Press Releases
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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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Project to Expose CARICOM Students to CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The second phase of a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) project to expose tertiary-level education students to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) started on Monday 10 August 2009 with a pre-mission briefing in Saint Lucia. Similar sessions for the second phase of the Students' project will be held in eight other CARICOM Member states.…
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MEDIATION DOES NOT AFFECT SELECTION OF BEST TEAM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In response to enquiries following yesterday’s Press Release, (WICB-WIPA Mediation Enters Second Stage), Sir Shridath Ramphal today gave the following clarification: “For the removal of doubt and avoidance of misunderstanding, I make clear that the Mediation Process following the Georgetown Agreement between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association in…
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WICB-WIPA MEDIATION ENTERS SECOND STAGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The West Indies Cricket Board – West Indies Players Association (WICB-WIPA) Mediation Agreement reached in Georgetown, Guyana on 21 July 2009, under the good offices of the Chairman of CARICOM, H.E. President Bharat Jagdeo, called for the Mediation Process to ‘be pursued with the utmost expedition…’ On Sunday 9 August, after 25 hours of…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. KENNETH VALLEY, MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, AT THE CARICOM/INDIA ECONOMIC FORUM: LAUNCH OF THE TRADE EXPOSITION, 8 AUGUST 2005, TRINCITY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Honourable E.V.K.S. Elangovan, Minister of State for Commerce, India; Hon. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, CARCIOM; Fellow CARICOM Trade Ministers; Your Excellency, Virendra Gupta, High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago; Members of the Indian Delegation; Representatives of the Indian and CARICOM business communities; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen I thank you for your invitation to declare…
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CEO Announces Senior Appointments at CDF
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), Ambassador Lorne McDonnough, announced today three recent appointments to the CDF’s senior management team. The CDF has appointed Mr. Arden Warner as its Legal Counsel and Secretary to Board. Mr. Warner, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, is a graduate of UWI and…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY DR. ULRIC O. TROTZ, PROJECT MANAGER, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN (MACC) PROJECT, AT THE OPENING OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE (CCCCC), 2 AUGUST 2005, BELMOPAN, BELIZE
Hon Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize Hon Secretary-General of CARICOM Ministers of Government of Belize His Excellency Dr. John Ashe, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Executive Director of the Climate Change Centre and his Staff Distinguished Representative…
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CARICOM Development Fund unveils winning logo design
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The winning design for the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) Logo Competition was unveiled during a presentation ceremony at the CDF’s Barbados Headquarters on Friday 31 July 2009. The winner, Miguel Hastings, a Jamaican national residing in Miami Florida in the United States, was presented with a cheque for US$3,000.00 by Chief Executive Officer (CEO)…
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