ADDRESS BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE MINISTERIAL STRATEGIC BRIEFING SEMINAR OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (CTU), 28 FEBRUARY 2008, HAMILTON, BERMUDA

Thank you, Mr. Chairman Hon. Clive Mullings, President of CTU and Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications of Jamaica Hon. Terry Lister, Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce of Bermuda Other Ministers of Government Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the ITU Ms. Bern...
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EPA TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT KEY COMMUNITY MEETINGS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A series of key meetings of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), including the Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Heads of Government in Nassau, The Bahamas, will be held within the next ten days. Among them is the Meeting of the Refle...
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CARICOM AND GERMANY SIGN EIGHT MILLION EURO AGREEMENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Federal Republic of Germany signed a Financing Agreement worth eight million euros on Tuesday 26 February 2008. The grant, disbursed in two tranches the first of five million and the second of three...
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CARICOM, CANADA, HAITI MOVE ON CSME PROJECT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first meeting of a Tripartite Committee established to oversee the implementation of a Haiti CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Project was held on Tuesday 26 February 2008 at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters, Georgetown, Guya...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE : HAITI CSME PROGRAMME, 26 FEBRUARY 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Good morning Dear colleagues from Haiti, CIDA and the CARICOM Secretariat. A special good morning to our colleagues in the CSME Unit in Barbados who have joined us by videoconference. It is with sincere pleasure that I welcome the delegations of the Government of Haiti and of the Government of Can...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE : HAITI CSME PROGRAMME, 26 FEBRUARY 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Good morning Dear colleagues from Haiti, CIDA and the CARICOM Secretariat. A special good morning to our colleagues in the CSME Unit in Barbados who have joined us by videoconference. It is with sincere pleasure that I welcome the delegations of the Government of Haiti and of the Government of Canad...
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CARICOM SUPPORTS TRAINING OF SOLAR WATER HEATER TECHNICIANS

(CARCIOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Regional manufacturers of solar water heaters and other stakeholders of the solar heating industry will participate in a three-day workshop at the Divi Southwinds Hotel in Barbados. The workshop, from 27-29 February 2008, will be facilitate...
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CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL HAILS SERVICE OF KEITH SOBION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) H.E., Edwin Carrington has hailed the service of Mr Keith Sobion to the legal fraternity of Trinidad and Tobago, CARICOM and the wider Commonwealth. In a message of condolence on the pa...
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY LUIGI MACCOTTA, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY TO CARICOM, 19 FEBRUARY 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Ambassador Luigi Maccotta Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Other Members of Staff of the Secretariat Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen Representatives of the Media It is my pleasure, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you Amb...
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