Press Releases
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DOMINICA’S CARIBS CELEBRATE
The original inhabitants of Dominica celebrate Carib Week from September 14 through 21 under the theme “Striving Together for Progress and Unity”. Historically regarded as the first inhabitants of the Caribbean territory, they now number 3 400 persons living on approximately three and a half acres of fertile land in the north-east side of the island. The week long programme…
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RRT MEETING POSTPONED
The meeting of the Regional Resource Team for Assistance to Montserrat scheduled for Saturday September 13 in Barbados has been postponed. The postponement is due to the visit to the United Kingdom of Montserrat’s Chief Minister the Hon. David Brandt and a team of officials from the island for talks with the British Government at their invitation.
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BAHAMAS PM INGRAHAM AND SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ACP MISSION
Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Hon Hubert Ingraham will carry the message of ACP unity from the Caribbean to the Pacific when he addresses Pacific leaders in Rarotonga, Cook Islands on September 17. Mr Ingraham, who will be accompanied by CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington to the three-day Pacific Forum, the Summit meeting of Pacific leaders, was designated to…
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SECRETARY GENERAL SHOCKED AT HAITIAN DISASTER
CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington has expressed “deep shock and sorrow” at the tragic Haitian ferry disaster which has reportedly claimed more than 400 lives. Mr Carrington, who spoke with Haitian Foreign Minister M. Fritz Longchamp on Monday, conveyed the Community’s profound sympathy to and solidarity with its latest Member State in the aftermath of the incident. Haiti was accepted…
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MONTSERRAT’S CARICOM VILLAGE ON FAST TRACK
Arrangements for the CARICOM Village at Davy Hill, Montserrat were put on the fast-track following the second meeting of the Regional Resource team for Montserrat on September 24. Chairman of CARICOM, the Rt Hon. Percival Patterson turned the sod to begin construction of the village on August 25 and the prefabricated housing units are being purchased at concessionary rates from…
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BUREAU OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES CONDOLENCE AT THE DEATH OF SIR ERIC GAIRY
The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, on Tuesday, August 26, 1997, expressed its deep regret to the Government and people of Grenada and the family of the late Sir Eric Gairy at the passing of the former Prime Minister of Grenada. Sir Eric, affectionately called the…
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CARICOM MOURNS PASSING OF SIR ERIC GAIRY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community mourns the passing of the Rt. Honourable Sir Eric Matthew Gairy KCMG, Trade Unionist, former Prime Minister of Grenada who passed away on Saturday evening 23 August 1997. Sir Eric Matthew Gairy emerged at a time on the political landscape when under-representation of the masses was characteristic of the social, cultural and…
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MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF THE RT. HON. SIR ERIC GAIRY, KCMG
It is with deep regret that I learnt of the death of the Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Matthew Gairy, KCMG, former Prime Minister of Grenada, last Saturday evening. The late Sir Eric Gairy will long be remembered for the important role he played in raising the political consciousness of the Grenadian people and in instilling confidence in their capacity to…
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SPECIAL BUREAU MEETING ON MONTSERRAT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A special Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community will be held in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday August 26. The meeting called by CARICOM Chairman, Jamaica’s Prime Minister the Rt. Hon Percival Patterson, will have one substantive item on the agenda, the crisis situation in…
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LEGAL EAGLES TO LOOK AT LEGAL EDUCATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government have asked that an interim report on the most urgent matters affecting Legal Education in the Caribbean be submitted to them in time for consideration at their Ninth Interssesional Meeting in March 1998. This Report will be compiled by a committee of experts to be appointed by CARICOM Chairman, the Prime Minister…
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