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SAINT LUCIA MEETING TO FOCUS ON THE STATE OF CARICOM ECONOMIES
The state of the economies of the Member States of the Caribbean Community will be placed under the microscope when CARICOM Heads of Government meet in Saint Lucia for a Special Meeting on 16 August 2002. The decision for a meeting to focus specifically on the Region's economies was taken when CARICOM Heads of Government met in Guyana for their…
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CARICOM TO INDUCT A NEW BATCH OF REGIONAL YOUTH AMBASSADORS
His Excellency Runaldo R. Venetiaan, President of Suriname, is expected to give the opening remarks and declare open the CARICOM Regional Youth Ambassadors Training/Strategic Planning Workshop to be held from Monday 19 August to Wednesday 28 August 2002, at the Krasnapolsky Hotel, Paramaribo. The workshop, to be held under the theme, “HIV/AIDS, Human Capacity and Sustainable Development – the Challenge…
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HON, PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Colleague Heads of Government Honourable Ministers Secretary General Members of the Diplomatic Corps Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen I am pleased to have received your invitation to address this Twenty-third Meeting of Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and to join my distinguished colleagues on this occasion as we consider those critical issues…
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CORE TEAM IN FINAL ROUNDS OF TRAINING FOR OPERATION OF CCJ
Just weeks after Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on a formula for the funding of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), a group of workers from the state sector will gather in Trinidad and Tobago for the final in a series of education workshops for state sector employers who will interface with the Court. Coordinated by…
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CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL URGES ALLIANCE AMONG REGIONAL BUSINESSES
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, has urged private/public sector companies in Jamaica and the Caribbean, to form alliances in order to be more competitive in the new globalised economy. “Companies in both the public and private sector must form crucial alliances which would allow them to deal with that greater level of competition, particularly in third…
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ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET OF MONTEGO BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY RITZ, , 13 JULY 2002, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Mr. Mark Kerr-Jarrett, President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Other Members of the Executive, Distinguished Guests, Members of the Chamber, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen. First of all I would like to thank you for the honour that you have extended to me in my capacity as the Secretary General of the…
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CARICOM Secures Access TO CHEAPER HIV/AIDS DRUGS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) has signed an agreement with six pharmaceutical companies, which will allow the Caribbean Region to access cheaper anti retroviral drugs for the care and treatment of persons living with HIV/AIDS. The signing of the agreement took place on Wednesday, 10 July 2002, in Barcelona Spain, concluding several months of…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 3-5 JULY 2002
The Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on 3-5 July 2002. It was presided over by H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. Other Heads of Government in attendance were Hon.…
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Citation In Honour Of Professor Rhoda Reddock On The Occasion Of The Presentation Of The Seventh Caricom Triennial Award For Women
Professor Rhoda Reddock, national of Trinidad and Tobago and esteemed scholar of the Caribbean Community, is the seventh outstanding woman from the Caribbean Community to receive the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women. Attaining a Doctorate in Applied Sociology in 1984 at the University of Amsterdam, she served as a Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3-5 JULY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on 3-5 July 2002. It was presided over by H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. Other Heads of Government in attendance were Hon.…
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