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Statement By The Hon. Kamla Persad-bissessar Prime Minister Of Trinidad And Tobago – CARICOM-US Summit 2015
Call to Action on Security in the Western Hemisphere Thank you Prime Minister Simpson Miller for hosting this meeting between the United States and its CARICOM partners. Thank you also to our Chairman, Prime Minister Christie, for your leadership and vision for the social harmony and unified development agenda for CARICOM. And of course to our friend President Obama, we…
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Saluting our Women – Trinidad and Tobago PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar
The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, is the seventh and current Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 26, 2010 and is the country’s first female Prime Minister. Persad-Bissessar is the political leader of the United National Congress and leads the People’s Partnership, a coalition…
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US$1b energy fund for CARICOM
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has proposed a US$1 billion “Caribbean Energy Thematic Fund” for Caricom member states to address regional energy security. Speaking at the First Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington, DC yesterday, she reaffirmed Government’s commitment to working with the United States and other Caribbean countries in fostering a “cleaner, more sustainable energy future” in the region. In…
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Trinidadians get assurance on State of Economy – PM Persad- Bissessar’s address on the state of the economy
January 9, 2015: The following is a statement made my Prime Minister, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the evening of January 8, 2015 on matters of the state of the economy: My fellow citizens, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. When we last spoke on the eve of the New Year, 2015, I made a commitment to have this conversation with…
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PM defends her terrorism stand
T&T would have faced international pressure if it had not joined with 90 other countries to co-sponsor a resolution aimed at tackling global terrorism, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. She said so as she defended her decision not to consult with Caricom before signing the resolution at the meeting of the UN Security Council, chaired by United States President…
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Welcome Remarks by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar On the Occasion of First CARICOM-Japan Summit Trinidad and Tobago
I am delighted to once again welcome His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan and his delegation to the shores of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, for his inaugural visit to the Caribbean. Your Excellency, the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago and the CARICOM Region are honoured by your visit, and we are pleased to share…
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Take tough decisions, fulfill obligations – urge Prime Ministers Gonsalves, Persad-Bissessar
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Taking tough decisions and fulfilling Regional obligations were two areas that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves and the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, identified as essential for solidifying integration and moving the Community forward. At the opening session of the 25th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government…
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Remarks by the Hon. Kamla Persad- Bissessar, Prime Minster of Trinidad and Tobago At the Opening of the Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting Of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM Buccament Bay, Vincent and the Grenadines
I take great pleasure today in formally passing Chairmanship of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to Dr The Honourable Ralph Gonzalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. I congratulate him and express my sincerest hope that his tenure will be rewarding and productive, and pledge every possible support that he will…
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REMARKS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR, SC AT THE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF CHAGUARAMAS THURSDAY 4TH JULY 2013 CHAGUARAMAS
It is with immense pleasure and a deep sense of Caribbean patriotism that I welcome my sisters and brothers of the region to this most historic occasion. Forty (40) years ago on this day, the founding fathers of the region executed what is perhaps, the most significant accord that would govern the relationship of the nation-states which comprise the Caribbean…
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