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MORE CONCESSIONS FOR HAITI UNDER THE CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The recovery efforts in Haiti was definitely a priority item on the agenda of the 31st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community when they got down to dealing with the business of the Community at the Rose Hall Resorts and Spa in Montego Bay, Jamaica. With the…
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HAITI, CSME, FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACT ON CARICOM SUMMIT AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s ongoing recovery, the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and the challenges the Region has faced due to the global economic and financial crisis, are among topics that will be addressed at the 31st Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government from 4-7 July 2010, in Montego Bay,…
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WE CANNOT TURN BACK FROM CSME NOW – GUYANA FOREIGN MINISTER
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Guyana, underscored the role of public education in helping CARICOM nationals to understand the process, challenges and the progress of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), as well as their rights and responsibilities. The Minister was speaking at a public education symposium to…
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BARBADIAN STUDENTS VISIT ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ON CSME STINT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat is facilitating a mission for twenty five Students from Barbados to St. Kitts and Nevis as it wraps up a project entitled: Students engaging the CSME through Field Promotion. This mission is expected to be concluded before the end of 2009 and is the last in the project. Workshops as well…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE DR. KENNETH BAUGH, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, TO THE NEWSPAPER EDITORS’ WORKSHOP ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 22-23 OCTOBER 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat Association of Caribbean Media Workers Representatives of press and media associations Representatives of the Jamaican mediaLadies and Gentlemen Let me take this opportunity to extend to you, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica, a warm welcome and to thank you for journeying here to participate in this workshop. It demonstrates not only…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT FACILITATES NEWSPAPER EDITORS WORKSHOP ON CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newspaper Editors from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be participating in a workshop on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, Jamaica from 22-23 October 2009. The workshop is organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding provided by the 9th European Development Fund (EDF)…
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. CAROL EVELYN, PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE (CAIC), AT THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9-10 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Mr. Chairman, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is an instrument conceived by Heads of Governments of the CARICOM Community to facilitate the economic development of the member states of CARICOM. As we have heard many times, and with which many of us can agree, the private sector is the driver of social and economic development, and welfare, in any…
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REMARKS BY MS. JACQUELINE JACK, PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN CONGRESS OF LABOUR, AT THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME), 9-10 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Honourable David J. H. Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados and Lead Head Minister with responsibility for CSME His Excellency Edward Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen My Fellow Trade Union Colleagues Representatives of the Media Good Morning. I consider an honour in capacity as President of…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
It is with a sense of great expectation, that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I address you at this Opening Ceremony of this historic Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. Let me at the outset thank the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable David Thompson, Head of Government with Lead Responsibility in the Community for the CSME,…
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