Press Releases
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Regional Survey of Development through Sport Programmes implemented at the country level
This report aims to identify best practices observed in the administration of Development Through Sport Programmes across the region; to raise awareness of the powerful role that sport can play in the lives of the most vulnerable; and to utilize the information to inform the design of regional and country level programmes . Methodology:> The CARICOM Secretariat designed and tested…
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REGIONAL INTERNET GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE AMONG GEORGETOWN FORUM RECOMMENDATIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialists from the Caribbean concluded their recent Internet Governance Forum in Georgetown, Guyana, with a number of recommendations aimed at strengthening the Region’s involvement in the governance and use of the Internet. High among the recommendations emanating from the Forum is the establishment of a regional Internet Governance Task Force or…
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REMARKS BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE, 5 SEPTEMBER 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations When the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) concluded in Geneva in December 2003, there were agreements on many important issues, including freedom of expression and enabling environment. There were however two unresolved issues at the summit: one was financing and the other Internet governance, which were left to be debated, analysed and solved…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT HOSTS CONGRATULATORY RECEPTION FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL CARRINGTON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington walked into a surprise reception held in his honour to celebrate his recent achievement of being conferred with Trinidad and Tobago’s highest national honour, the Trinity Cross. The reception, hosted by CARICOM Secretariat staffers in Georgetown on Friday 2 September, featured vocal renditions performed by staff…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS TRINITY CROSS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington yesterday became the proud recipient of the highest award of Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinity Cross. The Secretary-General was presented with the award by President of the Republic, His Excellency George Maxwell Richards, during the Independence Day awards ceremony at the President’s residence. Mr. Carrington,…
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CARICOM INITIATES REGIONAL POSITION ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to focus on the full utilisation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for the shaping of regional economies, ICT experts in the Region are taking steps to ensure that CARICOM’s concerns at advanced at international Internet Governance (IG) fora. In view of the growing awareness of the social, economic,…
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CARIBBEAN RESEARCH CRUCIAL TO TACKLING REGIONAL DRUG ABUSE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean’s youth and adolescent have been identified as being most vulnerable to the growing problem of substance use and abuse. Data put forward by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission, CICAD, reveal that the average age of “first-use” of drugs is approximately age ten and in many instances as low as age seven. A report presented…
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Puelba Meeting A Missed Opportunity For FTAA
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Stalled for over eighteen months now, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) talks were brought back into the spotlight this week, by a meeting of FTAA Senior Trade Officials in Puebla, Mexico, August 25. At the meeting, CARICOM tabled a proposal – which received support – for all FTAA countries to call on the Trade…
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ADDRESS BY THE HON. CLEMENT J. ROHEE, MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, GUYANA, ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME), AT A LUNCHEON OF THE GEORGETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, 23 AUGUST 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman, I wish to thank the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the invitation to join you at this luncheon and to share some perspectives and information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CSME has been long in the making, since 1989 – some say too long while others believe we are moving too…
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