OPENING STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF A STUDY TOUR OF THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT BY A DELEGATION FROM THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY, 1-3 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation; Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda; Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barba...
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REGION MOVES FORWARD WITH MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR TOURISM

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A $60 million (US) annual marketing campaign has been proposed by the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Tourism Ministers to aid the regional industry. Agreement to forge ahead with the campaign came at a Special Meeting of the CARICOM C...
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CARICOM MINISTERS OF HEALTH AGREE ON A PLAN TO ESTABLISH CARPHA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Health of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have endorsed a plan of action for the transition of the Regional Health Institutions into the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) by 2010. The endorsement was made at the annual ...
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CARICOM, AUSTRIA SIGN CO-OPERATION MOU

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington and the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Mr Hans Winkler, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on CARICOM-Austria ...
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT COORDINATES RELIEF EFFORT FOR HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In an effort to provide aid to storm-ravaged Haiti, as it recovers from four consecutive storms that have left a huge death toll and thousands displaced, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat organised a humanitarian drive. Coordina...
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SECRETARY-GENERAL TOURS GONAIVES DURING HAITI VISIT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington completed a two day visit to Haiti on Wednesday 24 September with a visit to Gonaives and Porte du Paix, two of the areas hardest hit during the recent m...
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HEADS OFF ON SEVERAL MISSIONS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington left Guyana on Friday 19 September to fulfil a hectic round of engagements in the Community and the wider world. Mr Carrington’s first stop is Belize where ...
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CARICOM RALLYING TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Technical assistance, relief supplies and financial resources are being provided by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the countries affected by the disastrous events of the ongoing Atlantic hurricane season. The Caribbean Disaster Emerge...
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FROM SUB-PRIME TO SUBLIME DISASTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE USA / BY DR. MAURICE ODLE, ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, 18 SEPTEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

OVERVIEW/STRUCTURE When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form: • Origins of...
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