Press Releases
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CURRENT GLOBAL CRISIS DEMANDS DEEPENING OF REGIONAL COLLABORATION – PM THOMPSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The current global scenario was a major test of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the Region needed to deepen its collaboration and rely on regional commitments and partnerships, the Hon David Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados said Wednesday. In brief remarks at the start of the Fifth Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee Meeting…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DAVID THOMPSON, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME), 11 MARCH 2009, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Colleague Prime Ministers of the Subcommittee on the CSME Honourable Prime Ministers of the Community Ministers of Government Secretary-General Ladies and gentlemen I am indeed pleased to welcome you to this the Fifth Meeting of the subcommittee on the CSME. I wish to thank our Chairman and the host, the Honourable Dean Barrow, for accommodating the postponement and subsequent rescheduling…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. DEAN BARROW, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE AND CURRENT CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 11-13 MARCH 2009, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Heads of State and Government of CARICOM Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr. Edwin Carrington My Lord, Chief Justice of Belize Ministers of Government and Members of the National Assembly of Belize Heads of International and Regional Organizations Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps Other Specially invited guests Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen CaribbeanOn behalf of the government and people of…
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CAPACITY TO ACT IN UNISON NECESSARY TO CONFRONT GLOBAL CRISIS – SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The absolute urgency for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to have the capacity to act, and to do so in unison in the current global situation was underscored Thursday by His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM. In remarks at the brief opening ceremony of the Twentieth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of…
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CONSOLIDATE GAINS OF CARICOM SINGLE MARKET – PM BARROW URGES COMMUNITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Belize Prime Minster and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) the Hon. Dean Barrow has dismissed as “an exaggeration” the “regional chatter” predicting the demise of the integration movement, and called on delegates to the Twentieth Intersessional Meeting of Heads of Government of CARICOM to consolidate the gains of the CARICOM Single Market and…
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CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ON CCJ TO BE PROPOSED SHORTLY – PRIME MINISTER BARROW
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Hon Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize, will shortly propose to his Parliament constitutional amendments towards the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the final appellate court of that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member State. The Prime Minister’s announcement Thursday morning at the opening of the Twentieth Intersessional Meeting of the…
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CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS TO PROVIDE PROPOSALS TO HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON GLOBAL CRISIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Committee of Central Bank Governors is to provide to Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), proposals on how the Community could collaborate to tackle the current international financial and economic crisis. The Committee should present the proposals by the end of March. The global situation was the premier item of the…
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Secretary-General: SERVICES SECTOR SITTING ON GOLD MINE OF OPPORTUNITIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Belize has joined seven other CARICOM Member States in establishing a Coalition of Service Providers to increase the export of services within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and provide technical and other inputs into negotiations for the trade in services. The Coalition of service industries is an umbrella body that represents various…
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BELIZE AG CALLS FOR CHANGE IN APPROACH TO EDUCATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Belize’s Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Honourable Wilfred Elrington has called for a “fundamental change” in the country’s approach to education. Speaking on the occasion of the launch of the Belize Coalition of Services Providers (BCSP), the minister said that emphasis should be placed on the service areas…
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