Press Releases
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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TOP INAUGURAL CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male and female athletes Pomunos Ballentyne and Sonia Ackbar, outran their Caribbean counterparts by emerging as the first place winners at the Inaugural Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 10 K Road Race. The competition was ran at the dawn of Sunday 3 July in Saint Lucia, where the 26th Meeting of the Conference…
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WELCOME REMARKS AND ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 3 JULY 2005, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA.
Your Excellency, the Governor-General of Saint Lucia, Dame Pearlette Louisy Dr. the Hon. Kenny D. Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and of Suriname Other Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers Leaders of Parliamentary Opposition in Member States…
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Eighth CARICOM Triennial Women’s Award For Guyanese Justice Madame Desiree Bernard
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Former Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana and the first female judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Honourable Madame Justice Desiree Bernard has been selected as the eighth recipient of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Triennial Award For Women. Justice Bernard was singled out for her outstanding contribution to the development…
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REGIONAL BUSINESSES SUPPORT INAUGURAL CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A number of Regional business entities in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) including two Regional air carriers have come out in support of the Inaugural CARICOM 10 K Road Race, which takes place in Saint Lucia on Sunday 3 July 2005. To date, LIAT, BWIA West Indies Airways, Air Jamaica, Grace Kennedy, Banks DIH Ltd of…
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CARICOM/INDIA ICT PROJECT LAUNCHED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A new line of Information and Communication Technolgy (ICT), including an infokiosk, will be installed at the CARICOM Secretariat's New Headquarters Building at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, by July 30. The ICT installation project is being undertaken by a team of technical experts from TATA Infotech Limited of India, and is in keeping with an earlier…
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CSME, CRIME AND SECURITY, SUGAR TOP AGENDA AT UPCOMING CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Regular Meeting of The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be convened from 3-6 July in Saint Lucia, where Heads of Government are expected to deliberate on a number of pressing Regional matters. Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Dr the Honourable Kenny Anthony, the Conference…
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EU SETBACK HAS POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington says CARICOM Heads of Government will have to look carefully at the recent setbacks experienced by the European Union (EU) and analyse possible implications for CARICOM. “We in CARICOM have forged our integration arrangements very much along the lines of what the Europeans have done in…
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REGIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY BEING MAPPED OUT FOR CWC 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean prepares to host thousands of visitors expected to flock to the Region for its Cricket World Cup 2007, security concerns are high on the CARICOM agenda. This is in light of the drastic changes in travel requirements that have taken place in the post “9/11” world. Saint Lucia’s Minister of National Security the…
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CARICOM LEADERS TO MULL OVER DEBT REDUCTION AT UPCOMING REGULAR MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington says the Community will be paying special attention to the deliberations of the meeting of the G-8 countries under the chairmanship of the United Kingdom, being held from the 6 to 8 of July 2005. Speaking to Journalists in St. Lucia over the weekend at a Media Clinic outlining the…
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REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES HIGH ON CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT JULY AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Lucia’s Minister for National Security, the Honourable Calixte George, says when CARICOM Heads of Government meet in that country next weekend, they will be considering a number of recommendations from Regional Security Ministers, aimed at curbing the increasing levels of crime that has recently been affecting the Region. Addressing a CARICOM Media Clinic in Saint…
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