Press Releases
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Poverty, Rising Cost of Living high on agenda of Special COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) In its quest to stem the rising cost of living in the Region, the Twenty-Fourth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is expected to make a determination regarding the removal or reduction of the Common External Tariff (CET) on certain commodities. The COTED Meeting will be held in Nassau,…
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COFAP To Consider CARICOM Single Economy Preparations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Preparations for the CARICOM Single Economy (CSE), the framework of which is to be in place this year, the status of the proposed Regional Development Agency (RDA) and of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), will be examined at the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) which convenes in The Bahamas on 6 March 2008. The…
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ADDRESS BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE MINISTERIAL STRATEGIC BRIEFING SEMINAR OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (CTU), 28 FEBRUARY 2008, HAMILTON, BERMUDA
Thank you, Mr. Chairman Hon. Clive Mullings, President of CTU and Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications of Jamaica Hon. Terry Lister, Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce of Bermuda Other Ministers of Government Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the ITU Ms. Bernadette Lewis, Secretary-General of CTU Delegates, Representatives of Member States and the Private Sector Representatives of the Media…
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ADDRESS BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE MINISTERIAL STRATEGIC BRIEFING SEMINAR OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (CTU), 28 FEBRUARY 2008, HAMILTON, BERMUDA
Hon. Clive Mullings, President of CTU and Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications of Jamaica Hon. Terry Lister, Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce of Bermuda Other Ministers of Government Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the ITU Ms. Bernadette Lewis, Secretary-General of CTU Delegates, Representatives of Member States and the Private Sector Representatives of the Media There could be no…
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CARICOM INSTITUTIONS PIVOTAL TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION – CARICOM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Deputy Secretary General Her Excellency Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite reiterated the critical role of CARICOM institutions in the development of the Community through functional cooperation. Addressing the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) Ministerial Strategic Briefing Seminar, held on 28 February 2008 in Bermuda, Ambassador Applewhaite underscored the importance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in…
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EPA TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT KEY COMMUNITY MEETINGS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A series of key meetings of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), including the Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Heads of Government in Nassau, The Bahamas, will be held within the next ten days. Among them is the Meeting of the Reflections Group on the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that was initialed last December in…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE : HAITI CSME PROGRAMME, 26 FEBRUARY 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Good morning Dear colleagues from Haiti, CIDA and the CARICOM Secretariat. A special good morning to our colleagues in the CSME Unit in Barbados who have joined us by videoconference. It is with sincere pleasure that I welcome the delegations of the Government of Haiti and of the Government of Canada represented by CIDA to the CARICOM Secretariat, headquartered here…
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CARICOM AND GERMANY SIGN EIGHT MILLION EURO AGREEMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Federal Republic of Germany signed a Financing Agreement worth eight million euros on Tuesday 26 February 2008. The grant, disbursed in two tranches the first of five million and the second of three million, is to assist the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean (PANCAP) in…
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CARICOM, CANADA, HAITI MOVE ON CSME PROJECT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first meeting of a Tripartite Committee established to oversee the implementation of a Haiti CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Project was held on Tuesday 26 February 2008 at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana. The Tripartite Committee comprises representatives of Haiti, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE : HAITI CSME PROGRAMME, 26 FEBRUARY 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Good morning Dear colleagues from Haiti, CIDA and the CARICOM Secretariat. A special good morning to our colleagues in the CSME Unit in Barbados who have joined us by videoconference. It is with sincere pleasure that I welcome the delegations of the Government of Haiti and of the Government of Canada represented by CIDA to the CARICOM Secretariat, headquartered here…
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