Press Releases
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WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES FOR CARICOM MEMBER STATES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from a Regional workshop on International Trade in Services set for 11-14 April in Barbados, geared to equip the Region for its new trade arrangements in the international arena and more so within the context of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The three-day exercise will…
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LETTER OF INTENTION BETWEEN THE CARICOM/PANCAP MEETING TO BRAZIL, 3-8 APRIL 2005 AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF BRAZIL
The CARICOM/Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) observation mission to Brasilia, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 4-8 April 2005 comprised Dr. The Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chair of PANCAP, Hon. John Maginley, Minister of Health, Sports and Youth Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda and Chair of Council for Human and Social…
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CARICOM REGION GEARS FOR 16 APRIL INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be inaugurated in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday 16 April 2005, in a ceremony befitting the stature of the organisation. Proceedings to mark the auspicious event include an interfaith service featuring five religious groups; a formal ceremony comprising the swearing in of the remaining two judges, the procession…
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BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CARIBBEAN HIV/AIDS PROGRAMMES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) President of Brazil, His Excellency Lula Inacio Lula da Silva has guaranteed his country's support for Technical Cooperation Programmes and capacity building of HIV/AIDS experts through exchange programmes with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. President Lula gave this assurance during a meeting with Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, at the Presidential…
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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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