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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HON, PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairman Colleague Heads of Government Honourable Ministers Secretary General Members of the Diplomatic Corps Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen I am pleased to have received your invitation to address this Twenty-third Meeting of Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Communi...
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CORE TEAM IN FINAL ROUNDS OF TRAINING FOR OPERATION OF CCJ

Just weeks after Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on a formula for the funding of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), a group of workers from the state sector will gather in Trinidad and Tobago for the final in a series of education workshops for state sector employe...
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CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL URGES ALLIANCE AMONG REGIONAL BUSINESSES

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, has urged private/public sector companies in Jamaica and the Caribbean, to form alliances in order to be more competitive in the new globalised economy. "Companies in both the public and private sector must form crucial alli...
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CARICOM Secures Access TO CHEAPER HIV/AIDS DRUGS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)     The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) has signed an agreement with six pharmaceutical companies, which will allow the Caribbean Region to access cheaper anti retroviral drugs for the care and treatment of persons liv...
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SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY BHARRAT JAGDEO, PRESIDENT OF GUYANA, AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

I am delighted to welcome you all to the opening of this historic Twenty-third Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. I do not use the word "historic" lightly since on this occasion, not only do we celebrate the twenty-ninth year of our existence as a Caribbea...
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REMARKS BY HON. DR. KENNY D ANTHONY, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

SALUTATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I last visited Guyana at the behest of my colleague Heads, acting as their envoy, and charged with the responsibility for assisting with the resolution of the country's political problems. The circumstances are different this time around, and as I understand ...
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