Press Releases

  • July 30, 2008
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    REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  ON THE OPENING OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEADS OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, 30 JULY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations Ambassador Charles Maynard, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the Caribbean Community Other Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you all once again to…

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  • July 30, 2008
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    INTEGRATION NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL CARRINGTON

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In spite of the expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of progress to achieve deeper integration, the Community must guard against divergence of opinion leading to diversion from achieving common goals, said H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “While acknowledging the benefits of pointing to the dangers ahead, one must distinguish between…

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  • July 29, 2008
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    CARICOM INSTITUTIONS IN WORKSHOP SESSIONS PRIOR TO MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana) Officials of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Institutions attending the first set of sectoral cluster workshops prior to a forum with H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM at the CARICOM Secretariat, have called for greater levels of interaction among stakeholders to address the use of natural resources and climate change, especially energy, water and land. At…

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  • July 23, 2008
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    CARICOM Competition Commission Chairman Attends Geneva Forum

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Kusha Haraksingh, Chairman of the CARICOM Competition Commission has been attending, since Tuesday 15 July, at the invitation of the Secretary General of UNCTAD, the 9th session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy in Geneva. The meeting was successful in highlighting the profile of the CARICOM Competition Commission,…

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  • July 22, 2008
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    CARICOM REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS HEADS MEET FOR THE SECOND TIME IN GUYANA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana) Following a successful historic meeting of Heads of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Institutions in 2007, the CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W Carrington will again facilitate a second meeting of these institutions on 30 -31 July 2008 at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana. Thirty one regional Institutions, including have been invited to the…

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  • July 21, 2008
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    CARIFESTA CHILD-ART COMPETITION LAUNCHED

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural (Caribbean Festival of Arts) CARIFESTA X Child Art Competition was launched in Guyana on 16 July 2008 at the Umana Yana with an exhibition that exemplified the meaningful contribution young people could make to the visual arts in future CARIFESTAs. In his remarks, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Dr. Frank…

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  • July 20, 2008
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    TRIBUTE TO LOIS YVONNE HOLDER, DEAR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND OF THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT AND OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, 20 JULY 2007,  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Friday, 13 July 2007 will live on in our memory at the CARICOM Secretariat as a very dark day. That was the day when a light in our lives went out. Yvonne Holder, our dear colleague and friend, was a most vibrant and beautiful figure, synonymous with light, with calm, with serenity, and with…

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  • July 19, 2008
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    CARICOM CONGRATULATES HIS EXCELLENCY NELSON MANDELA ON NINETIETH BIRTHDAY

    CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations and best wishes to H.E. Mr. Nelson R. Mandela, former President of South Africa, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday on 18 July 2008. The congratulatory message was extended to the former President, by the Hon. Baldwin W. Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of…

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  • July 18, 2008
    373

    CARIFESTA CHILD-ART COMPETITION LAUNCHED

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural (Caribbean Festival of Arts) CARIFESTA X Child Art Competition was launched in Guyana on 16 July 2008 at the Umana Yana with an exhibition that exemplified the meaningful contribution young people could make to the visual arts in future CARIFESTAs. In his remarks, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Dr. Frank…

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  • July 16, 2008
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    Agriculture recognised as vital to CARICOM Economic Development

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market Advisor with the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Desiree Field Ridley has cited Agriculture as one of the Community’s critical responses to the global challenges now impacting the Region’s economic well-being. In her presentation titled, The Caribbean Community- Challenges as we proceed into the 21 Century, Ms Field-Ridley told the…

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