Bermuda, will continue to strengthen that programme in partnership with the private sector and Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s)…
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TIMELY AND ACCURATE STATISTICS NEEDED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The absolute necessity of timely and accurate statistics to shape the development and growth of the Caribbean was underscored on Thursday, July 30 at a High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics: the Urgency of Statistics and the Global Crisis held in Trinidad and Tobago. The Forum was coordinated by the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration…
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CARIFESTA YOUTH VILLAGE OPENS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Young talent was unleashed at the National Park in Georgetown, Guyana Monday, as the Youth Village, a special area of focus for CARIFESTA X, got underway. Visitors got a taste of the activities in which the youths will be involved over the next four days, at the formal opening of the Youth Village on…
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CARICOM COUNTRIES SET FOR SECOND WELLNESS DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be a buzz of activities on Saturday, 12 September in observance of the second Caribbean Wellness Day. The annual event, which focuses on reducing Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs), will be observed under the theme Love that Body, and is expected to build on last year’s inaugural Caribbean Wellness Day.…
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SEPTEMBER 12 IS CARIBBEAN WELLNESS DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community Secretariat will once again join Member States within the Community to observe Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD) on Saturday 12 September, 2009 as CARICOM seeks to promote healthy lifestyle through physical activity. Among the slate of activities proposed for the Secretariat for the week of 7-12 September are a lifestyle management seminar,…
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STATEMENT ON THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with profound concern and deep disappointment the decision of the British Government to dissolve the Government and the legislature, as well as to suspend the right to trial by jury in the Turks and Caicos Islands all in reaction to the adverse findings of the Report of the Commission…
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CDF to Commence Full Operations 24 August 2009
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Board of Directors of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has set 24 August 2009 as the date for the commencement of full operations of the CDF. The date was set after the 5th Regular Board Meeting approved the regulations and procedures which will govern the operations of the CDF. Among the governance…
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