Press Releases
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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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CARICOM RALLYING TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Technical assistance, relief supplies and financial resources are being provided by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the countries affected by the disastrous events of the ongoing Atlantic hurricane season. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) has mobilized its resources and is helping in the assessment of the damage and the provision of relief.…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIFORUM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 15 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Mr Chairman The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados; Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community; Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union; Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission; Honourable Gareth Thomas,…
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STUDENTS TO GET HANDS ON CSME EXPERIENCE
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), officially launched a project entitled 'Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotions' during a press conference in Barbados on Thursday 11 September 2008. Sixty young people selected from colleges and universities in three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be the initial beneficiaries of the project and will be travelling…
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SPECIAL COTED TO DISCUSS TOURISM, TRANSPORTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 18 September 2008, to discuss Tourism and Transportation/Civil Aviation. The Twenty-Eighth Special COTED will be convened to fulfill a mandate given by the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community…
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MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF CARIBBEAN WELLNESS DAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2008
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) One year ago, on 15 September, 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held the World’s first ever Summit of Regional Leaders, to address the challenges of non-communicable diseases. These diseases are estimated to cause more that 50 percent of the World’s deaths. That Summit resulted in the Port of Spain Declaration: Unifying to fight the…
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CARICOM PLANT PESTS WORKING GROUPS CONVENE INAUGURAL MEETINGS: ADVICE EXPECTED ON SAFEGUARDING AGAINST UNWANTED PESTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The decision of Caribbean Plant Health Directors to adopt a coordinated approach for dealing with plant pests has started to bear fruit with the formation and Meeting of Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on plant pests that are of particular concern to the Caribbean. Two such TWGs will have their inaugural meeting in Guyana September…
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