Press Releases
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CARIFORUM MINISTERS MEET IN ST VINCENT
The Caribbean Rice Industry stands in the near future, to benefit from an almost 25 million Euro injection from the European Union to assist in moves to become more competitive. Plans for finalisation of the project to utilise the funds are among topics to be discussed at the 12th Meeting of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) of ACP States,…
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CARIFESTA VIII OFF TO A GOOD START
The Region has been promised a cultural feast when the five-day celebrations of CARIFESTA VIII are hosted in Suriname At a special launching ceremony held in Georgetown Friday last, a Suriname delegation led by Minister of Education and Community Development, Hon. Walter Sandriman unveiled the CARIFESTA logo, announced the slogan and released the jingle for what promises to be a…
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COHSOD VII TO FOCUS ON A STRATEGY FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION
The Region should expect a much more integrated approach to Human and Social Development (HSD) in the future as the Seventh Meeting of the Council of Human and Social Development (COHSOD VII) scheduled for Georgetown, Guyana October 23-25, 2002 will focus its attention on new strategies in education, health, labour, youth and gender in order to better place the people…
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ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY FOR CREDIT UNION WEEK BY THE TOBAGO REGIONAL CHAPTER OF CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LEAGUES, 10 OCTOBER 2002, TOBAGO
CREDIT UNIONS- TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW Salutations It is always with great pleasure that I seize opportunities to return home when my schedule allows. All the more so today when that opportunity involves contributing to the development of a people-based institution such as the credit union movement. The importance of bringing people together, particularly those that are not…
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ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY FOR CREDIT UNION WEEK BY THE TOBAGO REGIONAL CHAPTER OF CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LEAGUES, 10 OCTOBER 2002, TOBAGO
CREDIT UNIONS- TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW Salutations It is always with great pleasure that I seize opportunities to return home when my schedule allows. All the more so today when that opportunity involves contributing to the development of a people-based institution such as the credit union movement. The importance of bringing people together, particularly those that are not…
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CARICOM among international observers to the electoral process in jamaica
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has despatched a three-member team to Jamaica as part of the International Observers to the electoral process in that country. General elections are being held in Jamaica on Wednesday 16 October, 2002. The team is led by Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign Policy and Community Relations, CARICOM Secretariat and includes Dr S.R. Surujbally, Chairman of…
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STATEMENT BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL AT THE OPENING OF THE CSME UNIT OFFICE IN BARBADOS, 14 OCTOBER 2002
Honourable Prime Minister His Lordship the Chief Justice Ministers of Government Members of Parliament Former Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Members of the Diplomatic Corps President of the Caribbean Development Bank Professor Bourne and past President Sir Neville Nicholls Representatives of National, Regional and International Agencies ASG Regional Trade and Economic Integration and other members of Staff of the…
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ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON OWEN ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, AT THE OPENING OF THE CSME UNIT OFFICE, CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
The event which we celebrate this evening will hopefully come to be regarded not so much as a small step in the creation of a Unit, but a giant step in our support of a cause. For it ushers in the formal commencement of the new economic arrangement for our region which hopefully will create for us a future which…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY MS LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE NATIONAL AWARD CEREMONY FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS, 9 OCTOBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Hon. Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Education Permanent Secretary Chief Education Officer Distinguished guests Senior Government and other Officials Principals, Teachers, Parents Awardees, Students Members of the media It is an honour for me to be present here today, as we celebrate the accomplishments of our outstanding young academics, in whose hands the…
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