Press Releases
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT EXECUTIVES GET SET FOR 21ST CENTURY
The Executive Management Committee of the CARICOM Secretariat will be in Retreat at the Mt Irvine Bay Hotel, Tobago on April 8 and 9, 1998. The Committee comprises the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the three Assistant Secretaries-General and the General Counsel. Theme of the Retreat is “Managing the Secretariat in the 21st Century”and the chief Resource person is Dr Mohan…
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CARICOM TEAM MAKES PROGRESS WITH GUYANA ELECTIONS AUDIT
The CARICOM Audit Team selected under the terms of the Herdmanston Accord to undertake an audit of the December 15 Guyana national elections is now fully engaged in the counting of ballots cast. The Team, which is headed by former Trinidad and Tobago High Court Judge and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mr. Ulric Cross, and includes: Ms. Yvette…
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SURINAME APPOINTS AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM
Suriname has become the latest Member State of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to accredit an Ambassador to the Community. His Excellency Dr. Humphrey Abdul Rafeek Hasrat presented his credentials to CARICOM Secretary General Mr. Edwin Carrington at CARICOM Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday. Suriname joins Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, St Kitts/Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago as…
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CARICOM REVEALS PLANS TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
A range of matters relating to the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), progress towards a CARICOM Single Market and Economy, and external negotiations were essential focal points during a press conference hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown on Tuesday. CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington told journalists that a number of educational and public awareness activities have…
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AUDIT TEAM ARRIVES ON TUESDAY
The arrival of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Audit team has been rescheduled for Tuesday 17 March, 1998. The meetings with the political parties which contested the December 1997 elections will commence in Georgetown on 19 March 1998.
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 2-3 MARCH 1998, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
The Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George’s, Grenada, from 2 to 3 March 1998. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Social Services and Information, Antigua and Barbuda; Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of…
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CARICOM AUDIT TEAM ARRIVES FRIDAY 13TH MARCH
The CARICOM team to undertake the independent audit of the December 1997 elections in Guyana will arrive in Guyana on Friday 13th March in order to commence their work. The team was appointed last month by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Dr. the Honourable Keith Mitchell, and will spend next Monday and Tuesday in discussions with representatives of the…
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MESSAGE FROM THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 8 MARCH 1998
March 8, 1998 marks the eighty-fourth year that the world will be commemorating International Women's Day. As we, in the Caribbean, take pride in the progress we have made in furthering the objective of regional integration and prepare to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas this July, we must also take stock of progress…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, 2-3 MARCH 1998
The Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George’s, Grenada, from 2 to 3 March 1998. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Social Services and Information, Antigua and Barbuda; Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of…
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CARICOM PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS ON STREAM
Five Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and CARICOM Secretary General turned the sod as a symbolic start for the building of the permanent headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat at Liliendaal, Georgetown, Guyana. Chairman of CARICOM Dr. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, host President Her Excellency Janet Jagan of Guyana, Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur Prime Minister of…
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