Press Releases

CARICOM/CHILE PREPARES ITS 1998-1999 PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Government of Chile cooperation initiative will continue to place emphasis for the next year on Small Enterprise Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Poverty Alleviation, Spanish language...
Read More

REGION URGED TO MOVE FASTER - SHARE THE VISION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  Under the theme "Sharing the Vision", Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington has highlighted key areas crucial to the development of the Region. Sharing a toast to mark the 25th anniversary of CARICOM last Friday a...
Read More

TRAINING FOR CARICOM SECONDARY SCHOOL SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  The University of the West Indies will host the Sixth annual workshop for Secondary School Spanish Language teachers drawn from the Caribbean Community Education system starting 10 August 1998 at Mona Campus, Jamaica. The five-day training programme is...
Read More

TRIBUTES PAID TO FOUR DISTINGUISHED CARIBBEAN NATIONALS WHO WERE CONFERRED WITH the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC) AT the opening ceremony of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 30 JUNE - 4 JULY 1998, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

ARTHUR NAPOLEON RAYMOND ROBINSONTrinity Cross and State Counsel Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, a national of Trinidad and Tobago was born in the Island of Tobago on 16 December 1926. He served his country and people with distinction, honour and fortitude in winning, sustaining and advancing their...
Read More

REMARKS DELIVERED BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 30 JUNE - 4 JULY 1998, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

As Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, it is not only a very special honour and privilege, but also a great pleasure to be able to offer these brief remarks on the occasion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Caribbean Community. The task is all the more pleasant for the fact that I had...
Read More

CABLE AND WIRELESS SUPPORT FOR CARICOM SUMMIT

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the host Government, Saint Lucia received financial and technical support from the Cable and Wireless (West Indies Limited) for the staging of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government and the celebrations marking the 25th anniv...
Read More

MONTSERRAT SIGNS PROTOCOL II, SURINAME MAKES SIGNATURE EFFECTIVE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  Protocol II of the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community, the Treaty of Chaguaramas, can now be provisionally applied in Member States of the Caribbean Community. This is now possible as Montserrat signed the Protocol and Suriname made its signat...
Read More

PRIVATE SECTOR GIFT FOR CARICOM NEGOTIATING MACHINERY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Dr the Honourable Kenny Anthony today (Thursday 3 July 1998) accepted what he described as an "extraordinary" gift for the continued support of the Regional Negotiating Machinery...
Read More