More CARICOM Health Personnel for Haiti

Bridgetown, Barbados, February 11, 2010 (CDEMA) - CARICOM sends a regional eight member team of health personnel to Haiti. The team of specialists from Barbados and Saint Lucia left for Haiti today to begin two weeks of voluntary service. These individuals will provide emergency and s...
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CARICOM IN COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER RESPONSE TO HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 300 persons from eleven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members have so far been involved in the response to the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January. The Region’s initial respon...
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CARICOM MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HAITI - DSG

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must continue to support Haiti and allow sufficient time for that Member State to continue its efforts to participate fully in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, H.E. Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretar...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 8 FEBRUARY 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

  Chair of COTED Honourable Clifford Marica, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Guyana Other Hon. Ministers of Government Their Excellencies/Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Other Heads of D...
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CARICOM’S ENGAGEMENT WITH HAITI MUST BE LONG TERM - SG

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General yesterday signalled the Community’s commitment, in the long term, towards Haiti’s recovery and reconstruction. Speaking at the CARICOM Secretariat...
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HELP ON THE WAY FOR HAITI’S TERTIARY STUDENTS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) the Hon Roosevelt Skerrit said CARICOM would have discussions with the University of the West Indies (UWI) with a view to creating special programmes for...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS MONELLE ALEXIS, DEAN OF THE CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADOR CORPS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 30 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME: YOUTH NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW

    Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the Chairman of the Conference, Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit His Excellency, Drs. Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname and Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Youth...
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SPECIAL UNIT FOR CARICOM HAITI ASSISTANCE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has mandated the CARICOM Secretariat to establish a small dedicated unit to co-ordinate CARICOM’s continued assistance to Haiti over the long term in the wake of t...
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