Press Releases
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CARIFESTA A CRITICAL TOOL OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations (FCR) in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Colin Granderson said, CARIFESTA is a critical tool of the integration process as it promotes greater awareness of the many sides of our heritage. Ambassador Granderson, who was addressing the Launch of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) on…
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ACTION ON PLANT PESTS CRITICAL TO TRADE IN PLANT PRODUCTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The First Meeting of Caribbean Plant Health officials which ended in Georgetown Friday has stressed that in this era of rising food prices across the globe, there was need for action to ensure that potential barriers to trade in plant and plant products were dealt with as a matter of priority. To this end,…
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CYAP TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SECURITY CONCERNS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Environmental concerns and food security are two new issues which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have identified as growing risks to the Regional youth population, and plan to play a more active role in these areas. The new focus areas were selected during the April 21 – 23 meeting in Barbados. In…
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CARICOM TO PARTICIPATE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WORKSHOP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Member States will participate in a two-day workshop on Promoting Physical Activity in the Caribbean as it continues to advance its offensive against chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Set to take place on 6-7 May, 2008, the workshop is part…
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RCC SALUTES FORMER CULTURAL ICON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Culture Committee (RCC) took time out Wednesday (23 April 2008) to observe a minute of silence in memory of one its cultural icons, Andy Palacio, who had served as the Deputy Administrator of the National Institute of Culture and History of Belize before his demise on January 19,…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE LAUNCH OF CARIFESTA X, 23 APRIL 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Other Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic Corps Directors of Culture Members of the Interim Festival Directorate of CARIFESTA Members of the Artistic Community Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure and an…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE LAUNCH OF CARIFESTA X, 23 APRIL 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Other Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic Corps Directors of Culture Members of the Interim Festival Directorate of CARIFESTA Members of the Artistic Community Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure and an…
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CARICOM ATTORNEYS-GENERAL AND MINISTERS OF JUSTICE MEET ON CRUCIAL ISSUES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meets on Friday 9 May in St. Lucia for its Tenth Ordinary Meeting. The meeting’s agenda is replete with modern and timely legislation and instruments for CARICOM Member States to address the challenges of an increasingly globalised world. The Committee, comprised of Attorneys-General or…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE FIRST MEETING OF CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS, 23 APRIL 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairperson, Collaborative Partners – Food and Agriculture Organisation – Dr. Hesdie Grauwde, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) – Mr. Ignatius Jean, United States Department of Agriculture /Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS) – Dr John Shaw, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) – Mr. Pierre-Yves Tycheney, Participants from the non-CARICOM Countries, Members and Associate Members…
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BOOST FOOD PRODUCTION TO HELP WITH FOOD SECURITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E Irwin Larocque, Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration at the CARICOM Secretariat told the first formal meeting of Plant Health officials from across the Caribbean, that the Region needs to produce more than it consumes, in order to tackle the issue of rising food prices. In his address to in the opening…
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