Press Releases
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SINGLE ECONOMY FOCUS OF PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the CARICOM Single Market enters its fourth year of operation, Heads of Government will next week review its performance and place focus on the movement towards the establishment of the Single Economy. The Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) meets in Bridgetown, Barbados on 30 January 2009, and…
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UNITED KINGDOM KEEN ON HELPING REGION FIGHT CRIME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The government of the United Kingdom is keen on helping to build the Region’s capacity to tackle crime, His Excellency Fraser Wheeler, newly-accredited Plenipotentiary Representative of the United Kingdom to CARICOM, said Friday. In remarks after he presented his letters of credence to His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community at…
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UNITED KINGDOM REAFFIRMS SUPPORT OF CARICOM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newly-accredited Plenipotentiary Representative of the United Kingdom to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Fraser Wheeler, has reaffirmed his government’s support to the Region’s economic development. In an historic ceremony which marked the accreditation of the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the UK to CARICOM, Mr. Wheeler stated that the British government was determined to…
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ACS FORGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH FINLAND FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN WIDER CARIBBEAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is moving to deepen its relations with the Republic of Finland for possible support to the Region in the area of sustainable development. At a press briefing following his first official visit to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday January 16, 2009,…
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SPAIN OFFERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CARICOM DEVELOPMENT FUNDv
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, H. E Edwin Carrington has welcomed an offer from the Kingdom of Spain to provide technical assistance with regards to the mechanics for the management of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF). The CDF was launched in July 2008 and seeks to provide technical or financial assistance to disadvantaged countries, regions…
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NEW RECRUITS AT CARICOM SECRETARIAT URGED TO EMBRACE REGIONAL INTEGRATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency, Edwin Carrington on Monday January 19, 2009 urged the newly recruited staff of CARICOM Secretariat to feel a sense of “ownership” of the regional integration process as they embarked on their tenure at the CARICOM Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana. At a meeting, which formed part the recruits’ orientation…
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CARIBBEAN YOUTH LAMENT DISINTEGRATION OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND VALUES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Research findings conducted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) have revealed that youth across the Caribbean Region were alarmingly concerned about what they described as serious disintegration of social institutions and values. This, according to researcher, Terri-Ann Gilbert Roberts, had affected youth development negatively and consequently prompted a strong call…
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COST OF LIVING A MAJOR CONCERN FOR CARIBBEAN YOUTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The prevailing high cost of living has been cited as one of the top five issues affecting Caribbean youth. National Research Coordinator, Shelly Carter in divulging preliminary research findings told participants of the Regional Planning Workshop organized by the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) that high cost of living, crime and violence, limited…
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CARICOM, ACS TO HAVE ‘STRONG VOICE’ AT SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As Trinidad and Tobago accelerates plans in preparation for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in April 2009, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) are collaborating to shape the Region’s position on a range of issues which it will seek to articulate collectively, at the Summit. H.E. Luis Fernando…
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IN FOCUS AT COFAP MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council For Finance and Planning (COFAP) will be convened in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday January 29, 2009 with the implications of the global financial crisis on the Region high on the agenda. At his press briefing at the end of 2008, CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin…
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