Press Releases
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FUNDING FOR INVASIVE SPECIES PROJECT CRUCIAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) While the importance of a coordinated approach to deal with the issue of invasive species in the Caribbean is widely accepted there remains a challenge to secure funding for the work to be done to tackle the range of issues arising from the threat of invasive species. The funding constraints being experienced for the…
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WORKING GROUP TO DISCUSS HOW TO TACKLE UNWANTED PESTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The high rate at which coconut tress across the Caribbean are being destroyed has brought into full focus the negative economic impact that could take place if invasive species are not dealt with as a matter of priority at the national and regional level. To this end when the Caribbean Invasive Species Working Group…
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CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS TO TOUT BENEFITS OF CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Fourteen CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) returned to their respective territories on Tuesday, armed with the skills and information to better promote the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) to their peers and to encourage active participation. On Monday, the youth advocates representing 13 countries, participated in a Workshop organized in collaboration with the CSME…
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THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CHALLENGES AS WE PROCEED INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MS DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, ADVISOR, CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND SECTORAL PROGRAMMES, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, TO THE FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FOOD CROP SOCIETY, 14 JULY 2008, MIAMI, FLORIDA
Salutations The CARICOM Secretariat wishes to thank the Caribbean Food Crops Society for the opportunity to discuss the challenges for the Caribbean Community in these early years of the 21st Century and onward. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque regrets not being able to be here but as recently as a few days ago he was requested by our Secretary-General to proceed to…
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THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CHALLENGES AS WE PROCEED INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MS DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, ADVISOR, CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND SECTORAL PROGRAMMES, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, TO THE FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FOOD CROP SOCIETY, 14 JULY 2008, MIAMI, FLORIDA
Salutations The CARICOM Secretariat wishes to thank the Caribbean Food Crops Society for the opportunity to discuss the challenges for the Caribbean Community in these early years of the 21st Century and onward. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque regrets not being able to be here but as recently as a few days ago he was requested by our Secretary-General to proceed to…
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PERSPECTIVES ON ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURE : KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR COMPTON BOURNE, O.E., PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, AT THE FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY, 14 JULY 2008, MIAMI, FLORIDA
I. PREAMBLE I am honoured by the invitation of the Caribbean Food Crops Society to speak at its Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting. Your longevity is indicative of an accumulation of knowledge and service to the agricultural sector of the Caribbean which I, a mere Economist and occasional dabbler in the special field of agricultural economics cannot match. Therefore I thank you…
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EPA TO FEATURE AT SIXTH UK-CARIBBEAN FORUM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are in London, England this week to participate in the Sixth United Kingdom (UK)–Caribbean Forum at Lancaster House. During the two-day business sessions on 15 and16 July, the Foreign Ministers will have the opportunity to discuss with their British counterpart such issues as security – including the…
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THOUSANDS VISIT CARICOM PAVILION AT EXPO ZARAGOZA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Geater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) the Honourable Baldwin Spencer Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda invited the thousands of visitors to Expo Zaragoza 2008 to come to the Caribbean. Speaking at a ceremony marking CARICOM Day on Saturday 12 July at the exposition site in Zaragoza, Spain, Mr Spencer said, “I exhort all…
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CARICOM. SPAIN SIGN JOINT DECLARATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Kingdom of Spain have signed a Joint Declaration that encompasses issues ranging from political dialogue to economic and cultural development. The Joint Declaration was signed at the conclusion of the IV CARICOM-Spain Summit held in Madrid, Spain on 11 July 2008. Please see the full text of the…
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE W. BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF CARICOM DAY AT WORLD’S FAIR EXPO 2008, 12 JULY 2008, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
There is an old truism that Water is Life. This is borne out by the 2002 United Nations World Water Development Report, which, among other things, states that, “…of all the social and natural resource crises, we humans face, the water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet Earth.” It…
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