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CARICOM MINISTERS TO CONSIDER ICT STRATEGY FOR ICC WORLD CUP 2007
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials today refined a wide-ranging strategy to be presented to Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies here on Friday 15 October. A major element of the strategy urges a business approach by CARICOM Member States to the planning and management of the ICC 2007 Cricket World Cup to maximize its financial potential. In a one-day preparatory…
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CARICOM CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS DEFINED AS PACESETTERS
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Directors of Information of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been heralded by CARICOM's Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite as specialised agents in informing the Region on government policies, plans, roles and positions. In her address to CIOs at their third meeting on 12 October in Barbados, Ambassador Applewhaite deemed the functions of CARICOM information…
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POSTPONEMENT OF INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (CCJ)
Heads of Government and State of the Caribbean Community have accepted the advice of the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Rt. Hon. Michael de la Bastide, T.C. and the Chairman of the Inauguration Task Force, Sir David Simmons, K.A., to postpone the inauguration of the CCJ to the first quarter of 2005. Heads had previously set…
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CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY DEVELOPS SKILLS TRACKING DATABASE
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Officials of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States met in Georgetown today, to participate in a training workshop in the use of database, which was developed to monitor the movement of skilled nationals in respective Member States. The database, which was developed by the Statistical Department of the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the…
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CARICOM ICT AND DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR TO FOCUS ON MAXIMISING BENEFITS
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts in the Region see the maximising of ICTs as a necessary instrument in unifying the Region, while keeping Member States abreast with extra-regional developments. To this end, an ICT seminar will take place on October 14th in Barbados, where CARICOM ICT experts will meet under the theme “Communication and Technology for Development.” The seminar…
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CARICOM REGIONAL ICT STRATEGY SUPPORTS MARKET INTEGRATION
ICT experts will meet next week in Barbados to accelerate progress on implementation of a regional ICT strategy. There is growing awareness of the emergence of new global ICTs in the Community, and recognition that these technologies have an inherent potential for enhancing and integrating Member States in areas such as education, health, poverty reduction, disaster preparedness, delivery of public…
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CARICOM MINISTERS TO PUSH ICT ADVANCEMENT
The progress and continued advancement of the Region's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Agenda will be the central focus of CARICOM Ministers Responsible for ICT, at their Third Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2004 in Barbados. An Action Plan aimed at accelerating the implementation and effectiveness of the Region's ICT Development will be put to the CARICOM Ministers, who are…
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CRN+ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING UNDERWAY
Over sixty representatives from twenty-one Caribbean territories, including Guyana, are in Georgetown this week for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Eighth Capacity Building Workshop of the Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (CRN+). The AGM got underway on Wednesday, 6 October and will be followed by the Workshop over the next two days, at Le Meridien Pegasus.…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE MEETING OF CARICOM STAKEHOLDERS ON THE PROPOSALS FOR THE REFORM OF THE EU SUGAR REGIME, 28 SEPTEMBER 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honoourable Ministers, Distinguished Ambassadors and other Representatives of Governments Representatives of the Sugar Industry Representatives of Cane Farmers and Sugar Workers Members of the Trade Union Movement Colleagues Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: Good Morning , and welcome to this meeting of CARICOM Stakeholders on the Proposal for the Reform of the European Union Sugar Regime, with particular…
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CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO BRIAN LARA, CAPTAIN, WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM, FROM H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE TEAM’S VICTORY IN THE ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY TOURNAMENT, 25 SEPTEMBER 2004, IN ENGLAND
27 September 2004 Mr. Brian Lara Captain West Indies Cricket Team c/o West Indies Cricket Board Bridgetown BARBADOS Dear Mr. Lara The performance of the Team last Saturday in the final of the ICC one-day tournament Champions Trophy must go on record as one of the greatest catalysts for West Indian unity and pride ever. The jubilation of the team…
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