Press Releases
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CARIFESTA VII OPENS WITH POMP AND CEREMONY
The twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is embracing its Caribbean brothers and sisters from Member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and beyond, as some twenty countries from the Region have converged on the host country of CARIFESTA VII to share in a milieu of activities portraying the arts and culture of the Caribbean. The ten-day festival has…
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A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD OUR SOCIETY – CARICOM S-G TELLS CARIFESTA VII OPENING
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington, has appealed to Caribbean artistes participating in CARIFESTA VII in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis to take advantage of new technologies to enhance the effectiveness and the economic profitability of their cultural product. Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the Region’s premier cultural festival on August 17, Mr. Carrington also…
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ADDRESS BY HON. JACINTH HENRY-MARTIN, MINISTER OF CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORTS, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE OPENING OF CARIFESTA VII, 17 AUGUST, 2000
Welcome again to the smallest country to host this Region’s greatest exposition of Arts and Culture! This reference to our size is not an excuse by any means … please feel free to consider it a boast that small as we are… our pride and joy at having you here cannot be surpassed. Over the next ten days, you will…
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CARICOM, LEGAL LEADERS IN CCJ DIALOGUE
Attorneys-General and Presidents of Bar and Law Associations from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will meet in Saint Lucia on 16 August, 2000 to discuss the proposed Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The one-day meeting will provide an opportunity for dialogue between the leaders of CARICOM and the legal profession on the Court that is proposed to replace the…
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CARICOM RESPONSE TO G7 CHARGES
Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have formed a group to formulate and implement strategies which will articulate CARICOM’s position in the face of continued attacks on the Region’s offshore sector by the G7 through three agencies it has established. The CARICOM group is called the Caribbean Association of Regulators of International Business (CARIB) and it is scheduled to…
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CARICOM STATEMENT TO THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES ON HAITI, 4 AUGUST 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA
Mr. Chairman,Mr. Assistant Secretary General,Distinguished Colleagues,Delegates, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been closely monitoring the political and electoral events in Haiti leading up to and following the elections on 21 May and 9 July 2000. Haiti is an incoming Member of the Caribbean Community – a Community that attaches great importance to the principles of democracy and good governance. These…
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STATEMENT BY MR. EUGENE G. PETTY, PROGRAMME MANAGER, RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF GUYANA (UNAG) LAUNCHING OF COMMUNITY PEACE PROJECT TOWER HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, O3 AUGUST, 2000
Mr Chairman, Dr Martin Boodhoo His Excellency Mr Jacques Crête, High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana Justice Donald Trotman, President of the UN Association of Guyana Justice Rudolph Harper, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee of the United Nations Association of Guyana Members of the UN Association of Guyana Members of the Diplomatic Corps Members of the Media Ladies…
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EXPLORING NEW INVESTMENT AVENUES: SECOND VOLUME ON REGIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE
The people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to explore new avenues of wealth creation as offered through the Regional Stock Exchange currently in operation in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Economic Intelligence and Policy Unit of the CARICOM Secretariat, which is responsible for developing the educational package, has just released the second volume in a…
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CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS RESPOND TO CHALLENGE
Twenty seven Caribbean youth leaders have been invested as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors at the just concluded Regional Youth Explosion 2000 at the St George’s University Campus in St. George’s, Grenada (17-23 July, 2000) to take forward a goodwill mission for Youth empowerment in the regional integration process. The cadre of youth leaders representing 13 Member States and the…
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FOREIGN MINISTERIAL FORUM LIKELY BETWEEN CARICOM AND JAPAN
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, is in Japan working with officials there to add new impetus to CARICOM-Japan cooperation with their immediate priority being to focus on establishing a Foreign Ministerial forum. This visit by the CARICOM Secretary-General to Japan is a critical component in recent efforts by both CARICOM and Japan to work towards…
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