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CARIBBEAN-US RENEW COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL SECURITY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The United States has renewed its commitment to strengthen security structures within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) such as the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS).

This commitment came in a Joint Statement issued following the Second Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue held last Thursday 10 November in Nassau, The Bahamas.

PANCAP MEETS UNDER THE THEME ENHANCING COUNTRY OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 120 representatives of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), including one Head of Government and several ministers, will meet for the Partnership’s Eleventh Annual General Meeting on 18 November 2011, in The Bahamas. The venue of the meeting is the British Colonial Hilton, Nassau.

REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN WILBERFORCE CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  AT THE CEREMONY BESTOWING ON HIM THE AWARD OF KNIGHT COMMANDER (AD HONOREM) OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF THE NATION (KCN) , 05 NOVEMBER 2010, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

      

Today, Friday 5 November 2010, is, for me a very special and truly humbling experience. Allow me therefore to make the following brief remarks.

To have been bestowed with the Award of Knight Commander (ad honorem) of the Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (KCN), and moreso by such an esteemed personage as the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda, Her Excellency Dame Louise Lake-Tack, makes this ceremony for me, an occasion of historic proportions.

Keynote Address By Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Deputy Secretary-general Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

- On The Occasion Of The Opening Ceremony Of The First Award Of Excellence In Services Trinidad & Tobago 31 October 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)We meet here this evening in these convivial surroundings to participate in the Opening Festivities of what I am sure will be an enlightening and productive observance of National Services Week, here in Trinidad and Tobago, and to recognise and celebrate the achievement of outstanding service providers, including our youth.

FEATURE ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE HAYNESLEY BENN, MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND TRADE, BARBADOS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRAINING SEMINAR ON CARICOM’S RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON DANGEROUS CONSUMER GOODS: CSME UNIT NOVEMBER 1, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with pleasure that I join with you this morning to deliver the feature address at this Seminar for the delivery of training on CARICOM’S Rapid Alert System for Dangerous Goods.

At the outset let me join those, who have preceded me and welcome you to Barbados for what promises to be an informative and educational session.

I would be remiss if I did not commend the CSME Unit and the European Union for their strong support and sponsorship of this seminar.

Opening Remarks By Dr. Philomen Harrison, Project Director, Regional Statistics, Caribbean Community Secretariat At The Thirty-sixth Meeting Of The Standing Committee Of Caribbean Statisticians (36th Sccs) 24-26 October 2011 And Twenty –first Meeting Of The Regional Census Coordinating Committee (21st Rccc) 27 October 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  It is an honour for me to greet you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, on the occasion of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (36th SCCS) and the Twenty-First Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (21st RCCC), which is being held in the Member State of Belize.