(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) No Recovery of Haiti after a disaster of such incalculable magnitude, can take place without regard to the prevailing political and social environment. The process of Rebuilding has to commence with respect for its Laws and Constitution and proceed in the clear acceptance that existing institutions will have to be strengthened. In several areas, new Institutions will have to be spawned by special legislation and quickly bolstered by systems that work effectively as well as with more professional expertise.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Special Representative for Haiti, Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has called for the international community to allow Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to rule on the disputed first round of Presidential elections in that Caribbean nation.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The danger posed by injuries and the anticipated outbreak of disease in Haiti and the Community’s capacity to respond informed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) decision to focus mainly on health in Port au Prince, the Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington said on Friday.
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) are collaborating with the Community in this regard.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) 12 January 2010 will forever be etched on the minds and hearts of the people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the day when their brothers and sisters in Haiti were devastated by a cataclysmic earthquake.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first Anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 looms, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing its steady and multi-pronged support to this Member State.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Arising from consultations held in Kingston, Jamaica, January 5-7, the Government of Haiti and representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on several key project proposals designed to strengthen Haiti’s institutional and technical capacity in three priority areas_ housing and settlement development; physical and environmental planning; and infrastructure development and coordination.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials will meet with their Haitian counterparts and officers of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in Kingston, Jamaica, January 5-7, 2011, in a high-level and broad-based meeting with critical focus on building institutional capacity in Haiti, and development project-planning, towards assisting in the recovery of the earthquake-torn French Speaking CARICOM Member State.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first anniversary of earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 approaches, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Sir Edwin Carrington is bemoaning the slow disbursement of the aid promised by the international community to support the reconstruction in the French Speaking CARICOM Member State.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Â Â The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is distressed and extremely saddened by the deadly effect of the cholera epidemic currently ravaging the people of its Member State, Haiti.
Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean have been the centre of international attention since news broke that Trinidad’s technology guru, Bevil Wooding, was one of only seven persons from across the globe specially selected to hold keys to the internet.
These seven gatekeepers, called Trusted Community Representatives (TCRs), have each been given a card with part of a special code that can be used to generate a master Recovery Key which can, in effect, reboot the internet.