Press Releases
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 19 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I welcome you all most sincerely to this Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. This Meeting is taking place at a critical juncture in the life of the Community. The CARICOM Single Market was established in January this year. Soon after, a new democratically elected government in Haiti returned to the fold of the Community and…
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REGIONAL ENTERPRISES TO STRATEGISE FOR CSME BENEFITS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With the Single Market component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) now in operation, work is intensifying to effectively position Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to reap the benefits from the Single Market. To this end, representatives of SMEs will gather in Guyana on 24-25 October 2006 for the Second Region-wide Roundtable…
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CARICOM–SPAIN JOINT COMMISSION SUCCESSFUL
Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, has described the Second Joint Commission Meeting of CARICOM and the Kingdom of Spain as “fruitful and successful.” Speaking to the press shortly after signing the Final Act (Communique) of the meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston, Jamaica, with Mr Pascual Navarro, Deputy Director of Co-operation with Mexico, Central…
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SUPPORT EXPRESSED, CONCERNS RAISED : CARICOM EDUCATION AND LABOUR MINISTERS MEET IN GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In his inaugural address at a CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) Meeting, Guyana’s newly appointed Minister of Education, Hon Sheik Baksh sounded the call for CARICOM policy makers to take on board the impact some regional decision in the area of human and social development could have on constituents in the…
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CARICOM OFFICIALS FOCUS LABOUR, EDUCATION AT COHSOD XV
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Fifteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), the Hon. Anthony Wood, Education Minister of Barbados has reaffirmed his Government’s ongoing commitment to the social and economic integration process in the Caribbean Community. The Minister’s reaffirmation came as he addressed the opening of the Fifteenth Meeting of…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM
I welcome you all most sincerely to this Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. This Meeting is taking place at a critical juncture in the life of the Community. The CARICOM Single Market was established in January this year. Soon after, a new democratically elected government in Haiti returned to the fold of the Community and…
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MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO AMBASSADOR DUDLEY THOMPSON
Excellency, I am pleased to extend, on behalf of the Caribbean Community and the staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, heartiest congratulations on your recognition as an African Living Legend by the African Press in Ghana. The fact that this is your second such recognition by Africans is a powerful testimony that you have sincerely dedicated most of your life…
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COHSOD XV OPENS 19 OCTOBER IN GEORGETOWN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Fifteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) opens on Thursday 19 October at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, where officials are expected to mull over a range of issues considered pressing to human development in the Caribbean. Pointed discussions are expected to ensue on the…
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CARICOM BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETS IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ON 17 OCTOBER 2006
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in St Kitts and Nevis on Tuesday 17 October 2006 for its Twenty-First Meeting. The Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis will…
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CARICOM PRIME MINISTERIAL MISSION TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On Wednesday 18 October, 2006, Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, will lead a Prime Ministerial mission on a one-day visit to Haiti, in fulfillment of a decision made by the Heads of Government at their Twenty-Seventh Regular…
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