Press Releases
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CARICOM SEEKS TO IMPROVE TREATMENT OF CERVICAL CANCER IN THE REGION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Gynaecologists and obstetricians within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be better equipped to detect and treat early stages of Cervical Cancer following their participation in a series of training interventions in colposcopy and treatment of pre-invasive cervical cancer. Colposcopy is a medical diagnostic procedure which uses a special microscope (Colposcope) to examine the cervix,…
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REGIONAL NEGOTIATORS POSITIVE ON TEXT FOR NEW CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean negotiators have come out of the first round of negotiations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Text of the draft Declaration for a New Climate Change Agreement very optimistic that significant common understanding has been built to facilitate the negotiations, when the UN Conference of Parties (COP 15) meet…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE CARIFORUM COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 15-16 JUNE 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
First of all, my apologies for the late commencement. I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming you to this Sixteenth Meeting of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM). As you are aware, the last Meeting of this Council took place in Haiti in October 2007. Since that time, a number of events have taken place – some…
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REGIONAL INTEGRATION MOVEMENT STRONGER THAN EVER – PRESIDENT JAGDEO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said Friday that the regional integration movement remained on course and called on Member States to recommit to integration. He gave this reassurance at a media briefing ahead of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference of…
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REGIONAL INTEGRATION MOVEMENT STRONGER THAN EVER – PRESIDENT JAGDEO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said Friday that the regional integration movement remained on course and called on Member States to recommit to integration. He gave this reassurance at a media briefing ahead of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference…
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DFID £5M TRUST FUND TO BOOST CARIBBEAN GROWTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Department for International Development (DFID) of the Government of the United Kingdom has established a Trust Fund for £5 million at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to assist the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) to boost growth and reduce poverty through trade and…
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CARPHA ON TRACK; HEALTH MINISTERS GIVE THUMBS UP TO STEERING COMMITTEE PLANS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Plans to establish the Caribbean Regional Public Health Agency (CARPHA) are moving full speed ahead as regional Health Ministers gave the green light to the Steering Committee to step up its legal and operational processes in making CARPHA a reality by 2010. CARPHA is the proposed regional umbrella agency, endorsed by Heads of Government…
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CARICOM Steps Up Measures To Contain Swine Flu
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is intensifying efforts to contain the spread of the H1N1 Virus popularly known as Swine Flu within the Caribbean, with the most recent initiative being the strengthening of national laboratories with PCR equipment and relevant training of lab staff to enhance testing capabilities in identifying the HINI virus. At the 18th…
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REGION STILL GRAPPLING WITH HIV AND AIDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “After 25 years of grappling with HIV and AIDS, there is yet no cure. Notwithstanding the copious declarations and pronouncements, behaviour modification is slow to take root and stigma and discrimination persist.” This was starkly put by the Hon. Karl Hood, Minister of Health, Grenada as he addressed the Annual Ministerial Review Meeting (AMRM)…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE IGNATIUS KARL HOOD, MINISTER OF HEALTH, GRENADA, AT THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC) ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW, 5-6 JUNE 2009, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
It is my pleasure to be present at this important Ministerial Meeting on HIV and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, when representatives from across our Hemisphere try to grapple with the critical developments, consolidate approaches and shape new initiatives for an adequate response to the disease that has challenged the World for over 20 years. I…
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