Press Releases
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CARIFESTA X LAUNCHED AT COHSOD XVI – WE ARE IMPRESSED, SAYS CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), H.E Edwin W. Carrington has communicated the full support of the Community for Guyana, as it prepares to host the tenth Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA X), 22-31 August 2008. Speaking at the soft launch of CARIFESTA X during the Closing Ceremony of the Sixteenth Meeting of…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [CULTURE AND YOUTH], 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates Representatives of Regional and International Organisations Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to this Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community. I offer a special welcome to the Honourable Dr. Frank Anthony…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, IN TRIBUTE TO DR. LUCY STEWARD OUTGOING REGISTRAR OF THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (CXC) DURING THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 10 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am extremely pleased today to be the one afforded the opportunity to pay tribute to my friend, Dr Lucy Steward, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and a true Caribbean citizen, who will shortly be demitting office as Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), one of our premier institutions and one as old as CARICOM itself. It is…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth and Culture, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 10-12 October 2007 under the theme, Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community. The Hon.…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, IN TRIBUTE TO DR. LUCY STEWARD OUTGOING REGISTRAR OF THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (CXC) DURING THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 10 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am extremely pleased today to be the one afforded the opportunity to pay tribute to my friend, Dr Lucy Steward, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and a true Caribbean citizen, who will shortly be demitting office as Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), one of our premier institutions and one as old as CARICOM itself. It is…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth and Culture, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 10-12 October 2007 under the theme, Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community. The Hon.…
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CXC REGISTRAR HONOURED BY COHSOD
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr. Lucy Steward, retiring Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) was honoured at the Opening Ceremony of Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) being convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme: Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community.…
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(CARICOM SECRETARIAT PARTNERS WITH TELESUR ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) History was created in the Caribbean Community today, when His Excellency Edwin Carrington, CARICOM Secretary-General signed to seal what is deemed to be the first Public/ Private partnership between the CARICOM Secretariat and a commercial entity, Telecommunications Service Provider of Suriname, Telesur. The signing, which took place at the Sixteenth Meeting of the Council…
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SIXTEENTH COHSOD OFF TO AN EXCITING START
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than eighty delegates from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and neighbouring countries participated in a colourful opening ceremony of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown Guyana under the theme: Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community.…
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REMARKS BY HONOURABLE CYNTHIA FORDE, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORT, BARBADOS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [CULTURE AND YOUTH], 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Fellow Ministers Ambassadors Representatives of Regional and International Organizations adies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to address this Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development and to bring you greetings from the Government of Barbados, and particularly the Hon. Anthony Wood, Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, and Dr. the Hon. Jerome Walcott, Minister of…
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