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A Special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Barbados on 26th and 27th January, 1974 . All the four Member States of the Community were represented: Barbados by the Rt. Hon. Errol Barrow, Prime Minister; Guyana by Hon. Forbes Burnham...

The Seventh Heads of Government Conference of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries has agreed that the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) will become a Common Market on 1st May, 1973, the fifth Anniversary of CARIFTA. The Conference was described by delegates in closing speeches as the most im...

The Meeting of Heads of Government of Signatory States of the Grenada Declaration convened in Georgetown, Guyana, on Monday, November 8, 1971. Those attending the Meeting as Leaders of Delegations were the Hon. E.O. Le Blanc, Premier of Dominica, the Hon. L.F.S. Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana, th...

The Third Plenary Session of the Sixth Heads of Government Conference of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries this afternoon (Wednesday) agreed to the appointment of an Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts to enquire into all matters affecting the competitive position of the Tourist Industry in the C...

The Sixth Heads of Government of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries was officially opened this morning by His Excellency, Sir Clifford Campbell, Governor General of Jamaica at the Sheraton Kingston Hotel. A reply to the Governor General's address was made by the Hon. R.M. Cato, Premier of St. Vincent....