Mr. Chairman Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados Other Honourable Ministers Representatives of the European Union (EU) EU Deputy Regional Officer Distinguished Delegate Representatives of the Private Sector Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen Four years ago in Nassau, The Bahamas, this...

Colleague Ministers Mr. Secretary-General Government Officials Members of Staff of the Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media A warm welcome to my colleague Ministers. Please accept my best wishes for the New Year and a pleasant stay in Guyana. I would like to single out the "New Kids...

Ambassador Soeknandan presented her Credentials to the Secretary-General of CARICOM , today, 24 January 2002, at the Georgetown-based Headquarters of the Secretariat. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Her Excellency Manorma P. Soeknandan, Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname to the Co-operative Republic of ...

It is indeed an honour and distinct pleasure to receive the Letter of Introduction from the Honourable Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia, the Honourable Julian Hunte appointing His Excellency Anthony Severin as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipote...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is spear-heading an all-out effort to get the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) back on stream, mobilising support from various sectors of civil society to shore-up the efforts of the executive body of the regional media house. A special emergency meeting of CARIC...

The Third Meeting of the Project Management Group for the European Union-funded project on "Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean" was convened at the Hilton Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago from 17-18 January, 2002. The Meeting considered the performance reports from a...

The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government met in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on 10-11 January 2002 and considered the current political situation in Trinidad and Tobago. The Members of the Bureau expressed the concern felt throughout the Community at the present situation an...

Caribbean governments have agreed to implement an aggressive advertising programme to get tourism, the main foreign exchange earner for a number of countries, back on track following the decline in arrivals after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. This was a major decision em...

The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission was mounted, at the invitation of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, to monitor the conduct of the General Elections on 10 December, 2001. Before observing the conduct of the Elections, the Mission held consultations with the Government Officials, Officials...

Mr. Chairman, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham Distinguished Heads of Government Secretary General of CARICOM Ministers of Government Your Excellencies Tourism Public and Private Sector Colleagues We are met today to fulfil a promise made in February this year to tackle the momentous task of "reinventing" Ca...