Press Releases
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PANCAP EXECUTIVE BOARD REVIEWS CARIBBEAN HIV/AIDS RESPONSE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixth Meeting of the Executive Board of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – coordinated Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) began yesterday 20 April 2006 in Trinidad and Tobago. In opening remarks to the two-day meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism, as the Board is called, CARICOM’s Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development…
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SINGLE MARKET THE FOCUS OF BUREAU MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The state of readiness for Single Market compliance of six Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is on the agenda for the Twentieth Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM which will meet on Tuesday 18 April in Antigua and Barbuda. The Bureau comprises current Chairman of…
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CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN GRENADA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will review preparations for upcoming Summits and Ministerial meetings with external partners when the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) convenes its Ninth Meeting on 24-25 April in St. George’s, Grenada. The Community will be participating in the CARICOM-Spain Summit set for 11 May in Madrid,…
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CARICOM Trade Ministers, Portman Agree on Council to Advance Trade Relations
WASHINGTON, DC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US trade relations received a boost today, as a result of a decision by the two sides to revitalize a long-dormant Trade and Investment Council (TIC). This decision was reached at a meeting of CARICOM Trade Ministers with United States Trade Representative Rob Portman in Washington, D.C. this afternoon. One of eight CARICOM Ministers at…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARICOM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY ON COOPERATION IN HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING, NATURAL DISASTER AND EARLY WARNING, 4 APRIL 2006, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Senator Giampaolo Bettamio, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Gerardo Carante Other members of the Italian Delegation Representatives of the Media Colleague staff members of the CARICOM Secretariat It is with pleasure that I welcome you today, on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, at the signing of a scientific cooperation agreement on Cooperation in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring, Natural…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), A
Honourable Senator Giampaolo Bettamio, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Gerardo Carante Other members of the Italian Delegation Representatives of the Media Colleague staff members of the CARICOM Secretariat It is with pleasure that I welcome you today, on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, at the signing of a scientific cooperation agreement on Cooperation in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring, Natural…
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UWI World Debating Champ!
O’Neil Simpson looked the part of a world champion and well he might. Eyes alight and with a confident smile creeping seemingly unbidden to suffuse his countenance, the Cave Hill star debater sat down after his historic win of the coveted first prize in the World Public Speaking Competition at the 2006 World’s Universities and Colleges Debating Championships held between…
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