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ADDRESS BY THE HON. PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE, 9– 10 FEBRUARY 2006, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Mr. Chairman Heads of State and Government The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Dr. Edwin Carrington Honourable Ministers Heads and Representatives of Regional Institutions Government Officials Members of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I wish, first of all, to warmly welcome you to this Seventeenth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of…
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Greater Data Collection needed on the Creative Industries
(CARICOM Secretariat, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The creation of a regional Creative/Cultural Industry Mapping Network and a Creative/Cultural Industry Research Centre, to increase and improve data collection on the region’s creative industries, was one of the main recommendations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-WIPO Experts Meeting on Creative Industries and Intellectual Property that was held on February 8-9 at the CARICOM Secretariat…
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UNDERPINNING SHARED VALUES : REMARKS BY DR. THE HON. KENNY D. ANTHONY, PRIME MINISTER, SAINT LUCIA AND OUTGOING CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE, 9-10 FEBRUARY 2006, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Colleagues, As you may recall, we met in St Lucia in July 2005 at the commencement of my tenure as Chairman, and by virtue of the decisions which we took, we ensured that the pace of activity would continue to be a frenzied one. After all, we would have just six months to bring about the inauguration of…
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SAINT LUCIA PRIME MINISTER URGES COLLEAGUES TO AMEND CHARTER OF CIVIL SOCIETY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony, of Saint Lucia, is calling for “immediate amendment to the CARICOM Charter of Civil Society and other appropriate instruments, to authorise if necessary, expulsion of a Member State which repudiates the democratic process by violence and intimidation.” In his address to the opening of the 17th Inter-Sessional…
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CARICOM SINGLE MARKET OFFERS OPPORTUNITY FOR STRONGER REGION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago said that with the implementation of the Single Market and later, the Single Economy, the Community was now set to fully develop its potential and build on its strengths. He told…
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GLOWING TRIBUTES FOR JAMAICA’S PRIME MINISTER P.J. PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaica’s Prime Minister the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson delivered a moving farewell speech this week, at the conclusion of the 18th meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Negotiations, which he has chaired for the past thirteen years. Prime Minister Patterson retires from active politics after over thirty years of service to…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN DISSATISFIED WITH SPEED OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Chairman, the Hon. Patrick Manning, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago said he was dissatisfied with the pace of the process of economic in many Member States; a situation which he feels has left them “severely vulnerable to external shocks.” Prime Minister Manning says some of these external shocks have already affected…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN SAYS DEEPER CARICOM UNION IS INEVITABLE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, told the opening session of the 17th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads at the Port of Spain Hilton Thursday 9 February, that discussion of “deeper union” among the Member States of the Caribbean Community is inevitable. Mr. Manning sees it as his…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE CONCLUS
The Seventeenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 9-10 February 2006 under the chairmanship of the Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government,. Other Heads of Government in attendance were: the Prime Minister…
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STATEMENT BY H. E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 9 FEBRUARY 2006, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Honourable P
Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Other Distinguished Heads of State and Government of Member States of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers of Government Distinguished Delegates Distinguished Guests Representatives of the Media Ladies an Gentlemen It’s a pleasure as Secretary-General, to…
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