Press Releases
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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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CARICOM YOUTH PLANT TREES IN SOLIDARITY WITH HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Young people representing 18 Caribbean Community countries, on Sunday, participated in a symbolic tree-planting exercise in Haiti, as part of a four-day Caribbean Youth Exchange programme, which started on Thursday 9 July, 2009. The Programme was funded by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID) with support from the Ministry of Youth,…
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CARICOM YOUTH BRIDGING THE LINGUISTIC DIVIDE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) So there were awkward moments and instances of frustration too, much gestures, gesticulations and the occasional ‘unknown tongue,’ as the team of CARICOM youth delegates knocked minds, heads, hands and hearts with their Haitian counterparts to stage the piece de resistance– a theatrical production that was to be the fitting climax or rather…
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REMARKS BY DR. HILARY BROWN, PROGRAMME MANAGER, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARIBBEAN YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, 9 JULY 2009, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Salutations Good morning. I am very pleased to make these brief remarks on behalf of the Secretary General of CARICOM, H. E. Mr. Edwin Carrington, who sent his deepest regrets that he was unable to join us for the Opening of this Youth Exchange Programme today. It is a joy to see young people from so many Member States coming…
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