Press Releases
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OPENING STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF A STUDY TOUR OF THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT BY A DELEGATION FROM THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY, 1-3 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation; Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda; Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barbados who are participating via Video Conference; I am honoured to have the opportunity to welcome you today…
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EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY DELEGATION ON STUDY TOUR AT CARICOM SECRETARIAT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An eleven-member delegation from the East African Community Secretariat (EACS) is on a three-day study tour at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, to draw on the experiences of the regional integration movement. The delegation, led by Dr. Nyamajeje Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the EACS, comprises representatives from the…
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REGION MOVES FORWARD WITH MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR TOURISM
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A $60 million (US) annual marketing campaign has been proposed by the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Tourism Ministers to aid the regional industry. Agreement to forge ahead with the campaign came at a Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Tourism and Transportation held in Trinidad and Tobago recently.…
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CARICOM MINISTERS OF HEALTH AGREE ON A PLAN TO ESTABLISH CARPHA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Health of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have endorsed a plan of action for the transition of the Regional Health Institutions into the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) by 2010. The endorsement was made at the annual Caucus of the Ministers of Health held in Washington DC, USA on the eve of the…
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CARICOM, AUSTRIA SIGN CO-OPERATION MOU
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington and the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Mr Hans Winkler, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on CARICOM-Austria Co-operation on Saturday 27 September in New York, USA. The major areas of focus of the MOU will be disaster…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT COORDINATES RELIEF EFFORT FOR HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In an effort to provide aid to storm-ravaged Haiti, as it recovers from four consecutive storms that have left a huge death toll and thousands displaced, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat organised a humanitarian drive. Coordinated by the Secretariat’s Staff Association, the Haitian relief effort saw the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors of the Republic of…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL TOURS GONAIVES DURING HAITI VISIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington completed a two day visit to Haiti on Wednesday 24 September with a visit to Gonaives and Porte du Paix, two of the areas hardest hit during the recent multiple-storm assault on the country. The visit to the two communities followed meetings with the…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HEADS OFF ON SEVERAL MISSIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington left Guyana on Friday 19 September to fulfil a hectic round of engagements in the Community and the wider world. Mr Carrington’s first stop is Belize where he will attend ceremonies marking the 27th Anniversary of that country’s independence on 21 September and hold discussions…
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FROM SUB-PRIME TO SUBLIME DISASTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE USA / BY DR. MAURICE ODLE, ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, 18 SEPTEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
OVERVIEW/STRUCTURE When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form: • Origins of the Crisis • The Meltdown and Regulatory Response • Global Contagion Effect and Recession Tendencies;…
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FROM SUB-PRIME TO SUBLIME DISASTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE USA / BY DR. MAURICE ODLE, ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, 18 SEPTEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
OVERVIEW/STRUCTURE When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form: • Origins of the Crisis • The Meltdown and Regulatory Response • Global Contagion Effect and Recession Tendencies;…
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