(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good morning, on behalf of Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Government welcome to Trinidad and Tobago.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On this occasion of the Thirty-Eighth Observance of United Nations (UN) International Women’s Day, I again salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community. Today provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the promises continually made to our women and girls focusing, in particular, on issues related to their personal security and the negative effects on their development.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has described the late President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez as a “true friend” of the Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Michel Martelly, the President of Haiti, has stated that the name of His Excellency Hugo Chavez, the late President of Venezuela will be “etched in the history of this Region.”
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)The year 2013 has been designated the International Year of Statistics (Statistics 2013) to be commemorated as a worldwide event by leading statistical organisations which include the International Statistical Institute, the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The just-concluded Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Energy has broken new ground with the establishment of regional targets for the contribution of renewable energy, such as, solar power, wind power, hydropower, geothermal energy, bio-energy, to the total electricity generation in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The sexy job over the next ten years will be statisticians. This statement by the chief economist at Google was quoted as the Government of Guyana and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Wednesday jointly launched activities to mark the International Year of Statistics that is being observed under the theme `Statistics in Everyday Life; Let us Educate and Appreciate’.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Madame Chairperson, Secretary-General of the CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Project Director, Regional Statistics, Dr. Philomen Harrison, His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union in Guyana, Members of staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, members of the media, other staff and invited guests
A workshop highlighting the main achievements of the Austrian Development Agency’s (ADA) support and to mark the end of the ADA Project component was held in the Dominican Republic on 5 March 2013 at the Office of the National Energy Commission (CNE).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 41st joint meeting of the Executive and Education Committees and 10th Practice Committee of the Regional Nursing Body agreed to the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) proposal for an October 2013 start date for the Regional Nursing Entrance Examination (RENR).