Press Releases
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CASSOS GETS DOWN TO WORK
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The newly launched Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) on Friday afternoon wrapped up its first Board of Directors Meeting with plans to tackle administrative issues to ensure that by March the entity would be well set to begin its work. Mr. Anthony Archer, Chairman of CASSOS and Director of Civil Aviation,…
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EXCITEMENT BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION FOR FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS – SECRETARY-GENERAL CARRINGTON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted the excitement across the Region as the date for the Fifth Summit of the Americas draws closer. The Summit will be held in Trinidad and Tobago 17-19 April 2009, under the theme ‘Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security…
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CARICOM TO COMPLETE DRAFT STANDARDS FOR DRUG TREATMENT PRACTITIONERS BY NOVEMBER
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Meeting on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers rolled out an ambitious timeline for the completion of its first handbook that will establish the standards for practitioners in drug treatment and care facilities in the Region. The Meeting which ended on 4 March in Montego Bay, Jamaica…
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FIRST REGIONAL MEETING ON DRUG TREATMENT STANDARDS DEEMED A SUCCESS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first regional training workshop on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers which ended in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 4 March was deemed a “resounding success” by the more than forty international and regional stakeholders who participated. Facilitated jointly by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control…
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NOEL LEE OF JAMAICA HEADS CARICOM ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community has announced that Mr. Noel Lee, former Director of Elections of Jamaica, will be Chief of Mission for the CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission for the 12 March, 2009 Antigua and Barbuda General elections. Mr Lee will head a small team of observers knowledgeable in electoral matters. A Core…
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DRUG ABUSE A THREAT TO REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager Sustainable Development, Ms Beverely Reynolds has made an impassioned plea for the Caribbean Countries and the European Union to strengthen the partnership in waging the war against the use of illicit drugs in the Caribbean Region, declaring that the Region’s sustainable development was seriously threatened by this social malady. Speaking…
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MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 8 MARCH 2009
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat is honoured to salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March, 2009. This annual celebration gives us a special opportunity to reflect on the achievements on the path towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. Looking back the torch that was…
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CARICOM LEADERS SET TO DISCUSS GLOBAL CRISIS IN BELIZE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will focus on the effects of the current global economic and financial crisis on the Region and possible mitigating actions when they gather in Belize City, Belize, 12-13 March for the Twentieth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. The global crisis has been…
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CARICOM YOUTH COMMISSION TO BRIEF SURINAME PRESIDENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency Drs Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan is to receive on Monday 9 February his first official brief on the progress of the work of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Youth Development (CCYD). Co-Chairs of the Commission, Ms Yildiz Beighle and Professor Barry Chevannes accompanied by Programme Manager,…
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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS URGE DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION IN CANADA TRADE TALKS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on a negotiating brief for scheduled trade talks between CARICOM and Canada. At a Special Meeting of CARICOM’S Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which ended in Georgetown, Guyana on Monday night, 2nd March, the Ministers agreed to recommend for approval by the CARICOM Heads…
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