(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Councils will meet this week as the Community intensifies its preparations for the 29th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in July.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The two-day meeting of the G77 High Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on a Development Platform for the South which took place in Antigua and Barbuda ended on Wednesday 30 April, 2008, with a comprehensive discussion on South-South co-operation.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington is participating in a two-day meeting of the G77 High Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on a Development Platform for the South which is taking place in Antigua and Barbuda on 29-30 April 2008.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington has described his visit to St. Maarten as a “Caribbean homecoming” given the warmth which he experienced during his first visit to the island.
The Secretary-General and the President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) Mr. Nigel John led a joint mission to the island of St. Maarten which is separated into the Dutch side Sint Maarten and the French side Saint Martin.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana has assured the Caribbean Region that it was safe to come to Guyana for the tenth staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) slated for 22-31 August, 2008.
President Jagdeo gave this assurance to an outdoor audience of thousands of Guyanese and a strong contingent of delegates from the Region at the official Launch of CARIFESTA on Wednesday, 23 April 2008.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations (FCR) in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Colin Granderson said, CARIFESTA is a critical tool of the integration process as it promotes greater awareness of the many sides of our heritage.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The First Meeting of Caribbean Plant Health officials which ended in Georgetown Friday has stressed that in this era of rising food prices across the globe, there was need for action to ensure that potential barriers to trade in plant and plant products were dealt with as a matter of priority.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Environmental concerns and food security are two new issues which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have identified as growing risks to the Regional youth population, and plan to play a more active role in these areas.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Member States will participate in a two-day workshop on Promoting Physical Activity in the Caribbean as it continues to advance its offensive against chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Culture Committee (RCC) took time out Wednesday (23 April 2008) to observe a minute of silence in memory of one its cultural icons, Andy Palacio, who had served as the Deputy Administrator of the National Institute of Culture and History of Belize before his demise on January 19, 2008.