Press Releases

JAPAN TO HOST FIRST CARIBBEAN TRADE, TOURISM AND CULTURAL FAIR

Preparations for the historic Caribbean Trade, Tourism and Cultural Fair billed to run for four days in Tokyo, Japan next year, moved into high gear with the Region's processed food and beverage manufacturers, and the public and private sectors getting ready for what promises to be a grand Carib...
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CARICOM SUBSTANCE ABUSE REDUCTION FORUM

A two-day Regional Demand Reduction Forum opens at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Georgetown, Guyana-based Headquarters on Monday 17 September 2001, bringing together governmental and non governmental agencies from across the Region to set out a new course of action against the scourge of substan...
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MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEVASTATION WHICH TOOK PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY AND OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, D.C., 11 SEPTEMBER 2001

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) learnt with great horror and dismay of the tragedy of unprecedented and unexpected magnitude which occurred on 11 September 2001 in the United States of America. The thousands of lives lost and countless others injured, the continuing search for those missing, and t...
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COFAP TO LEAD OFF CRITICAL ROUND OF CARICOM DISCUSSIONS

The Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) will be looking at a set of measures for full implementation of Protocol II, which involves clearing the way for 'hassle-free' movement of capital, rights of establishment and the provision of services within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This will b...
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Remarks by Dr Carla Barnett, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community at the Opening Ceremony of the Workshop on the Conception and Elaboration of Technical Cooperation Projects, 3 September 2001, Georgetown, Guyana

Madame Chairman, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of the Republic of Guyana, Honourable Clement Rohee Honourable Ministers of Government, Excellency, Ambassador Ney Du Prado Deiquez of Brazil, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ambassador Donald Abrams, Director of International...
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PRIZES FOR THIRD PLACE WINNER CARICOM BOOK COVER DESIGN COMPETITION

Third place winner in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Book Cover Design Competition, 16-year-old Kurt Dougan, a national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was presented with prizes at a ceremony last Friday in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. They include a Toshiba laptop computer, cour...
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