ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. ERWIN CONTRERAS, MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, BELIZE, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS, TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE FOURTH REGIONAL STATISTICS RESEARCH SEMINAR 24 OCTOBER 2011 BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am much honoured to share a few remarks with you today on the opening of the 36th Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians and the 21st Regional Census Coordinating Committee meetings. It is just two years ago that I had the o...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 14 OCTOBER, 2011, DOMINICA

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Honourable Lawrence Cartwright, Chairman of the Thirty-Eighth Special Meeting of the COTED on Agriculture Honourable Matthew Walter, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Dominica, our Host Ministers of Agriculture of CARICOM Membe...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY–GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 10TH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE 12 OCTOBER, ROSEAU, DOMINICA

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I feel particularly honoured to have been afforded the opportunity to deliver these remarks at the Tenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture in the Nature Island. This occasion has special meaning...
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WELCOME REMARKS BY THE HON. MATTHEW WALTER, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, DOMINICA TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TENTH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE AT THE WINDSOR PARK STADIUM, ROSEAU, DOMINICA, 12 OCTOBER 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  It is with great pleasure that I extend a warm “Nature Island” welcome to all those present here today at this momentous week of activities.  I feel privileged to be associated with this most important, timel...
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA (ACTING), THE HONOURABLE AMBROSE GEORGE, TO THE OPENING OF THE TENTH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE, AT THE WINDSOR PARK STADIUM, ROSEAU, COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, 12 OCTOBER, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Greetings to all of you gathered here this afternoon in the beautiful Nature Island of the Caribbean – Dominica! We are honoured in the Commonwealth of Dominica, to be hosting the 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture and the ma...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE HON. MATTHEW WALTER, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, AT THE JOINT OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS, ARAWAK HOUSE, ROSEAU, DOMINICA, 9 OCTOBER 2011

​(CARICOM, Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) I am very pleased to extend to you all a very warm Nature Island welcome. As you have already observed Dominica, the Nature Island of the Caribbean is still covered with up to 60% forest nourished by almost 200 inches of average an...
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NOTES FOR ADDRESS BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATE, MR. DAVID DEVINE, ON THE OCCASION OF PRESENTATION OF HIS LETTER OF INTRODUCTION, TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, Ambassador Irwin Larocque -Secretary General of CARICOM Colleagues from the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to be granted the privilege of being appointed as Canada’s fift...
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