Press Releases
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CARICOM ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO WOMEN’S BUREAU TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ALIENATION OF MEN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development, Dr. Edward Greene wants more attention paid to the social alienation of men. Dr. Greene told stakeholders attending the Fifth Meeting of the Bureau of Women’s/Gender Affairs in Georgetown, Guyana, which started on Tuesday, that gender relations should not be perceived in the context of women’s…
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CSME CONVOCATION GETS UNDERWAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At least five Heads of Government will attend the Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) which will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October. Heads of Government who will attend the forum are the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Roosevelt…
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STATEMENT BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR GAIL MATHURIN, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, OFFICE OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS (otn), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS AND THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL NEGOTIATING MACHINERY FOR THE CARICOM TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAMME, 7 october 2009, bridgetown, barbados
Chairman (Mr. Leonard Robertson) Minister Counsellor (Development) of the High Commission of Canada in Barbados Mr. Douglas Williams Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Edwin CarringtonPermanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Barbados, Mr. William Layne. It gives me great pleasure this morning to witness the signing of this amendment of the Contribution Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMISSIONING OF THE GUYANA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR, 5 OCTOBER 2009, TIMEHRI, GUYANA
This is for me a most rare occasion, to have come to Timehri and not preparing to board a flight. The demands on me as the Secretary-General of CARIFORUM – CARICOM and Dominican Republic) have had me traveling frequently through this airport. However, though not traveling today the activity in which I am involved, is tied in some small way…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMISSIONING OF THE GUYANA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR, 5 OCTOBER 2009, TIMEHRI, GUYANA
This is for me a most rare occasion, to have come to Timehri and not preparing to board a flight. The demands on me as the Secretary-General of CARIFORUM – CARICOM and Dominican Republic) have had me traveling frequently through this airport. However, though not traveling today the activity in which I am involved, is tied in some small way…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMISSIONING OF THE GUYANA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR, 5 OCTOBER 2009, TIMEHRI, GUYANA
This is for me a most rare occasion, to have come to Timehri and not preparing to board a flight. The demands on me as the Secretary-General of CARIFORUM – CARICOM and Dominican Republic) have had me traveling frequently through this airport. However, though not traveling today the activity in which I am involved, is tied in some small way…
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CARICOM-MEXICO RELATIONS CONTINUE TO BEAR FRUIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is grateful for the significant benefits it has received from its decades old relationship with Mexico. This sentiment was expressed by CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington when he addressed the opening of the 5th CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission in Mexico City last Thursday. “We in CARICOM have benefited from projects…
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CARICOM GENDER DIRECTORS TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Climate Change will be among the important issues to be discussed when regional directors of Women’s/Gender Bureaus commence their Fifth Meeting in Guyana, on 6-7 October 2009. Meeting at the CARICOM Secretariat on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Gender Affairs coordinators and directors will be seeking to ensure that gender perspectives are considered in follow-up…
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CSME CONVOCATION GETS UNDERWAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At least five Heads of Government will attend the Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) which will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October. Heads of Government who will attend the forum are the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Roosevelt…
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