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Press releases - 2013 (JAn - dec)
 
 
17-May-2013 PANCAP HOLDS THIRD CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR PLH (press release 101/2013)
17-May-2013 STATISTICIANS ZONE IN ON DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN TRAVEL, TOURISM (press release 100/2013)
16-May-2013 COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 14-15 MAY 2013, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (press release 99/2013)
14-May-2013 OPENING REMARKS BY DR. PHILOMEN HARRISON PROJECT DIRECTOR, REGIONAL STATISTICS CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON TRAVEL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CONSUMPTION ROSEAU, DOMINICA, 14 MAY, 2013 (press release 98/2013)
14-May-2013 CARICOM MUST BE PREPARED TO FACE SHIFTING GLOBAL PRIORITIES - SG (press release 97/2013)
14-May-2013 OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 13 MAY 2013 (press release 96/2013)
13-May-2013 TRAVEL AND TOURISM STATISTICS FOCUS AT REGIONAL WORKSHOP (press release 94/2013)
13-May-2013 COFCOR AND COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEET IN PORT OF SPAIN THIS WEEK (press release 94/2013)
07-May-2013 STATEMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
03-May-2013 MORE INVESTMENT NEEDED IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE CARIBBEAN (press release 93/2013)
02-May-2013 STOKE FIRES OF INTEGRATION - SECRETARY-GENERAL LAROCQUE (press release 92/2013)
02-May-2013 CALL FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PLACE AT COTED (press release 91/2013)
02-May-2013 COTED CHALLENGED TO RE-STRATEGISE (press release 90/2013)
02-May-2013 REMARKS BY THE HON. OLIVER JOSEPH, MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING TRADE AND COOPERATIVES OF GRENADA AND CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 2 MAY 2013, GUYANA PEGASUS HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (press release 89/2013)
02-May-2013 OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), GUYANA PEGASUS HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 2 MAY 2013 (press release 88/2013)
02-May-2013 ESSENCE, SPIRIT OF CARICOM STILL RELEVANT – AMBASSADOR CLARENCE HENRY (press release 87/2013)
02-May-2013 CARICOM WELCOMES SLOVENIA AMBASSADOR (press release 86/2013)
02-May-2013 CARICOM STANDS FIRMLY WITH ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA IN GAMING DISPUTE (press release 85/2013)
02-Apr-2013 REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROMAN KIRN, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVENIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 30 APRIL 2013 (press release 84/2013)
30-Apr-2013 REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY DR. CLARENCE C. HENRY, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TO CARICOM, 30 APRIL 2013. CARICOM SECRETARIAT (press release 82/2013)
30-Apr-2013 SECRETARY-GENERAL ENLISTS INDIA AS ADVOCATE FOR CARICOM (press release 81/2013)
29-Apr-2013 REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PURAN MAL MEENA PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 29 APRIL 2013 (press release 80/2013)
29-Apr-2013 ADDRESS BY PRIME MINISTER OF ST KITTS AND NEVIS THE RT HONOURABLE DR DENZIL DOUGLAS AT THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE XIVTH INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE IN THE PARLIAMENT OF CATALONIA 29TH APRIL 2013
29-Apr-2013 REKINDLE VALUES OF ACTIVISM TO INSPIRE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, PANCAP CHAIR TELLS CATALONIA PARLIAMENT (press release 79/2013)
26-Apr-2013 REMARKS BY MS MYRNA BERNARD, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT THE EU-CARINET FIRST BI-REGIONAL DIALOGUE WORKSHOP, CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, TURKEYEN, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 26 APRIL, 2013 (press release 78/2013)
26-Apr-2013 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT CARICOM  (press release 77/2013)
26-Apr-2013 CARICOM GETS HELP FROM JAPAN TO DEVELOP ENVIRONMENT POLICY (press release 76/2013)
22-Apr-2013 CARICOM SG CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT MADURO (press release 75/2013)
11-Apr-2013 HARNESSING STANDBY FACILITY TO IMPROVE EPA IMPLEMENTATION (press release 74/2013)
04-Apr-2013 CARICOM-AUSTRALIA COOPERATION PRODUCES NOTEWORTHY SUCCESSES - SG (press release 73/2013)
04-Apr-2013 REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROSS WILLIAM TYSOE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA TO CARICOM, THURSDAY 4 APRIL 2013, CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA. (press release 72/2013)
04-Apr-2013 SECOND MEETING OF THE CARIFORUM-EU PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE, 3 APRIL 2013 PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: JOINT DECLARATION (press release 71/2013)
04-Apr-2013 ROLE FOR EPA IN UNLOCKING ECONOMIC VALUE OF REGION’S CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, SPORTING SECTORS (press release 70/2013)
03-Apr-2013 CHILE BESTOWS NATIONAL AWARD ON ASSISTANT SG GRANDERSON (press release 69/2013)
03-Apr-2013 SG HAILS ACCELERATION OF CARICOM-CHILE RELATIONS (press release 68/2013)
03-Apr-2013 REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY LUIS FERNANDO AYALA ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENCE TO AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL (press release 67/2013)
03-Apr-2013 CARICOM HAS LOYAL ALLY IN CHILE (press release 66/2013)
03-Apr-2013 REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY LUIS FERNANDO AYALA, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF CHILE TO CARICOM (press release 65/2013)
26-Mar-2013

EPA and CSME Standby Facilities launched (press release 64/2013)
22-Mar-2013 `Thank you for keeping dream alive’ – President Martelly, Chair of Conference tells CARICOM staffers (press release 63/2013)
22-Mar-2013 Comprehensive approach needed to spur regional competitiveness(press release 62/2013)
22-Mar-2013 Haiti “more involved” in the Community – President Martelly (press release 61/2013)
21-Mar 2013 Securing export markets through traceability systems for agricultural products (press release 60/2013)
21-Mar 2013

EPA—regional export strategy nexus highlighted (press release 59/2013)
19-Mar-2013 EPA in spotlight at Caribbean Exporters’ Colloquium (press release 58/2013)
19-Mar-2013 CARICOM EAGER TO COMPLETE ROBUST ARMS TRADE TREATY (press release 57/2013)
19-Mar-2013 President Martelly to visit CARICOM Secretariat (press release 56/2013)
19-Mar-2013 EPA implementation gets a boost (press release 55/2013)
15-Mar-2013 CARIFORUM AGRICULTURE GETS 8.6 MILLION EURO BOOST (press release 54/2013)
15-Mar-2013 REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT ON THE 10TH EDF INTRA-ACP AGRICULTURE POLICY PROGRAMME OF THE CARIBBEAN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 15 MARCH 2013 (press release 53/2013)
11-Mar-2013 ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HON. KEVIN RAMNARINE, MINISTER OF ENERGY AND ENERGY AFFAIRS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) - ENERGY, FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2013, HYATT REGENCY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
08-Mar-2013 " A PROMISE IS A PROMISE - TIME FOR ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN," STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, 8 MARCH 2013 (press release 25/2013)
06-Mar-2013 REMARKS DELIVERED BY MR. LENNOX BENJAMIN, CHIEF STATISTICS, BUREAU OF STATISTICS, GUYANA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE JOINT GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA, CARICOM SECRETARIAT LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF STATISTICS, CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2013
06-Mar-2013 STATISTICS WILL BE THE SEXY JOB IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (press release 51/2013)
06-Mar-2013 TARGETS APPROVED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT IN CARICOM (press release 50/2013)
06-Mar-2013 REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF STATISTICS – 2013 (press release 49/2013)
06-Mar-2013 PRESIDENT CHAVEZ OPENED NEW CHAPTER IN CARICOM-VENEZUELA RELATIONS (press release 48/2013)
06-Mar-2013 SG: CHAVEZ A TRUE FRIEND OF CARICOM (press release 47/2013)
04-Mar-2013 CARICOM ENERGY MINISTERS HAIL ENERGY POLICY APPROVAL AS SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT (press release 46/2013)
04-Mar-2013 REGION-WIDE NURSING EXAMS TO START IN OCTOBER (press release 45/2013)
01-Mar-2013 MINISTERS CONFIDENT OF APPROVAL OF REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY (press release 44/2013)
01-Mar-2013 SECOND MEETING OF LEGISLATIVE DRAFTERS ON DRAFT MODEL BILLS UNDER THE EPA (press release 43/2013)
01-Mar-2013 WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ROADMAP AND STRATEGY (press release 42/2013)
01-Mar-2013 REMARKS BY MS DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED)- ENERGY (press release 41/2013)
28-Feb-2013 MINISTERS GET DOWN TO ENERGY BUSINESS (press release 40/2013)
26-Feb-2013 ENERGY MINISTERS MEET FOR SPECIAL COTED IN TRINIDAD (press release 39/2013)
20-Feb-2013 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE CARICOM ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION TO THE ELECTIONS OF GRENADA ON 19 FEBRUARY 2013 (press release 37/2013)
 
20-Feb-2013 CARICOM MOURNS DEATH OF 'OUTSTANDING CARIBBEAN SON' (press release 36/2013)
20-Feb-2013 COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 18-19 FEBRUARY 2013, PORT-AU-PRINCE, REPUBLIC OF HAITI (press release 35/2013)
19-Feb-2013

TAKE `HARD LOOK’ AT INSTITUTIONS – PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY (press release 34/2013)
19-Feb-2013 SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR’ – HAITIAN PRESIDENT BEMOANS LACK OF DEDICATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM (press release 33/2013)
19-Feb-2013 BIG CONVERSATION NEEDED ON FUTURE OF REGIONAL ECONOMIES - PM KENNY ANTHONY (press release 32/2013)
19-Feb-2013 SEE HAITI AS "AN OPPORTUNITY" FOR THE REGION - PRESIDENT MICHEL MARTELLY AT INTERESSIONAL OPENING (press release 31/2013)
18-Feb-2013 SPEECH BY THE HON. KENNY D. ANTHONY, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY PORT-AU-PRINCE 18 FEBRUARY 2013 (press release 30/2013)
18-Feb-2013 SPEECH BY the CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, HIS EXCELLENCY MICHEL JOSEPH MARTELLY, PRESIDENT OF HAITI,  ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY PORT-AU-PRINCE 18 FEBRUARY 2013 (press release 29/2013)
18-Feb-2013 `KEY ARCHITECT’ OF CARIFORUM-EU EPA PASSES AWAY (press release 28/2013)
18-Feb-2013 SG LAUDS RESILIENCE OF HAITIANS AS HISTORIC INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OPENS IN HAITI (press release 27/2013)
18-Feb-2013 STRENGTHEN COMMITMENT TO INTEGRATION – SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES COMMUNITY (press release 26/2013)
18-Feb-2013 REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM, KARIBE HOTEL, PÉTION VILLE, HAITI, 18 FEBRUARY 2013 (press release 25/2013)
18-Feb-2013 ARRIVAL STATEMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION TO GRENADA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON 19 FEBRUARY 2013 (press release 24/2013)
15-Feb-2013 PM CHRISTIE, SG DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE AND CRIME (press release 23/2013)
15-Feb-2013 CRIME AND SECURITY TOPS CARICOM LEADERS AGENDA (press release 22/2013)
14-Feb-2013 THREE SPEAKERS AT INTERSESSIONAL OPENING IN HAITI (press release 21/2013)
14-Feb-2013 CARIFORUM DG: ACP-EU PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY SHOULD ADDRESS EU'S DIFFERENTIATION POLICIES (press release 20/2013)
14-Feb-2013 CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY FEATURE IN SG'S MEETINGS IN THE BAHAMAS (press release 19/2013)
13-Feb-2013 OPENING REMARKS BY MS MYRNA BERNARD, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER AWARENESS WORKSHOP ON INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE, UMANA YANA, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA. 12 FEBRUARY 2013
11-Feb-2013 CARICOM SG PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE BAHAMAS (press release 18/2013)
05-Feb-2013 REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS MYRNA BERNARD, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, DIRECTORATE OF THE HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AT THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ADDRESS YOUTH GANGS AND VIOLENCE. GRAND COASTAL HOTEL, GUYANA. 5-8 FEBRUARY 2013 (press release 17/2013)
04-Feb-2013 CARICOM ADDRESSES YOUTH GANGS AND VIOLENCE (press release 16/2013)
31-Jan-2013 COMMUNITY MOURNS LOSS OF LIFE IN BRAZIL (press release 15/2013)
29-Jan-2013 CARIFORUM-EU HIGH LEVEL MEETING - JOINT PRESS RELEASE (press release 14/2013)
29-Jan-2013 SG SEEKS HELP FOR CARICOM AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE FROM FAO HEAD (press release 13/2013)
29-Jan-2013 ADDRESS BY MOST HON. P. J. PATTERSON, ON,OCC,OE, PC,QC “A CRI DE COEUR FOR CARICOM: LEST WE WITHER ON THE VINE” To ROTARY CLUB OF GEORGETOWN IN COMMEMORATION OF ROTARY WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH GEORGETOWN, GUYANA MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 (press release 12/2013)
29-Jan-2013 CHAIRMAN UNDERSCORES HIGH VALUE PLACED ON CARICOM-CHILE RELATIONS (press release 11/2013)
25-Jan-2013 CARICOM LEADERS HEAD FOR CELAC SUMMITS (press release 10/2013)
23-Jan-2013 CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION PRELIMINARY STATEMENT NEVIS ISLAND ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 22 JANUARY 2013 (press release 09/2013)
23-Jan-2013 SAINT LUCIA HOSTS REGIONAL WORKSHOPS ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS (press release 08/2013)
21-Jan-2013 ARRIVAL STATEMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION of NEVIS ISLAND ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 21 JANUARY 2013 (press release 07/2013)
17-Jan-2013 INFECTION FORMS DEADLY COMBINATION WITH HIV (press release 06/2012)
17-Jan-2013 SECRETARY-GENERAL SHARES VISION IN CARICOM VIEW (press release 05/2012)
15-Jan-2013 CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEET IN HAITI 18-19 FEBRUARY (press release 04/2012)
08-Jan-2013 CARICOM GETS 'GUYANA CLASSICS' (press release 03/2013)
02-Jan-2013 HAITI EMBRACES LEADERSHIP OF CARICOM (press release 02/2013)
02-Jan-2013 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), HIS EXCELLENCY MICHEL JOSEPH MARTELLY, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI (press release 01/2013)
 
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