Press Releases
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AGRICULTURE FOCUS OF THIRTY-SECOND SPECIAL COTED IN GEORGETOWN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirty-Second Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture opens on Friday 18 September, 2009 at the Le Meridien Pegasus, Georgetown, Guyana. COTED Officials began their meeting from Wednesday September 16, 2009 at the same location. High on the agenda are considerations for the establishment…
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CONTROLLING INVASIVE SPECIES VITAL TO SAFEGUARDING TRADE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Despite efforts at the national, regional and international levels, exotic pests continue to invade the Caribbean and the impact on trade can be both harmful and devastating. This was the message from Senator the Honourable Arnold Piggott, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources when he addressed delegates on the opening…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND LEAD HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICES, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SERVICES, 15-17 JULY 2009, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
I extend a warm Antiguan and Barbudan welcome to all of you. A special word of welcome to representatives of the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which have willingly and generously provided financial support for this Symposium. I am indeed heartened…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON
First let me begin these remarks by thanking Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer who not only leads the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, but also leads the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the area of Services, for agreeing to be the patron of this Symposium. I will also like to thank the Members of his Cabinet and the public officials…
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STATEMENT BY MR. LAWRENCE PLACIDE, PRESIDENT, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COALITION OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES SYMPOSIUM, 15-17 JULY, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
It really is a pleasure to be in Antigua and Barbuda for this, the inaugural Regional Services Symposium and to be asked by the CARICOM Secretariat to say a few words at this opening session. The Services Sector is the most important sector in the Region contributing as much as 90% of GDP in this country alone (Antigua). But…
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COOPERATION NECESSARY TO CURBING INVASIVE SPECIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The management of invasive species can best be executed when countries and regions cooperate with each other while at the same time reaching out to specialist agencies with proven credentials in controlling these pests. Delegates attending a two day symposium on invasive species in St. Kitts/Nevis pointed out that as these harmful species move…
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SERVICES SECTOR IS THE FUTURE OF CARICOM – PM SPENCER
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Services Sector is the future of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and in order for the sector to work effectively, governments must provide the enabling environment and other incentives for its development, the Hon Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda said Wednesday. But he noted that it was the private sector that…
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HIGH HOPES FOR SERVICES SYMPOSIUM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Symposium on Services which opened Wednesday morning in St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda, is being hailed as an exciting initiative that should result in the reversal of a history of poor implementation of regional decisions. The Symposium is being held by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from the United Kingdom Department for…
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TIME TO MEASURE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF INVASIVE SPECIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Agriculture policymakers and plant scientists believe the time has come for countries to measure the financial impact of invasive species on national economies and consequently they believe there needs to be a major investment in research. This view was heavily mooted by the officials on the final day of a symposium on invasive species…
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Regional Symposium on Services
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than a hundred representatives of the Services Sector in the Caribbean will gather in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda to begin charting a more structured approach to the development of the Sector within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Chief Executive Officers of large, medium and small sized enterprises operating in…
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