Press Releases
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CARIFESTA X – AN UNFORGETTABLE HOMECOMING – OPENS FRIDAY IN GUYANA!
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the curtains come up on the Caribbean’s largest festival of the creative arts (CARIFESTA X), in Guyana, on Friday 22 August 2008, the Region’s 14.5 million peoples and the rest of the world will pause in awe to enjoy the unfolding of a ten-day magical mosaic of music, dance, drama, culinary arts, folklore,…
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CELEGACY – CELEBRATING OUR LEGACY – THE OPENING OF CARIFESTA X
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARIFESTA X comes home to Guyana, its place of birth, on August 22, 2008. Large birds will fly; horses from Guyanas Rupununi region will dance; Jaguars will prowl; people will land from the sky; glyphs and nymphs will leap from the stadium floor as over three thousand performers transform a cricket ground into a…
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DEREK WALCOTT HEADLINES CARIFESTA SYMPOSIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nobel Laureate the Honourable Derek Walcott OCC will participate in a Symposium scheduled for Sunday 24 August as part of the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA X) which opens in Guyana on Friday 22 August. The Symposium, which will be held at the Guyana Convention Centre, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, has been referred…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES BOLT ON ‘PHENOMENAL’ PERFORMANCES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), H.E. Edwin Carrington has extended congratulations to Mr. Usain Bolt on his victories in the 100 and 200 metres at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Mr. Bolt won the 200 metres on Wednesday 20 August 2008, and broke the record set by American Michael Johnson. The Jamaican…
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PERFORMANCE OF JAMAICA’S FEMALE ATHLETES HAILED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaican athletes Ms Shelly Ann Fraser and Ms Melanie Walker were commended by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) H.E. Edwin Carrington for their performances at the Beijing Olympics. In a message of congratulations to the athletes, the Secretary-General said it was with “great pride and pleasure that I extend to Ms Fraser and…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOSE GABRIEL ZEPEDA, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, 20 AUGUST 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Secretary General, I am pleased to bring you greetings from the President of the Republic of Chile, Mrs. Michelle Bachelet and from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alejandro Foxley. It is truly a privilege to be welcomed by you in your capacity as Secretary General of CARICOM, understanding the enormous contribution being made by this institution in the…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOSE GABRIEL ZEPEDA, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, 20 AUGUST 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Secretary General, I am pleased to bring you greetings from the President of the Republic of Chile, Mrs. Michelle Bachelet and from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alejandro Foxley. It is truly a privilege to be welcomed by you in your capacity as Secretary General of CARICOM, understanding the enormous contribution being made by this institution in the…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY GABRIEL ZEPEDA, AMBASSADOR/ PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 20 AUGUST 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency, Ambassador Zepeda Members of Staff Ladies and Gentlemen Representatives of the Media Good day! (Good Jamaica Day!) It is with great pleasure that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I welcome you all this function, and particularly to you, Excellency, to the home of the CARICOM Secretariat. It gives me even greater pleasure, that the occasion of…
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Tariff suspensions approved by COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) THE Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last week approved the suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET) on three categories of items in an effort to provide relief from the rising costs of commodities region-wide. At its Twenty-fourth Special Meeting held 7-8 March in Nassau, the Bahamas,…
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Secretary-general Sends Best Wishes To Region’s Olympians
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington has sent the Community’s best wishes to the athletes of the Community participating in the Olympic Games which began in Beijing, China on Friday. Secretary-General Carrington said that success should be measured not only by medal tallies but also by the strenuous efforts expended…
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