REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, 24 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of Guyana, Manniram Prashad; Chairman, Mr. Kyle Jackman; President of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Senator Sandra Husbands; Assistant Secretary-General and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; Members o...
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REGIONAL ENTERPRISES TO STRATEGISE FOR CSME BENEFITS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With the Single Market component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) now in operation, work is intensifying to effectively position Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to reap the benefits from the Single Market. To this end, ...
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CARICOM–SPAIN JOINT COMMISSION SUCCESSFUL

Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, has described the Second Joint Commission Meeting of CARICOM and the Kingdom of Spain as “fruitful and successful.” Speaking to the press shortly after signing the Final Act (Communique) of the m...
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 19 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

I welcome you all most sincerely to this Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. This Meeting is taking place at a critical juncture in the life of the Community. The CARICOM Single Market was established in January this year. Soon after, a new democratically e...
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CARICOM OFFICIALS FOCUS LABOUR, EDUCATION AT COHSOD XV

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Fifteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), the Hon. Anthony Wood, Education Minister of Barbados has reaffirmed his Government’s ongoing commitment to the social and economic in...
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MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO AMBASSADOR DUDLEY THOMPSON

Excellency, I am pleased to extend, on behalf of the Caribbean Community and the staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, heartiest congratulations on your recognition as an African Living Legend by the African Press in Ghana. The fact that this is your second such recognition by Africans is a ...
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COHSOD XV OPENS 19 OCTOBER IN GEORGETOWN

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Fifteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) opens on Thursday 19 October at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, where officials are expected to mull over a range of issues consider...
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