Press Releases
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ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. P.J. PATTERSON ON, PC, QC, MP PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY , 4 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
Mr. Chairman Colleague Heads of State and Government Honourable Ministers Secretary General Delegates Specially Invited Guests of International Organisations Members of the Diplomatic Corps Ladies and Gentlemen: Introduction Let me first thank the Government and people of Grenada for their cordial welcome and gracious hospitality. I extend warm congratulations to the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith…
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OPENING ADDRESS BY THE HON. BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AND OUTGOING CHAIRMAN, CARICOM, AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
Mr. Chairman; Colleague Heads of Government; Distinguished Members of the Legislative, Judicial and Executive Authorities of Grenada; Esteemed Secretary General of the Commonwealth; Esteemed Secretary General of the Organisation of American States; Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Delegates; Specially Invited Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen; Brothers and Sisters: Prime Minister Mitchell and the Grenadian people have succeeded in making the…
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MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) FOR CARICOM DAY, JULY 4, 2004
Fellow citizens of the Caribbean Community, on July 4 2004 we celebrate CARICOM Day, marking the 31st Anniversary of our integration movement. We are doing so fully cognizant that our Community at this time continues to face tough challenges, but equally aware that there are many exciting new possibilities for us opening up in our Region, our hemisphere and in…
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RADIO CARICOM TO PROMOTE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY
Radio Caricom will be officially launched at the 25th Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government in Grenada on 4 July 2004 It will be established in all Member States over a short period of time with Barbados, Belize, Grenada, and St. Lucia, regarded as “pilot States” in the project, coming online in 2004. Radio Caricom will eventually…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF PLAN STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY
Members of staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat met in a two-day retreat in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 20-21) to devise strategies to assist the Organisation to more effectively and efficiently serve the Region and its people. The retreat was part of an organisational change and refocusing exercise, which is being undertaken in several phases at…
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ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE GRADUATION EXERCISE AT THE BISHOP’S HIGH SCHOOL, 30 JUNE 2004, TOBAGO
Acting Principal, Mr. Sebro Members of the School Board Teachers and other members of staff Distinguished Guests The Graduating Class of 2004 Ladies and gentlemen It gives me very special pleasure to have been invited to address today’s Graduation Exercise. Notwithstanding the fact that the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government to which I am en route,…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN CALLS FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hon. Baldwin Spencer has assured that diplomatic relations between Haiti and many Members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) remain intact, but said that the return to constitutional and democratic processes that underpin Haiti's development are prerequisites for participation in the Councils of the Regional grouping by its newest Member State. Briefing reporters at the…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN SAYS SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY VITAL TO THE PEOPLE
The implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) by 2005 is crucial to the social and economic advancement of the peoples of the Region in an era of increased globalisation and dominance by large economic groupings, Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Baldwin Spencer told staff of the CARICOM Secretariat…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN SAYS SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY VITAL TO THE PEOPLE
The implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) by 2005 is crucial to the social and economic advancement of the peoples of the Region in an era of increased globalisation and dominance by large economic groupings, Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Baldwin Spencer told staff of the CARICOM Secretariat…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL DENIES MEDIA REPORT ON HAITI
CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington today vehemently denied statements attributed to him in an Agence France Presse (AFP) report of 22 June on Haiti's relations with the Community. Mr. Carrington is reported by AFP to have said that the Prime Minister of Haiti's Transitional Government, Mr. Gerard Latortue needed “to reconsider his country's withdrawal from the regional organization” and that “Haiti…
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