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SPECIAL COTED TO DISCUSS TOURISM, TRANSPORTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will be held in Port-of-Spa
MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) One year ago, on 15 September, 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held the World’s first ever Summit of Regional Leaders, to a
CARICOM PLANT PESTS WORKING GROUPS CONVENE INAUGURAL MEETINGS: ADVICE EXPECTED ON…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The decision of Caribbean Plant Health Directors to adopt a coordinated approach for dealing with plant pests has started to bear fruit w
CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES SHIVNARINE CHANDERPAUL
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to Mr.
CARIFORUM AGREES TO SIGN EPA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) has agreed to a date in October to sign the Economic Partnership
STUDENTS TO EXPLORE CSME OPPORTUNITIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) SIXTY college and university students from three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be the initial beneficiaries of a pro
SEPTEMBER 13 IS CARIBBEAN WELLNESS DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) For the first time in its 35 year history, the Caribbean Community will come together on 13 September 2008 to mobilize its citizens
CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEET ON EPA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Matters related to the signing of the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be the focus of two Heads of Government meet
CARICOM/PANCAP CONVENES ELEVENTH MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM/PANCAP Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) will hold its eleventh meeting on 4-5 September 2008, in Dominica.
OPENING STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (…
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation;
CARIFESTA X ENDS ON HIGH NOTE: HOST COUNTRY GUYANA STANDS TALL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At the end of a ten-day magical display of Caribbean culture taking place throughout the length and breadth of Guyana, the country’s Pres
OFF TO THE BAHAMAS FOR CARIFESTA XI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When The Bahamas opens its arms in 2010 to welcome artists from the Caribbean, officials there will do so in the warm and festive style f
COLOURFUL, HIGH ENERGY CEREMONY CLOSES CARIFESTA X
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Goergetown, Guyana) CARIFESTA X ended Sunday evening in Georgetown after ten days of at times frenetic activities, reflections, soothing night-time chorales,
CALL TO PRESERVE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE GOLDEN AGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the legendary musical maestro Trinidadian Lord Kitchener died in 2000 the Steel band in Trinidad and Tobago was dealt a serious blow
CARIBBEAN PROFILE CAN BE BOOSTED THROUGH CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An ongoing programme of cultural diplomacy can be beneficial to the Caribbean once it is implemented strategically.
CARIFESTA X FEVER INTENSIFIES AT GRAND MARKET
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Drums, dance, pan and soca music, chorale singing, story telling and pottery making converged at the Grand Market in the National Exhibit
WALCOTT WARNS AGAINST FOREIGN EXPLOITATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nobel Laureate the Hon Derek Walcott, OCC has warned the Caribbean Region against foreign investors whom he asserted did not facilitate o
IS CARIBBEAN CULTURE AT A CROSSROADS OR IS IT A CROSSROAD CULTURE?
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Tenth Staging of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts, (CARIFESTA X) yesterday 24 August 2008 brought together, in a sympos
ADDRESS BY H.E. DRS RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN PRESIDENT OF SURINAME AND HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WITH LEAD…
It is a great honour to be present at the opening of CARIFESTA X and a pleasure for me to be part of the exciting experience of this mega arts festival.
FESTIVAL CITY WELCOMES HOME CARIFESTA
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) Nostalgic recollections of the first Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in 1972, and cultural presentations from a number of continge
