Press Releases

CARICOM MOURNS PASSING OF SIR ERIC GAIRY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community mourns the passing of the Rt. Honourable Sir Eric Matthew Gairy KCMG, Trade Unionist, former Prime Minister of Grenada who passed away on Saturday evening 23 August 1997.   Sir Eric Matthew Gairy emerged at a time on the politica...
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SPECIAL BUREAU MEETING ON MONTSERRAT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  A special Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community will be held in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday August 26. The meeting called by CARICOM Chairman, Jamaica's Prime Minister the Rt. Hon Perciv...
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LEGAL EAGLES TO LOOK AT LEGAL EDUCATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government have asked that an interim report on the most urgent matters affecting Legal Education in the Caribbean be submitted to them in time for consideration at their Ninth Interssesional Meeting in March 1998. This Report will be co...
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO LONG SERVICE WORKERS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  The Caribbean Community Secretariat will continue the noble tradition of recognising the contributions made by staff members at a presentation ceremony followed by a reception to mark CARICOM Day at Colgrain House, Camp Street on Friday, July 18, 1997....
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AGREEMENTS SIGNED AT CARICOM SUMMIT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Six countries used the opportunity of the recently concluded XVIII Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community to sign agreements bolstering the Integration Movement. The Bahamas and Montserrat signed Protocol I, the first in ...
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CARICOM SEEKS UNDP HELP ON HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  CARICOM Secretary General Mr Edwin Carrington has alerted the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that the Community will need support in the process of preparing Haiti for integration into CARICOM. The Secretary General was speaking at the sta...
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CARICOM HEADS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OECS JUDICIAL PROCESS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have expressed their support for and confidence in the integrity of the judicial process in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Eastern Caribbean. In a statement at the end of the XVIII Meeting of th...
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CARICOM GOVERNMENTS PLEDGE MORE ASSISTANCE TO MONTSERRAT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  The Government and people of Montserrat will receive additional assistance from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) following a visit to the island by Prime Ministers the Hon. Dr. Keith Mitchell of Grenada and the Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas of St Kitts/Nevi...
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NUTRITIONIST/DIETICIANS CHALLENGED TO REVIEW HOW THEY OPERATE

Last week Nutritionists and dieticians agreed that they need to change the way in which they operate, given the focussing of the Caribbean Health Sector on the need to ensure " Value for Money" and the adoption of the generic standards (ISO 9000), established by the International Standards Organisat...
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