Press Releases
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TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT FORMAL OPENING 1 JULY IN COURTYARD OF BARBADOS PARLIAMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, will address the formal opening ceremony of the 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM on 1 July 2007 in the Courtyard of the Barbados Parliament. Other speakers at the opening are…
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JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CARICOM-US SUMMIT, 20 JUNE 2007, WASHINGTON, D.C.
1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the United States of America and of the Caribbean Community Nations of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, meeting in Washington D.C. on June 20, 2007, reaffirm our…
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FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION FOCUS FOR 28TH CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which opens in Barbados on Sunday 1 July, will consider critical issues under the broad context of increased functional cooperation in the Region, according to CARICOM Secretary General, H.E. Edwin Carrington. At a media clinic carried throughout the Community…
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PANCAP CARE AND TREATMENT WORKSHOP OPENS IN SAINT LUCIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Scaling up care and treatment and reducing stigma and discrimination are critical to successful HIV and AIDS response in this Region. “Tremendous work has been done, but we have just tipped the problem”. This is the view of the Hon. Edmund Estephane, Minister of Health, Saint Lucia. The minister was speaking at the opening…
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CARICOM LEADERS PLEASED WITH “CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN”
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Conference on the Caribbean wrapped up at the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Washington DC on Thursday 21 June with The Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis hailing the event as an “overwhelming success”. He said the historic three-day round of meetings – held under the theme…
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CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE SET FOR BARBADOS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Come July 1, 2007, several CARICOM Heads of Government will attend the annual CARICOM 10K Road Race; this year, to be hosted in Barbados, under the theme: The Health of the Region is the Wealth of the Region. The race will start and end at the Bay Street Esplanade, opposite the Office of the…
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PANCAP CONVENES HIV CARE AND TREATMENT WORKSHOP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Achieving universal access, scaling up testing and counselling and defining a comprehensive care package among other issues, will be the focus of a workshop on 25-27 June 2007 in Saint Lucia. The workshop is convened by the CARICOM-coordinated Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) in collaboration with the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) and the…
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WORLD BANK SEES POLITICAL WILL IN VITAL FOLLOW-UP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ms. Caroline Anstey, Director, Caribbean Country Management Unit, World Bank, said the challenge that follows the Conference on the Caribbean will be to translate the tremendous capital that was evident into tangible benefits for the Caribbean people. The World Bank, one of the co-sponsors of the Conference, held in Washington, DC from 19-21 June…
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BARBADOS PM CALLS FOR NEW ENTERPRISE CULTURE IN CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In its quest to eradicate poverty, the Caribbean Region must reorient its fiscal systems as well as move its production systems away from preferential treatment. This was the view articulated by The Right Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, in his keynote address at the opening of the Conference on the Caribbean on…
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CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT ROLE FOR CARICOM DIASPORA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The process of engagement with the Diaspora, the value of remittances and calls for investment in the Caribbean, formed the basis of the dialogue between the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Diaspora in Washington DC USA,on 19 June 2007. At an engagement titled ‘Up close with the Heads’ five…
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