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CARICOM Heads pledge full support for CARIFESTA XII
As preparations for the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XII) in Haiti 21-30 August, 2015, get into high gear, the CARICOM Heads of Government, in the just-concluded Heads of Government in Barbadosreiterated their full support for this event. The sentiment was published in 36th CHOGM Communique issued when the Meeting concluded on Saturday. The Heads also pledged their support for CARIFESTA XIII which will take place in Barbados in 2017.…
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UN Secretary-General’s remarks at interactive session with youth of Caribbean region
[As prepared for delivery] I am very honoured to be at the University of the West Indies. I am delighted to see so many young people here and linked in via video. I look forward to hearing from you. Later today, I will sit down with CARICOM leaders. But in many ways, it is fitting that I meet with you…
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CARICOM Summit Deemed A Success
Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, has deemed the just-concluded 36th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, held in Barbados from July 2 to 4, a success. Speaking during the closing press conference on Saturday night at the Hilton Barbados Resort, Mr. Stuart said he and his colleagues focused on three major areas: energy; bolstering education systems to build the…
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Panama Keen To Cooperate with Barbados In Education
Panama is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Barbados by creating linkages in the area of education. This was expressed today as Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ronald Jones, and officials of his Ministry met with Panama’s Minister of Education, Marcela Paredes de Vásquez, and her delegation, on the margins of the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of…
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Barbados And Panama Sign MOU
Barbados and the Republic of Panama now have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Bilateral Relations. The documents were signed and exchanged today during the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. The meeting, which ends today, is being held the Hilton Barbados Resort, Needhams Point, St. Michael. Minister of Foreign Affairs and…
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Communique issued at the conclusion of the 36th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
The 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Bridgetown, Barbados, 2-4 July 2015. The Prime Minister of Barbados, the Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, Q.C; MP, chaired the proceedings. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Gaston Browne; the Prime…
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Stronger CARICOM Relations a top priority for Panama
President of Panama H.E. Juan Carlos Varela met with CARICOM Heads of Government during Saturday’s session of their 36th Regular Meeting at the Hilton Hotel, Barbados, and made a strong case for closer cooperation. “Strengthening Panama’s relations with CARICOM at all levels is a top priority for my Administration. Therefore, on behalf of my Government, at this moment I would…
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CARICOM Chairman receives commemorative bat
Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma on Friday presented Prime Minister Freundel Stuart with a commemorative cricket bat of the historic 1950 West Indies tour of England. The presentation of the bat, which bears the signatures of the players, was made in the presence of other CARICOM leaders, as they met with the Commonwealth Secretary General at a special breakfast meeting…
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Remarks by the Hon. Perry G. Christie Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Outgoing Chairman Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At the Opening of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of The Cari
I am pleased to be back in Barbados for this formal handing over ceremony of the Chair of the Caricom Community. It has been an honour and a privilege for The Bahamas and for me personally to have served as its Chair. I now pass the mantle onto the distinguished Prime Minister of Barbados. I am certain that the community…
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Address by Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis At the Opening Of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting Of the Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community Bridgetown, BARBADOS 2 JULY 2014
It is indeed a great pleasure and an honour for me to address this distinguished gathering on behalf of the people of St.Kitts and Nevis. A strong spirit of fraternity and kinship has been fostered among Caribbean leadership for more than four decades, especially among the tiny group of officials, technocrats, experts and academicians who frequent our Caricom Summits and…
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