CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF IN GUYANA TO BE AMONG BLOOD DONORS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Guyana will mark World Blood Donors day on June 14 by donating blood to Guyana's National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS). The donation will be administered by the NBTS from 1:00 p.m. at the Bank...
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CARICOM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIPS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighth meeting of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) got on the way in Freeport The Bahamas on 1 June with an extensive agenda focusing on Regional security matters and CARICOM's relationship with traditional partners ...
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COFAP DELIBERATES ON SINGLE ECONOMY FRAMEWORK

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Progress reports on the harmonisation of a range of Instruments required to complement and give effect to the macro-economic policy framework for the Single Economy were considered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers attending the Tenth Meeting of...
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A HOME OF OUR OWN : THE NEW CARICOM HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

The signing of the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community and Common Market, commonly called the Treaty of Chaguaramas, on 4 July 1973, marked the culmination of years of talks among Caribbean visionaries for a deepened integration among the then independent countries of the Commonwealth Caribb...
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, 19 FEBRUARY 2005, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana His Excellency, Runaldo R. Venetiaan President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community Other Heads of State and Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community His Excellency Ricardo Lagos Escobar, Presi...
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ADDRESS BY H.E. BHARRAT JAGDEO, PRESIDENT, GUYANA, AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, 19 FEBRUARY 2005, LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Excellencies Today, we gather to inaugurate the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters Building at Liliendaal. This is indeed a proud moment for all Guyanese, especially for me as it represents the fulfilling of a promise made more than 30 years ago when the regional integration process began. The event...
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CARICOM GETS ITS PERMANENT HOME

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Mr. Edwin Carrington was officially handed the keys to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat this morning during a ceremony held on the grounds of the facilities at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown. Coming on the heels of the...
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CARICOM PRESSES CASE FOR PHASED SUGAR PRICE CUT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The transformation of the Region's agriculture sector and discussions on the future and present threats to the sugar industry being among the matters deliberated on by CARICOM Heads of Government at their 16th Inter-Sessional Meeting in Suriname. Brief...
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