Press Releases
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NO ‘HORSE-TRADING’ OF OUR RIGHTS TO EXIST, SAYS SAINT LUCIA PM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Honourable Stephenson King has asserted that while negotiations of a new Global Climate Change Agreement are about ‘give and take’ there would be no ‘horse-trading’ of the inalienable rights of survival and development of the peoples of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Delivering the feature address at a special ministerial conference…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN WANTS REGION TO HONOUR CLIMATE CHANGE DECLARATION
Chairman of the Caribbean Community H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo sent an urgent call to Ministers at a special meeting on Climate Change and Development in Saint Lucia to remain consistent in the negotiations leading up to the United Nations Climate Change conference set for Copenhagen in December. He also urged them to honour the spirit of the July 2009 Liliendaal…
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CARIBBEAN MISTERS MEET TO SHORE UP POSITION FOR COPENHAGEN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has stepped up its meetings as it continues its negotiations process in the run up to the 15th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set for December 7-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The series of meetings forms part of…
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CARICOM-CANADA NEGOTIATIONS SET FOR NOVEMBER
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Negotiations for a Trade and Development Agreement between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada are set to begin in early November. This was decided at a preparatory meeting between Ministers of both parties held on Friday in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM Co-chairman of the session, Senator the Honourable Mariano Browne, Minister…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE (PMSC) ON CRICKET, 11 SEPTEMBER 2009, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government have always taken the position that the management of West Indies cricket is the province of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its affiliate organisations. This notwithstanding, the Heads of Government have always been cognisant of their responsibility as representatives of the Caribbean people in the Region and the…
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Sports and Human Wellness
The Health of the Region From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Physical Education (P.E) and sport was ‘eroded’ in schools throughout the Region. One sports official stated that “the Region is still light years behind in understanding what it means to move sport forward. This may be the result of our history, because we have never put heavy…
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REMARKS BY DR. INDARJIT RAMDASS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GUYANA, AT THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL NEEDS PRIORITISATION WORKSHOP – CAPACITY BUILDING RELATED TO MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS (MEAS) IN AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC COUNTRIES, 8-10 SEPTEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Madame Chair Dr. Greene Ms. Recio Mr. Barnwell Representatives of International Organisations Members of the Media Special Invitees Good morning all. It is my pleasure to welcome you – those visiting as well as our local colleagues to this workshop. I understand that for the coming days, this forum would be addressing needs prioritization as they relate to Multilateral Environmental…
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ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE CERTIFICATION OF THE OGLE AIRSTRIP AND SIGNING OF PHASE II RUNWAY CONTRACT, 9 SEPTEMBER 2009, OGLE, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA
It is really for me a great pleasure that I stand here this afternoon at Ogle International Airport. Those last three words have resonated with me for a long time and finally being able to say them is almost like music to my ears. The circle is almost complete from my vision expressed in 2003 which included the Secretariat Headquarters,…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF BENEFITS FROM HEALTHY COOKING DEMO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hyped with activities for the observance of the Second Caribbean Wellness Day on Saturday, September 12, 2009 under the theme, Love That Body. On Wednesday, September 9, 2009, the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, hosted a demonstration Health Foods; Health Cooking, conducted by the Carnegie School…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS GUYANA ON SECOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CERTIFICATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Guyana came in for high praise from His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday September 9, 2009 on the occasion of the certification of its domestic aerodrome as an international airport. The Ogle Airport, located within proximity of the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana was certified, yesterday, as international airport…
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