REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. HILARY BROWN PROGRAMME MANAGER CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 1-3 DECEMBER, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome Directors of Culture and other officials to this Twenty-First Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) on behalf of our Secretary General, His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. I...
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ADDRESS OF H.E. AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARICOM AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 25TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE DOMINICAN ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS (ADOEXPO) SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DECEMBER 5TH, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I would like to thank the Dominican Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO) for inviting me to address this gathering - my first engagement in the Dominican Republic as Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I also addres...
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ADDRESS OF H.E. AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARICOM AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 25TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE DOMINICAN ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS (ADOEXPO) SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DECEMBER 5TH, 2011

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I would like to thank the Dominican Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO) for inviting me to address this gathering - my first engagement in the Dominican Republic as Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I also address you i...
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Inaugural meeting of EPA customs committee to be convened

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARIFORUM Officials will meet with their European Union counterparts in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on December 8, to convene the First Meeting of the Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation under the CARIFORUM...
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CUBA SUMMIT 2011 PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 8 DECEMBER, 2011

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, on behalf of the CARICOM Delegation, let me begin by saying that it is with great pleasure that we are meeting with you, today in our beautiful Member State, Trinidad and Tobago. Three years ago we met in historic Santiago de ...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. HILARY BROWN PROGRAMME MANAGER CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 1-3 DECEMBER, 2011

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome Directors of Culture and other officials to this Twenty-First Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) on behalf of our Secretary General, His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. I also b...
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, REGARDING THE ASSASSINATION PLOT DISCLOSED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) views with deep concern the disclosure of an assassination plot against the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissesar, and some members of her Cabinet. CARICOM is relieved to know th...
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REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE ARTISTS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The flag ceremony with its pomp and fanfare that signaled the start of the 21st Meeting of the CARICOM Regional Cultural Committee in Suriname on Thursday, seguéd into a solemn and sombre minute of silence in honou...
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CARIFESTA IS BACK; SURINAME WILL HOST

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is now a fait accompli. Suriname will host the 11th staging of the Caribbean premier festival of the creative and performing arts in 2013; this after their first successful hosting in 2003. Dr Hilary Bro...
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CARICOM TO CONSULT ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN

  (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat has embarked on a series of stakeholder consultations in five Member States – Belize, Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines - to solicit feedback on the draft CARICOM Youth Developmen...
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