Press Releases
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JAPAN FORMALLY HANDS OVER VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT TO CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) formally accepted video-conferencing equipment from the Government of Japan today at a ceremony at the headquarters of the Community in Georgetown Guyana. Deputy Secretary-General Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite accepted the equipment on behalf of CARICOM, from Japan’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Koichiro Seki. Under a project, funded by…
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MESSAGE FROM MR. TARO ASO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN TO THE TWELFTH JAPAN-CARICOM CONSULTATION, 09 AUGUST 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my great pleasure that the Twelfth Japan-CARICOM Consultation Meeting is convened in the Republic of Guyana, with representatives from CARICOM Member States and Japan. Since 1993, this forum has been greatly contributing to development of the solid base for friendly ties between Japan and CARICOM Member States as well as for our…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR HARPER, DIRECTOR GENERAL, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GUYANA AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) CO-CHAIR AT THE TWELFTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS, 9 AUGUST 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Ambassador Koichiro Seki Members of the Japanese delegation Members of the CARICOM delegation Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Officials of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media It is with great pleasure that I welcome the distinguished delegation from Japan and Delegations from the Caribbean Community to the Twelfth CARICOM-Japan Consultations being held here at the Headquarters of the…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE LAUNCH OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND PANAMA, 8 AUGUST 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Trade of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Republics of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama today launched free trade negotiations in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The negotiations which will build on the existing free trade agreement between CARICOM and Costa Rica are intended to result in an agreement that…
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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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