Press Releases

ACTION TO SAFEGUARD THE REGION FROM DREADED LIVESTOCK DISEASES

The Caribbean Community is moving to ensure that the dreaded Foot and Mouth and Mad Cow diseases do not impact negatively on the livestock industry and the economies of the Region. To this end the Region's Public Health and Veterinary officers will meet in Guyana on 27 March 2001 to formulate a ...
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HIGH-LEVEL EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY DELEGATION VISITS GUYANA

A high-level delegation from the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat comprising of senior officials from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was scheduled to arrive last evening on a two-day visit in the country. One of the main objectives of the study tour is to learn from the experiences of other inst...
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RESHAPING OUR WORLD : REMARKS BY THE HON. A J NICHOLSON, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, JAMAICA AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, 14 FEBRUARY 2001, ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS

At the Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Georgetown, Guyana in July 1986, the then Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt Hon Errol Barrow, asserted that it was the "collective wisdom" of the Caribbean people that would make for unity and integration within the Community. He was howeve...
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COMMENTS BY CONRAD ALEONG, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF BWIA WEST INDIES AIRWAYS ON THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, 14 FEBRUARY 2001, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

As a Caribbean man, born, bred and brought up a Caribbean man, I know that I speak on behalf of all fellow Caribbean people, especially the business community and businesses like BWIA with a broad Caribbean raison d'etre, when I say that we are indeed proud, delighted and appreciative that our Carib...
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REMARKS BY HON. PIERRE CHARLES, PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, AT THE 12TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 14 FEBRUARY 2001, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

Mr. Chairman His Excellency Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands Colleague Prime Ministers Cabinet Ministers Members of Parliament Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington Other Distinguished GuestsLadies and Gentlemen Mr. Chairman, I wish to express my gratitude for the warm welcome th...
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