Press Releases
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CARICOM AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO FORGE STRONGER TIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In an effort to forge stronger ties with the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has established a Task Force which held its first meeting today (Tuesday, 4 November 2008) at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana. The CARICOM Task Force on CARICOM–Dominican Republic Relations, which was established in 2007, is charged with the responsibility…
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JAMAICAN DIPLOMAT APPOINTED CEO OF CARICOM DEVELOPMENT FUND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaican diplomat Ambassador Lorne T McDonnough has been appointed the first Chief Executive Officer of the recently launched CARICOM Development Fund (CDF). Ambassador McDonnough assumed his post on 1 November 2008 at the CDF Headquarters in Bridgetown, Barbados. He is responsible for the overall administration, coordination of activities and programmes of the Fund. The…
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Press release 324/2008 (31 October 2008) REMARKS BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HUBERT A. INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, THE BAHAMAS, AT THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY STANDING COMMITTEE OF COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE AND MILITARY CHIEFS, 30 OCTOBER 2008, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
I am happy to have this opportunity to offer a warm welcome to Commissioners of Police and Military Chiefs from around our Region and to express appreciation for your many years of loyal service and commitment to law enforcement. We are all hopeful that the results of your meeting will assist us in better responding to the challenges that crime…
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CARICOM LAUNCHES RESOURCES CONSORTIUM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Resources Consortium in Support of the 2010 Population and Housing Censuses in the Caribbean Community was launched on Monday 27 October at a Meeting of Caribbean Statisticians and the Regional Census Coordinating Committee held in Barbados. This Consortium will be a clearing-house for CARICOM Member States, Associate Members and international agencies and will…
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CARICOM DSG UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS TO REGIONAL INTEGRATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite has told the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians that despite the general lack of appreciation for statistics as a strategic resource for decision-making, good governance, planning, accountability and management, it is still a vital tool for development, the business of government, and to keep individual citizens informed about…
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REMARKS BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HUBERT A. INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, THE BAHAMAS, AT THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY STANDING COMMITTEE OF COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE AND MILITARY CHIEFS, 30 OCTOBER 2008, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
I am happy to have this opportunity to offer a warm welcome to Commissioners of Police and Military Chiefs from around our Region and to express appreciation for your many years of loyal service and commitment to law enforcement. We are all hopeful that the results of your meeting will assist us in better responding to the challenges that crime…
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LEADERSHIP UNITING VISION AND PURPOSE TOWARD ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL ACCESS: PRESENTATION BY SIR KENNETH HALL, GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JAMAICA, TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 30 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
It is a pleasure for me to participate in this session on Leadership Uniting Vision and Purpose at this Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate PANCAP and, in particular, its Regional Coordinating Mechanism, its executive management committee, the Director and staff of the PANCAP Coordinating Unit…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY DAME PEARLETTER LOUSY, GOVERNOR GENERAL, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 29 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Mr. Chairman Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health, Jamaica Hon. John Fabien, Minister of Health and the Environment, Commonwealth of Dominica and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians of other Caribbean States Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Kevin Harvey, Chair of the Caribbean Coalition of National Programme Coordinators Members of…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY DAME PEARLETTER LOUSY, GOVERNOR GENERAL, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 29 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Mr. Chairman Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health, Jamaica Hon. John Fabien, Minister of Health and the Environment, Commonwealth of Dominica and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians of other Caribbean States Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Kevin Harvey, Chair of the Caribbean Coalition of National Programme Coordinators Members of…
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LEADERSHIP UNITING VISION AND PURPOSE TOWARD ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL ACCESS: PRESENTATION BY SIR KENNETH HALL, GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JAMAICA, TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 30 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
It is a pleasure for me to participate in this session on Leadership Uniting Vision and Purpose at this Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate PANCAP and, in particular, its Regional Coordinating Mechanism, its executive management committee, the Director and staff of the PANCAP Coordinating Unit…
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