(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Negotiations for a Trade and Development Agreement between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada are set to begin in early November. This was decided at a preparatory meeting between Ministers of both parties held on Friday in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government have always taken the position that the management of West Indies cricket is the province of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its affiliate organisations.
The Health of the Region
Madame Chair
Dr. Greene
Ms. Recio
Mr. Barnwell
Representatives of International Organisations
Members of the Media
Special Invitees
Good morning all. It is my pleasure to welcome you - those visiting as well as our local colleagues to this workshop. I understand that for the coming days, this forum would be addressing needs prioritization as they relate to Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
It is really for me a great pleasure that I stand here this afternoon at Ogle International Airport. Those last three words have resonated with me for a long time and finally being able to say them is almost like music to my ears.
The circle is almost complete from my vision expressed in 2003 which included the Secretariat Headquarters, a Conference Centre, the University of Guyana and the International Airport. The two other elements will surely not be too long in coming – a five star hotel and a shopping centre.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hyped with activities for the observance of the Second Caribbean Wellness Day on Saturday, September 12, 2009 under the theme, Love That Body. On Wednesday, September 9, 2009, the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, hosted a demonstration Health Foods; Health Cooking, conducted by the Carnegie School of Home Economics.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Guyana came in for high praise from His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday September 9, 2009 on the occasion of the certification of its domestic aerodrome as an international airport.
The Ogle Airport, located within proximity of the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana was certified, yesterday, as international airport - a project which began in 2003.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of ten of the sixteen members of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) will attend the Third Special Meeting of CARIFORUM Heads of Government, at the Sherbourne Conference Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Wednesday 10 September, 2008.
CARIFORUM comprises the 14 independent states of CARICOM, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
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I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General of the CARIFORUM Member States who because of conflicting obligations could not be here today. I bring you greetings in his name and on behalf of CARIFORUM, which comprises six small island developing and low lying coastal states, each with distinct characteristics, but all being apart of the family we know as the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. |