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Prime Minister to attend OFID Signing, CARICOM Heads Meeting
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, Planning and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Kenny D. Anthony leaves the state today to travel to Vienna. There, he will attend the Signing Ceremony of a Loan Agreement between the Government of Saint Lucia and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). OFID made a US $18 million commitment in December 2014…
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His Excellency Picewell Forbes Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Chair of the Inaugural Meeting of the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors
Secretary-General, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque Deputy Secretary-General, Her Excellency Manorma Soeknandan Other members of the CARICOM Secretariat Executive Management Team Colleague Ambassadors Officials of the Secretariat and CARICOM Member States Good Morning, During the Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government that was held in Nassau, The Bahamas on 26-27 February 2015, under the chairmanship…
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Prime Minister Dr. The Honourable Timothy Harris attends Regional Summit with Heads of State to discuss vulnerabilities related to climate change
Martinique, West Indies, May 09, 2015 (SKNIS): Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris is meeting with regional heads of state at a climate change Summit being held in Martinique. The event is being chaired by Mr. Francois Hollande, President of the French Republic. Accompanying the Prime Minister are Minister of Public Infrastructure, post urban development and transport Ian “Patches” Liburd and…
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Honourable Samantha Marshall Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development, Gender and Youth Affairs Feature Address Caribbean Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting
In October 2011, a report commissioned by Commonwealth Heads of Government made the following compelling statement: At least 60 per cent of the Commonwealth’s population is under 30 years of age. That is significantly lower than the global average of 52%. Therefore the future of the Commonwealth – and of the world it shares – is inexorably tied to the future…
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Cricket Legends meet CARICOM Heads of Government
West Indies Cricket Legends Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Wesley Hall, Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Andy Roberts, Deryck Murray, Gordon Greenidge and Michael Holding met in Grenada with the CARICOM Cricket Governance Committee to have a discussion on the Governance of Cricket. The Governance Committee comprises the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell as Chairman, the Prime Minister…
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Opening Remarks by Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie Prime Minister of The Bahamas and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM At the CARICOM – US Summit Kingston, Jamaica 9 April 2015
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. President, I join my colleague and our host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, in welcoming you to the Caribbean and this discussion with the Leaders of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This meeting is important because it reinforces the obvious, the symbiotic relationship which exists between the United States and the region:…
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CARICOM Heads back Creative Industries Management Unit
CARICOM leaders last week endorsed the idea of the CARICOM Secretariat and Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) preparing a proposal for a Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit. The Unit would be located in Caribbean Export in Barbados, would be self-financing and report to the Regular Meeting of Heads of Government in July, a communique issued at the close of…
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Communiqué Issued Following The Conclusion of the Twenty-sixth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Nassau, The Bahamas, 0n 26-27 February 2015. The Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Right Honourable Perry Christie, chaired the proceedings. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and…
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CARICOM heads agree to focus on sports tourism and cultural industries
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM heads have decided to place emphasis on developing cultural and creative industries and a sports sector to boost their economies. The announcement was made at the closing press conference for the two-day 26th Inter-sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government on Friday afternoon by Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government and…
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Premier Romeo briefs EU-OCT meeting on potential of geothermal energy
The Hon. Premier of Montserrat, Donaldson Romeo made a presentation this morning (Friday 27th February 2015) on geothermal energy at the conference of the European Commission and EU Overseas Countries and Territories being held in Tortola British Virgin Islands. Mr Romeo was at the time taking part in a round table event captioned ” Regional Cooperation: Unlocking the Potential of…
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