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July 1, 2014339
Time for action; time to advance – Prime Minister Gaston Browne
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “We have paused enough; it is time for action. We have retreated enough; it is time to advance.” This was the charge newly-elected Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Gaston Browne, delivered on Tuesday evening to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as he made his first address at a Conference of Heads of…
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June 10, 2014326
Arrival Statement Of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Electoral Observer Mission To The Antigua And Barbuda General Elections On 12 June 2014
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An eleven (11) member Electoral Observer Mission from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is now in Antigua and Barbuda to monitor the Parliamentary Elections to be held on June 12, 2014. The Mission headed by Mr. Orrette Fisher, Director of the Electoral Office of Jamaica, is in the country on the invitation of the Government…
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January 15, 2014323
CARICOM Broadcasters at workshop on Regional Integration and the CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Approximately thirty Caribbean Community (CARICOM) broadcasters are scheduled for a workshop on regional integration and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy CSME in Antigua and Barbuda 16-17 January, 2014. The activity, organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding from the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is taking place at the Jolly Beach Resort and…
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May 2, 2013435
ESSENCE, SPIRIT OF CARICOM STILL RELEVANT – AMBASSADOR CLARENCE HENRY
CARICOM was established in 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, and is observing its 40th anniversary this year. “The model may be challenged in other regions of the world, but it must be understood that regional integration requires constant tweaking,” he said, while alluding to the challenges currently facing the Region and the ever “evolving global multiplex…
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April 29, 2013812
Expert says cyber attacks increasing locally
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Computer technology expert Yves Ephraim has pointed to growing incidents of cyber attacks in the country as a new report points to its damaging effects on small businesses in particular. Ephraim, managing director of Pegasus Technologies, told OBSERVER Media that in his line of work, he has seen repeated examples of cyber attacks which lead him…
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October 17, 2012299
Opening Remarks By Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-general, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at The Opening of The Eleventh Week Of Agriculture, Antigua And Barbuda, 17 October 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is indeed a pleasure for me to address the opening of the 11th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, here in the beautiful country of Antigua and Barbuda whose government graciously consented to be the host for this week of activities. Since 1998, the CWA has become the signature event for the Region’s agriculture since…
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March 12, 2009361
Caribbean community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission to Antigua and Barbuda : preliminary statement
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On the invitation of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean Community mounted a CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the election system and processes, as well as the conduct of the General Elections held on 12 March 2009. The eleven member Observer Mission led by Mr. Noel Lee, former Director of Elections…
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July 1, 2008354
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA EDUCATION MINISTER CALLS FOR POOLING OF CARICOM RESOURCES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Education, the Hon Betrand Joseph has joined the band of Caribbean Community Ministers who are calling for greater collaboration and pooling of resources within the Community. Addressing the opening ceremony of the Finals of the Caribbean Community Regional Quiz Competition 2008 held in Berry Bay, Antigua and Barbuda, on…
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May 10, 2008374
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 7-9 MAY 2008, BOLANS VILLAGE, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
The Eleventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community was held in Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda, 7-9 May 2008, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda. The Ministers attending were, the Hon. T. Brent Symonette, M.P, Deputy Prime Minister and…
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