Press Releases
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Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed a pleasure to be with you this morning at this breakfast session of the 49th Annual General Meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association and to be given the opportunity to address you on a topic of such importance to us all – The CSME, FTAA and their Implications for Trinidad and Tobago and the Region as a whole. Before doing so however, allow me
Salutation When in 1985, the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community decided to create a single economic space within the Community by implementing the CARICOM Single Market & Economy (CSME), the international information retrieval and supply services industry, impacting across sectors, was radically different, but already rapidly evolving as a result of technology convergence. That change in…
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CARICOM STATISTICIANS ENDORSE COORDINATED ACTIVITY BETWEEN CIVIL REGISTRARS AND VITAL STATISTICIANS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The first Regional Workshop bringing together some seventeen Civil Registrars and Vital Statisticians from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States ended in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, 6 April, with participants endorsing an initiative to establish a CARICOM Association of Civil Registrars and Vital Statisticians. The Association will lead in the execution of the plan of action adopted…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. PHILOMEN HARRISON, PROGRAMME MANAGER, STATISTICS, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT OPENING OF THE REGIONAL STATISTICAL WORKSHOP, 4 APRIL 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat, let me welcome you to this CARICOM Workshop on “Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM Member States- Focusing on the Improvement of Statistics on Fertility and Mortality.” For those who are visiting from outside Guyana, I would also like to welcome you to Guyana, the location of the headquarters…
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REGIONAL FERTILITY AND MORTALITY STATISTICAL WORKSHOP UNDER WAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries gearing for the December 2005 implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) are steadily focusing on improving their statistical database to ensure the effective flow of information when the CSM takes off. To this end, a three-day workshop under the theme Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. PHILOMEN HARRISON, PROGRAMME MANAGER, STATISTICS, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT OPENING OF THE REGIONAL STATISTICAL WORKSHOP, 4 APRIL 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat, let me welcome you to this CARICOM Workshop on “Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM Member States- Focusing on the Improvement of Statistics on Fertility and Mortality.” For those who are visiting from outside Guyana, I would also like to welcome you to Guyana, the location of the headquarters…
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PANCAP OBSERVES BRAZIL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME
A high level team led by Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis will visit Brazil from 4-8 April 2005 to examine that country's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to explore avenues for technical cooperation between the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and Brazil, in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The leading…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE USAID GUYANA TRADE AND INVESTMENT SEMINAR ON “TRADE AND LABOUR: THE RIGHT TO DECENT WORK”, 17 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutation “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. YVONNE HOLDER, TECHNICAL COORDINATOR, TECHNICAL ACTION SERVICES UNIT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING OF THE CARICOM FORUM OF DIRECTORS OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, 16 MARCH 2005, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
The convening of this Forum is a tangible expression of the commitment of the CARICOM Secretariat to providing support to Member States in the discharge of their obligations under the Revised Treaty. We in the Secretariat, as I’m sure you in your various capacities in the public and private sectors, are constantly assailed by public criticism, that not enough is…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE USAID GUYANA TRADE AND INVESTMENT SEMINAR ON “TRADE AND LABOUR: THE RIGHT TO DECENT WORK”, 17 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutation “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity,…
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Canadian Minister talks Trade in the Region
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Minister Pierre Pettigrew, the Canadian Minister of International Trade, met his CARICOM counterparts in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on March 10. The meeting was co-Chaired by Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Trade and Industry Hon. Kenneth Valley. The meeting provided an opportunity for both sides to assess progress made in beleaguered global trade talks…
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