(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean needs to have more investment in agriculture if the sector is to match the increasing demand to produce more food in order to ensure food security for the Caribbean.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the news that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) led by its President Dr Julian Hunte and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), led by its President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Dinanath Ramnarine, have agreed to a Memorandum of Agreement resolving all but two of the outstanding issues between the two parties.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A major challenge facing the agriculture sector which needs to be addressed urgently is the lack of information from the sector to the public.
To this end experts in agriculture from Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states have agreed that they must build relationship with journalists as a means of bridging the information divide.
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As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is my pleasure to be involved in the activities marking Caribbean Statistics Day 2009.
The observance of Caribbean Statistics Day follows closely on the heels of another important event recently held in Trinidad and Tobago, the High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics. That event and today’s commemoration both have the commendable goal of raising the profile of statistics in our Community. |
Representatives of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Family Planning Association (UNFPA)
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Asst. Secretary General, Trade and Economic Integration
Dr. Philomen Harrison, Project Director, Regional Statistics, and other Colleagues of the Secretariat
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Asst. Secretary General, Trade and Economic Integration
Dr. Philomen Harrison, Project Director, Regional Statistics, and other Colleagues of the Secretariat
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Â On behalf of the Caribbean Community I welcome the Agreement that has been reached between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association in the process of returning West Indies cricket to a more stable condition.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has embarked on a special and targeted intervention to assist Haiti in improving efficiency and professionalism in its Public Sector.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community Secretariat is spearheading the development of a project that is expected to reduce the high incidence of violence against women in the Caribbean.
Funded under the CARICOM / Spain Cooperation Agreement, the two-year project seeks to develop a more coordinated and integrated approach to reducing Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the CARICOM region and will cost approximately US$252,000.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The free movement of labour and goods, reduction of the food import bill, and strategies to ensure the general public’s effective participation in the CSME were among the key issues raised at an Open Forum of the Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) held in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Honourable David J. H. Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados and Lead Head Minister with responsibility for CSME
His Excellency Edward Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
My Fellow Trade Union Colleagues
Representatives of the Media
Good Morning.