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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TOP INAUGURAL CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male and female athletes Pomunos Ballentyne and Sonia Ackbar, outran their Caribbean counterparts by emerging as the first place winners at the Inaugural Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 10 K Road Race. The competition was ran at the dawn of Sunday 3 July in Saint Lucia, where the 26th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM is being hosted.
WELCOME REMARKS AND ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 3 JULY 2005, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA.
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Your Excellency, the Governor-General of Saint Lucia, Dame Pearlette Louisy |
Eighth CARICOM Triennial Women’s Award For Guyanese Justice Madame Desiree Bernard
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Former Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana and the first female judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Honourable Madame Justice Desiree Bernard has been selected as the eighth recipient of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Triennial Award For Women.
REGIONAL BUSINESSES SUPPORT INAUGURAL CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A number of Regional business entities in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) including two Regional air carriers have come out in support of the Inaugural CARICOM 10 K Road Race, which takes place in Saint Lucia on Sunday 3 July 2005.
To date, LIAT, BWIA West Indies Airways, Air Jamaica, Grace Kennedy, Banks DIH Ltd of Guyana and Arawak Printers of Saint Lucia have signalled their intent to support the event. The Ministry of Sports in Saint Lucia is also a strong supporter of the road race.
CARICOM/INDIA ICT PROJECT LAUNCHED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A new line of Information and Communication Technolgy (ICT), including an infokiosk, will be installed at the CARICOM Secretariat's New Headquarters Building at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, by July 30. The ICT installation project is being undertaken by a team of technical experts from TATA Infotech Limited of India, and is in keeping with an earlier commitment by the Government of India to computerise the New Headquarters Building which staff are set to occupy by July 2005.
CSME, CRIME AND SECURITY, SUGAR TOP AGENDA AT UPCOMING CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Regular Meeting of The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be convened from 3-6 July in Saint Lucia, where Heads of Government are expected to deliberate on a number of pressing Regional matters. Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Dr the Honourable Kenny Anthony, the Conference will focus heavily on the shaping of a new globally competitive economic path for the Regional integration movement.
EU SETBACK HAS POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington says CARICOM Heads of Government will have to look carefully at the recent setbacks experienced by the European Union (EU) and analyse possible implications for CARICOM.
REGIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY BEING MAPPED OUT FOR CWC 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean prepares to host thousands of visitors expected to flock to the Region for its Cricket World Cup 2007, security concerns are high on the CARICOM agenda. This is in light of the drastic changes in travel requirements that have taken place in the post “9/11” world.
CARICOM LEADERS TO MULL OVER DEBT REDUCTION AT UPCOMING REGULAR MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington says the Community will be paying special attention to the deliberations of the meeting of the G-8 countries under the chairmanship of the United Kingdom, being held from the 6 to 8 of July 2005.