Press Releases
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PM HINDS TO LAUNCH CARIBBEAN AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY OVERSIGHT SYSTEM (CASSOS) WEDNESDAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Hon. Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of Guyana will deliver the feature address and launch the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) as a Community Institution at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Wednesday 4 February, 2009. Other speakers at the function will be His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM and…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY HUMPHREY HILDENBERG, MINISTER OF FINANCE, SURINAME, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 29 JANUARY 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Honourable Prime Ministers and Minister of Finance of Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Colleague Ministers of Finance Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ladies and gentlemen Delegates and guests. I welcome you to the 13th COFAP meeting and hope that we will have fruitful discussions. I want to thank my colleague of St. Vincent and the…
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COFAP AGREES ON TECHNICAL TEAM FOR HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) has agreed that a technical team should visit Haiti in the near future for discussions with the government on how the Community could assist in helping that country recover from the devastating effects of the 2008 hurricane season. Making the announcement at a press…
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COFAP AGREES ON TECHNICAL TEAM FOR HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) has agreed that a technical team should visit Haiti in the near future for discussions with the government on how the Community could assist in helping that country recover from the devastating effects of the 2008 hurricane season. Making the announcement at a press…
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CARICOM SETS UP TASK FORCE ON GLOBAL CRISIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) has established a Task Force to recommend policies, programmes and approaches to lessen the effects of the global recession on CARICOM Member States. The establishment of the Task Force was announced following the 13th Meeting of COFAP which took place at the Lloyd…
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CARICOM COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO MEET EARLY FEBRUARY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Final preparations for Twentieth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Caribbean Community Head of Government will be in focus at the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers, scheduled for Georgetown, Guyana on February 2, 2009. The second highest body in CARICOM also referred to as “The Council”, will examine arrangements for the…
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CSME THE WAY TO COMBAT THE GLOBAL CRISIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) All speakers at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) identified the greater convergence of Caribbean Community economies as a means of combating global financial and economic crises. Speaking at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, formerly the Sherbourne Centre, in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday 29 January, COFAP…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY HUMPHREY HILDENBERG, MINISTER OF FINANCE, SURINAME, AT THE OPENING
Honourable Prime Ministers and Minister of Finance of Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Colleague Ministers of Finance Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ladies and gentlemenDelegates and guests. I welcome you to the 13th COFAP meeting and hope that we will have fruitful discussions. I want to thank my colleague of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE THIRTE
The Honourable Humphrey Hildenburg, Minister of Finance of Suriname and Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP); Honourable Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia Honourable David Estwick and other Distinguished Ministers; President of the Caribbean Development Bank; Central Bank Governors and Deputy Governors; Assistant Secretary-General and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; Other Representatives…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE THIRT
The Honourable Humphrey Hildenburg, Minister of Finance of Suriname and Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP); Honourable Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia Honourable David Estwick and other Distinguished Ministers; President of the Caribbean Development Bank; Central Bank Governors and Deputy Governors; Assistant Secretary-General and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; Other Representatives…
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