(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy New Year and a productive and prosperous 2015.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We have come to the end of what has been an exacting year for most of our Member States and their citizens. The difficulties, with which governments and people have been confronted, demanded strength of character and resilience which, to our credit, we have demonstrated.
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Office of the President of Haiti has indicated that President Michel Martelly made a contribution to the normalization of relations between Cuba and the US that led to the release from Cuban prison of US citizen Alan Gross.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As we come to the end of 2014, it must be marked as a milestone year for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In July, Heads of Government approved the Community’s first Five-Year Strategic Plan which covers the years 2015-2019.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the thawing of relations between the United States and Cuba and the move towards the re-establishment of diplomatic ties. CARICOM has long been an advocate for the normalisation of these relations and has raised the issue repeatedly in its interaction with both parties.
The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) has agreed to work closely with the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to implement decisions taken by the Council in November 2014.
The Association held its Board of Directors Meeting on 12-13 December, 2014 in Georgetown, Guyana, where it noted and welcomed the decisions taken at the Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the COTED.
In an effort to enhance the implementation of the CARICOM Strategic Plan 2015-2019, the CARICOM Secretariat is currently hosting a Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop. The two-day workshop, which began on Monday, provides training in the use of a CARICOM online Monitoring and Evaluation Tool. It is being held at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown Guyana.
A new era for cricket in schools across the CARICOM Region is about to begin with an innovative initiative from the CARICOM Secretariat called the ‘Pitch in Schools Project’. The project will pioneer a fresh innings for primary and secondary schools with a proven cricket background by providing them with an opportunity to vie for the construction of cricket net facilities or an upgrade to such facilities where they already exist.
Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Press Release (Dec 10, 2014) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce that today, December 10, 2014, at the 100th Session of the Council of Ministers of the African, Pacific and Caribbean Group of States (ACP), held at ACP Headquarters in Brussels, Guyana's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Community, His Excellency Dr. Patrick Ignatius Gomes, was selected as the new Secretary-General of the ACP for the period 2015 to 2020.