Press Releases
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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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WORLD TRADE CENTRE/CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA ACTION/CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT – FLORIDA-CARIBBEAN COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: POSITI0NING CARIBBEAN BUSINESSES TO COMPETE IN AN FTAA ERA – THE FLORIDA-CARIBBEAN RELATIONSHIP: A CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVE PRESENTED BY MR. BYRON W. BLAKE, CONSULTANT, TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, 23-24 JUNE 2004
Introduction The Florida-Caribbean relationship is both historical and strategic. The Caribbean benefitted in the World War II and post-World War II periods as significant numbers of Caribbean farm workers found employment building the Florida Sugar and Citrus Industries. The strong agrarian Florida economy laid the base for its current dynamic industrial and service-based economy. The new economy has attracted more…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS
The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Baldwin Spencer, will pay an official visit to the CARICOM Secretariat on 23-25 June 2004. On this, his first official visit to the Secretariat since assuming the Chairmanship of CARICOM earlier this year, Prime Minister Spencer is expected to have a packed programme from the time…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT SIGNING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR THE CARIBBEAN EDUCATION SECTOR HIV/AIDS RESPONSE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME, 22 JUNE 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
IDB Representative Mr. Sergio Varas Members of Staff of IDB Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Press Ladies and Gentlemen Let me take this opportunity on behalf on the Community and the Pan Caribbean Partnership (PANCAP) to express my deepest appreciation to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for providing support to the HIV/AIDS Programme. By the…
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HIV/AIDS THREATENS GDP OF JAMAICA AND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS IDB FUNDING
Citing a recent study by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Health Economic Unit and the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC), which estimates that by next year Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago could lose between 4 and 6.4% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a result of the impact of HIV/AIDS, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin…
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RNM DG meets with Prime Minister Manning
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, met with The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain today. Ambassador Bernal and the Prime Minister had an exchange of views on the status of negotiations across the three major external trade negotiating…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY SEN. THE HON. KNOWLSON GIFT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 18 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, International Trade and Transport of Antigua and Barbuda Honourable Ministers, Secretary General, Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat, Distinguished Delegates, Members of the Media. On behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago, it gives me great pleasure to welcome delegates to Port of Spain and to the Fourteenth Meeting of the Community…
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NEWS RELEASE FROM THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 18 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Community Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the second highest Organ of the Community, held its Fourteenth Meeting on June 18, 2004 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Opening remarks were delivered by H.E. Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM; the Hon. Harold Lovell, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, International Trade and Transport…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY SEN. THE HON. KNOWLSON GIFT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 18 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, International Trade and Transport of Antigua and Barbuda Honourable Ministers, Secretary General, Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat, Distinguished Delegates, Members of the Media. On behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago, it gives me great pleasure to welcome delegates to Port of Spain and to the Fourteenth Meeting of the Community…
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