Press Releases
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PUBLIC EDUCATION ON CSME FOR GUYANA
The Region-wide series of public education workshops which touches on a wide range of issues relating to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will continue in Guyana during this month. The exercises which started in May, 1999, have already been held in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, St.Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia. It involved…
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REGIONAL CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT FORGES AHEAD
Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are to benefit from a programme aimed at imparting new financial skills which will, among other things, expand investment options for everyone across the Region. Representatives from a cross-section of financial institutions including stock exchanges, central banks, securities commissions, Ministries of Finance, and the Brokers’ Community will attend a Financial Engineering Workshop, 15-25…
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STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 8 OCTOBER 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Seventh Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) was held at the Headquarters of the Community on 8 October 1999. The Meeting was very positive and reached a number of important conclusions. Held under the Chairmanship of Antigua and Barbuda, the COTED took the opportunity to assess the status of the effort to complete the…
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OPENING STATEMENT BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE SECOND SITTING OF THE ASSEMBLY OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARIANS (ACCP), 14 OCTOBER 1999, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
Senator the Hon. Dr. John Watts, Deputy to the Governor-General of Grenada; Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada; Hon. Sir Curtis Strachan, Speaker of the Assembly, and the House of Representatives of Grenada; Hon Ralph Maraj, Foreign Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, representing the Hon. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Conference of…
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WORKING GROUP TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF CARICOM AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Further progress is being made on the move to protect the entitlement of workers in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to social security benefits, and to provide equality of treatment when they move from one Member State to another. Persons who have worked in different Member States of CARICOM, and think they qualify for benefits under the CARICOM Agreement on Social…
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SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 8 OCTOBER 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
ADDRESS BY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, EDWIN W. CARRINGTON Mr. Chairman Other Distinguished Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Secretariat Staff Members of the Media Good Morning. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Secretariat and the Seventh Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. I expect that this will be our last meeting for…
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GRENADA GETS SET TO HOST ACCP
Representatives from across the Region gather in Grenada on October 14 and 15 for the Second Sitting of the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP). His Excellency Sir Daniel Williams, Governor General of Grenada will declare the proceedings open at the Grenada Grand Beach Resort and Convention Centre during a ceremony which begins at 9 a.m on October 14. The…
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CARICOM FACILITATOR WITH REGARD TO A VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA, DR. THE HONOURABLE KENNY ANTHONY
Dr. the Honourable Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia will visit Guyana on Friday and Saturday, 22-23 October 1999. Prime Minister Anthony was assigned responsibility by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community for the implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement. This assignment is in pursuance of the commitment of the Heads…
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Address by the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, at the Opening of the Seventh Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), 8 October 1999, Georgetown, Guyana
Mr Chairman Other Distinguished Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Secretariat Staff Members of the Media Good Morning. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Secretariat and the Seventh Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. I expect that this will be our last meeting for this year 1999, indeed for this century, and it would be…
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SPEECH BY THE HONOURABLE HILROY HUMPHREYS, MINISTER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 8 OCTOBER 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Outgoing Chairman of the COTED Other distinguished colleagues, Excellencies, Delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Please permit me to commence my brief remarks by expressing appreciation on behalf of all delegates to the Government of Guyana and the CARICOM Secretariat for the warm and splendid arrangements offered our delegations. It is always a pleasure to visit Georgetown, even if it is only…
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