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Guyanese and Trinidadian nationals win CARICOM Annual 10k
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trinidad and Tobago’s Tonya Nero won the women’s leg of the CARICOM 10K Road Race for the third time in a row, when the event came off in St. John’s, Antigua/Barbuda on Sunday June 29 2014. Nero made it to the finish line in just over 38 minutes to claim the winning trophy along…
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CARICOM ‘deeply concerned’ about Guyana’s situation with CFATF recommendations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is urging an early resolution of the issues surrounding the implementation of recommendations to address deficiencies in the anti-money laundering regime of Guyana. A statement issued by the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM after its meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday…
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CEBO hosts first Community Based Workshop in Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) is a direct result of the recommendations of the report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development which identified entrepreneurship development as a priority in countering youth unemployment. This was made clear by Programme Manager, Culture Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr Hilary Brown…
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11th EDF Expected to Help Meet the Challenges of Caribbean Development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Programming Seminar, currently underway in Georgetown, Guyana, is an engagement that the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) considers to be of critical importance to development in the Region. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CARIFORUM and Regional Authorising Officer (RAO),…
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PANCAP to host Bi-National Commission on health for Guyana & Suriname
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ), EPOS Health Management and Ministry of Health Guyana will host a Bi-National Commission for Collaboration on Health for Guyana and Suriname from 11-13 July, 2013 in Georgetown, Guyana. The three day meeting to be held at the Guyana…
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Statement by Ambassador Lorne T. McDonnough Chief Executive Officer Of the CARICOM Development Fund At the SIGNING OF THE COUNTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME AGREEMENT between the THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA and the CARICOM DEVELOPMENT FUND – HILTON HOTEL, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – 6th July, 2013
HE Donald Ramotar, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Hon. Ashni Singh-Minister of Finance, Hon Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett–Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, Minister of Public Works, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press. I am particularly glad Mr President and Minister Singh, that you have been able to find some time during your busy schedule to meet here…
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IICA to provide assistance to Guyana
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says it will support Guyana in developing its trade in agricultural products. IICA Director General, Víctor M. Villalobos met with Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Leslie Ramsammy, who outlined the country’s priorities that included the development of an agrofuels unit, the establishment of programmes to combat and mitigate…
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CARICOM 14-point security strategy will complement local plan – Home Affairs Ministry
The 24th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM recently adopted a “Regional Crime and Security Strategy”. The Strategy resulted from consultations among regional security officials of CARICOM Member States by the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), as mandated by the Council of Ministers Responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) at…
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Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission to the general elections of Guyana – (monday, 28 november 2011) preliminary statement
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission was mounted at the invitation of the Government of Guyana to monitor the conduct of the General and Regional Elections on 28 November 2011. The Core Group of two persons namely Mr. Hensley Robinson of Barbados, Head of Mission and Ms. Lorna Simon of Antigua and Barbuda,…
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Arrival statement of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission to the 2011 general elections in the Republic of Guyana
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was invited by the Government of the Republic of Guyana to establish a Mission to observe the 2011 General Elections. In response to that invitation a fifteen (15) member Observer Group under the leadership of Mr. Hensley Robinson of Barbados and Ms. Lorna Simon of Antigua and Barbuda was selected with the Core Group of Mr.…
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