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  • November 20, 2008
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    INTERNATIONAL ISSUES DOMINATE BUREAU MEETING

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda will preside over the 24th Meeting of the Bureau of Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM to be held in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday 22 November 2009. The three other members of the Bureau,…

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  • November 18, 2008
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    GLOBAL FINANCIAL SITUATION HIGH ON BUREAU’S AGENDA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As individual member states assess the implications of the current financial situation, the Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will consider the global economic and financial crisis at its Twenty-Fourth Meeting on Saturday 22 November 2008. The Bureau, which comprises the current, incoming and outgoing Chairmen of the Community and…

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  • November 4, 2008
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    CARICOM AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO FORGE STRONGER TIES

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In an effort to forge stronger ties with the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has established a Task Force which held its first meeting today (Tuesday, 4 November 2008) at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana. The CARICOM Task Force on CARICOM–Dominican Republic Relations, which was established in 2007, is charged with the responsibility…

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  • October 23, 2008
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    REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES,  23 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    Distinguished Members of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries Staff of the CARICOM SecretariatRepresentatives of the Media As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is such a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries. This Meeting is important…

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  • October 23, 2008
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    REGIONAL CULTURAL INDUSTRY TASK FORCE LAUNCHED

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The newly established Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries was officially launched today (23 October 2008) by the CARICOM Secretary-General at the CARICOM Secretariat. The establishment of this Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries was mandated by both the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Human and Social Development…

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  • September 29, 2008
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    CARICOM MINISTERS OF HEALTH AGREE ON A PLAN TO ESTABLISH CARPHA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Health of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have endorsed a plan of action for the transition of the Regional Health Institutions into the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) by 2010. The endorsement was made at the annual Caucus of the Ministers of Health held in Washington DC, USA on the eve of the…

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  • September 27, 2008
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    CARICOM SECRETARIAT COORDINATES RELIEF EFFORT FOR HAITI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In an effort to provide aid to storm-ravaged Haiti, as it recovers from four consecutive storms that have left a huge death toll and thousands displaced, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat organised a humanitarian drive. Coordinated by the Secretariat’s Staff Association, the Haitian relief effort saw the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors of the Republic of…

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  • September 18, 2008
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    CARICOM RALLYING TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Technical assistance, relief supplies and financial resources are being provided by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the countries affected by the disastrous events of the ongoing Atlantic hurricane season. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) has mobilized its resources and is helping in the assessment of the damage and the provision of relief.…

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  • September 11, 2008
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    CARIFORUM AGREES TO SIGN EPA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) has agreed to a date in October to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). The actual date is to be finalised after discussion with the EU but it is scheduled to be in time to ensure provisional application by…

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  • September 5, 2008
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    CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEET ON EPA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Matters related to the signing of the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be the focus of two Heads of Government meetings to be held in Barbados on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 at the Sherbourne Conference Centre. The first of the meetings will be the Fourteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of…

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