Press Releases
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY DR. THE HON. KENNY D. ANTHONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HON. WILLIAM DEMAS, OCC
It is with a sense of deep loss that the Caribbean Community awoke yesterday to the news that the Hon. William G. Demas, OCC – former Secretary-General of CARICOM – died on Saturday, 28 November. This follows news of the death, some 48 hrs earlier of another former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Dr. Kurleigh King of Barbados. Mr.Demas who…
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Attached is the statement issued by Dr. The Hon. Kenny D. Anthony, Chairman of CARICOM following on the death of Dr. Kurleigh King, former Secretary-General of CARICOM.
The Caribbean Community has learned with great sadness of the recent death of former Secretary-General of CARICOM, Dr. Kurleigh King of Barbados. Dr. King was Secretary-General of CARICOM from 1979-1983. He assumed the position of Secretary-General at a particularly difficult period in the life of the integration movement including a two-year hiatus in the filling of that post. His tenure…
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Press Statement issued on conclusion of the Fifth Meeting of The CARICOM-Cuba Joint Commission, 18-19 November 1998, Georgetown, Guyana
The Fifth Meeting of the CARICOM-Cuba Joint Commission chaired by Mr. Edwin Carrington, the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, and the Honourable Ricardo Cabrisas, Minister of Foreign Trade of Cuba, was held 18-19 November, 1998 in Georgetown, Guyana. The Meeting noted the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Mitch on the Central American Republics. They expressed the solidarity of the Region…
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SOME VIEWS ON THE CURRENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CARICOM ECONOMIES : ADDRESS BY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH GENERAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF INDIGENOUS BANKS (CAIB), 11 NOVEMBER 1998, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Hon. Prime Minister Hon. Michael Shree Chan, Acting Minister of Finance Mr. Eudoxie, Chairman of the Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks Distinguished Guests Delegates Members of Diplomatic Corps Ladies and Gentlemen The current global financial crisis which has so far spanned South East Asia, Russia and Latin America, is having far-reaching consequences, not only on the countries directly involved, but…
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CARICOM AFFIRMS ITS SOLIDARITY WITH CENTRAL AMERICA IN WAKE OF HURRICANE MITCH
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington, despatched messages of condolence and support to Honduras and Nicaragua last week, on behalf of the Community and the Secretariat, following the passage of Hurricane Mitch through Central America. The Secretary-General also extended condolences to the Government and people of Honduras on the untimely death of the Mayor of Tegucigalpa,…
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VITAL LESSONS FROM GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS – CARRINGTON
The need for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to move faster towards improving competitiveness and diversification of their production and exports, is one of a series of measures identified by CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington to lessen the impact of the Asian and global financial crisis. Speaking to participants at a meeting of the Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks in Georgetown today…
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Press Statement issued by the Office of the CARICOM Facilitator with regards to a statement made by leader of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Mr. Desmond Hoyte
At a meeting of the political dialogue between the parties thereto, the PPP/C has complained about what they have termed as Mr. Hoyte’s intemperate language in describing the process of the political dialogue as a farce during the course of a political meeting held at Victoria. I have had an opportunity to listen to a tape of part of that…
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GUYANA HOSTS CARICOM-CUBA TRADE SYMPOSIUM
Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade, the Hon. Ricardo Cabrisas will lead his country’s delegation of public and private sector officials to the Caribbean-Cuba Trade and Investment Symposium to be held in Guyana on November 20-21. A trade exhibition of Cuban products will be mounted at Le Meridien Pegasus during the Symposium and more than 20 Cuban companies have indicated they…
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PRESS STATEMENT OF THE 11th MEETING OF THE BUREAU of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 21 October 1998, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community today urged all parties in Guyana to do everything possible to meet the deadlines of the Herdmanston Accord particularly the provisions relating to the staging of elections under a new constitution by the year 2000. The Bureau, presided over by Chairman of CARICOM, Dr the Hon. Kenny…
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CARIBBEAN YOUTH COME UP WITH VISION FOR 21ST CENTURY
After coming together for three weeks in The Bahamas and Barbados, representatives of Caribbean Youth have come up with a Vision for the Region in the 21st Century; four parliamentary resolutions and a Declaration and Regional Action Plan on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights. The three-week Caribbean Youth Explosion which ended in Barbados on October 7, 1998, comprised three…
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