Press Releases
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CARICOM REGION MUST CAREFULLY CONSIDER RENEWABLE ENERGY – SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General HE Edwin Carrington says that in view of the energy challenges facing the small states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Community has to carefully consider renewable energy; bio-energy in particular, In a feature address to the opening ceremony of the High Level Seminar on Expanding Bio-Energy Opportunities in the Caribbean, on…
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CARICOM TABLES RECOMMENDATIONS AT US CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON DEPORTEES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has recommended to the United States (US) the establishment of procedural guidelines to streamline the deportation process. Those guidelines would take into consideration the interests of the US and the receiving countries. The recommendation was among several tabled by Dr. Annmarie Barnes, Chief Technical Director of the Ministry of National…
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CARICOM MOVES TO STRENGTHEN REGION’S DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS CAPACITY
(CARCIOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), has embarked on a project to strengthen the Region’s capacity in Demographic Analysis. The Community launched the project on June 28 at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana. The project, facilitated through funding from CDB, is a multi-year programme of training…
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CAUCUS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTERS IN GUATEMALA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A review of the Agriculture Donor Conference held in Trinidad and Tobago in June 2007, is among the key agenda items the Caucus of CARICOM Ministers of Agriculture will consider in Antigua, Guatemala on 24 July 2007. According to the provisional agenda of the Meting, the Ministers will review the conference and follow-up action…
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CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEET PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an informal session on 19 July in Bridgetown, Barbados. Prime Minister Harper, who is on a four-nation tour of Latin America and the Caribbean, will visit Haiti after his stop in Barbados.
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CYAs KEY IN FULFILLING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S MANDATE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) After a four day meeting in Jamaica, CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) are mobilizing to help the recently-established CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) execute its mandate to chart a practical agenda for regional youth development. The CYAs along with appointed national youth focal points will be “on the frontlines” in helping the Commission conduct…
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REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING OF THE 6TH MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY FAO/CARICOM/CARIFORUM FOOD SECURITY PROJECT AND NATIONAL COORDINATORS FOCAL POINT RETREAT, 10 JULY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairperson; Dr. L. Barbara Graham, FAO Representative; Mr. Bruce Lauckner; Executive Director (ag), CARDI Ms. Emanuela Benini, Director, Italian Cooperation, Regional office for Central America and the Caribbean, Embassy of Italy, Guatemala; Mr. Greg Rawlings, Project Consultant National Coordinators and Focal Points; Colleagues All: It gives me great pleasure to be with you this morning in the opening session…
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STRIDES MADE BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN IN CARIBBEAN FOOD SECURITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) While the Caribbean has made some strides in addressing the issue of food security, much work needs to be done to meet some pressing challenges that continue to face the Caribbean in this critical area of development. This was underscored by ambassador Irwin Larocque, CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-General for Regional Trade and Economic Integration…
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REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING OF THE 6TH MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY FAO/CARICOM/CARIFORUM FOOD SECURITY PROJECT AND NATIONAL COORDINATORS FOCAL POINT RETREAT, 10 JULY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairperson; Dr. L. Barbara Graham, FAO Representative; Mr. Bruce Lauckner; Executive Director (ag), CARDI Ms. Emanuela Benini, Director, Italian Cooperation, Regional office for Central America and the Caribbean, Embassy of Italy, Guatemala; Mr. Greg Rawlings, Project Consultant National Coordinators and Focal Points; Colleagues All: It gives me great pleasure to be with you this morning in the opening session…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS
The Twenty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of The Conference of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Needham’s Point, Barbados, from 1-4 July 2007. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, presided. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Baldwin Spencer; the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of…
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