Press Releases
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PRESIDENT JOINS SECRETARIAT STAFF IN PAYING RESPECTS TO COLLEAGUE
His Excellency, the President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo was a welcome surprise guest at a ceremony on Wednesday morning at which members of staff of the CARICOM Secretariat remembered their colleague, Ms Silvana Jordan. The President gave his personal reminiscences of his friend Silvana Jordan with whom he had attended Patrice Lumumba Friendship University in Moscow, Russia 16 years ago.…
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STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF MS SILVANA JORDAN
Ms Silvana Jordan, Senior Project Officer, Communications Unit at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat died in a vehicular accident on Monday September 20, 1999. Ms Jordan, 36, who joined the Secretariat in June1996, was the first Surinamese national to be employed at the Secretariat following the accession of Suriname to membership of the Caribbean Community and Common Market in July…
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CANADA SUPPORTS GUYANA’S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
The good relations between Canada and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were once again demonstrated when that country made a presentation of 100,000 Canadian Dollars to assist in the work of the constitutional reform process in CARICOM Member State, Guyana. At a simple ceremony on Thursday, 9 September, at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana , H.E. Mr. Kamoji Wachiira,…
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MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, ON THE PASSING
It was with deep regret that the staff of the CARICOM Secretariat and the wider Caribbean Community have learnt of the untimely passing of Mr. Charles P. Kennard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Rice Development Board. Mr. Kennard’s contribution to the rice industry is well-known throughout the Caribbean and further afield. Mr. Kennard was particularly valued for…
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GUYANA : DIALOGUE BETWEEN MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES RESUME
After a preliminary meeting on 14 June 1999, the Dialogue resumed on 9 August 1999. The following consolidated agenda was agreed: Agenda Items for Discussion between PPP/Civic and PNC as at 16 August 1999 PNC’s List PPP/C’s List Victimisation and Discrimination Composition of State Boards, Commissions and Committees Land and House Lots Distribution Parliamentary Reform Reinstatement of Public Officers Tender…
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INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION STRESSED FOR COMMON GOOD
The need for international and regional organisation to collaborate on issues of common interest and also build viable networks was this week underscored by the Regional Representation of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Mr Oyebade Ajayi. His remarks came as he addressed judges who were in Jamaica this week assessing the work of journalists who sumbitted worked to be…
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BAHA’Is VISIT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat took a step towards forging new links with the wider Caribbean, with the hosting of a team of Baha’i Youth from across the Region, on Wednesday 10 August, 1999. The team, in Guyana, as part of their on-going “Sparks of Peace” project, met with CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington, at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, and…
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REGION SPEAKS WITH ONE VOICE IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
In this era of increasing trade liberalisation the Caribbean is being increasingly regarded as an area of great significance . This point was underscored by the Region’s Chief Negotiator, Sir Shridat Ramphal. His comments came as he opened the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) on 9 September…
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GROUNDWORK FOR CSM&E NEARS COMPLETION AS COTED MEETS
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr.Edwin Carrington has implored Member States to redouble efforts for the timely completion of the key elements of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSM&E). Mr .Carrington was speaking at the opening of the one-day 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development at the Secretariat’s Headquarters on Friday 8th October,1999.…
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