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Regional conference on development of education being planned

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Caribbean leaders have endorsed a three-day meeting to discuss the development of education in the region.

Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell said the Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles had made a major presentation to regional leaders on education during their annual summit that ended here over the weekend.

“We talking about leveraging our knowledge regionally and internationally, and not in just one area,” he said, adding that his regional colleagues “were extremely impressed”.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Excerpt from the Communiqué issued on the conclusion of the Thirty-sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community

Heads of Government, acutely aware of the opportunity provided to build truly vibrant societies and resilient economies and chart a new era of sustainable development for the Region and the world, discussed the culmination of three on-going and integrated global processes.  They noted that the Region has been actively involved in the processes which will be brought to a climax in major inter-related high level International Meetings in the latter half of 2015.

Remarks by the Hon. Perry G. Christie Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Outgoing Chairman Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At the Opening of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of The Cari

I am pleased to be back in Barbados for this formal handing over ceremony of the Chair of the Caricom Community.  It has been an honour and a privilege for The Bahamas and for me personally to have served as its Chair.  I now pass the mantle onto the distinguished Prime Minister of Barbados.  I am certain that the community will be in excellent and capable hands.

 

I congratulate the new Heads of Government and Heads of State to this forum and join in welcoming them.   I pledge to work with all of you for the betterment of our community.

Address by Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis At the Opening Of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting Of the   Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community   Bridgetown, BARBADOS 2 JULY 2014

It is indeed a great pleasure and an honour for me to address this distinguished gathering on behalf of the people of St.Kitts and Nevis. A strong spirit of fraternity and kinship has been fostered among Caribbean leadership for more than four decades, especially among the tiny group of officials, technocrats, experts and academicians who frequent our Caricom Summits and meetings. 

 

St.Kitts and Nevis

 

Address by the Hon. Donaldson Romeo Premier of Montserrat at the Opening of the Thirty–Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community Bridgetown, Barbados 2 July 2014

I recognize that protocols have been established, but please allow me to recognize our Host Governor General Sir  Elliot  Belgrave.

The Highly distinguished Chair Hon Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados

Colleagues and friends from across the Caribbean.

The UN Secretary General and the Commonwealth Secretary General

Address by the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados, on the occasion of the Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community July 2 -3, 2015 Barbados Hilton Hotel

Fifty years ago, in response to a letter from Errol Barrow received on the 27th day of June,  1965, the then Premier of British Guyana, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, came to Barbados on the 4th day of July, 1965 and discussed with Mr. Barrow the formation of a Caribbean Free Trade Association.

Barrow and Burnham subsequently interested the then head of Government of Antigua, Vere Cornwall Bird, in their project and at Dickenson Bay in Antigua, the agreement establishing Carifta was signed.

 

PM Christie rallies Heads of Government to address challenges youth face

Outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community, the Rt. Honourable Perry G. Christie, on Thursday focused attention on the youth and urged his colleague Heads of Government to ensure the Region’s young people were educated, and were immersed in the formal economies of Member States.

 

He also made a call for more emphasis to be placed on teaching methodologies to meet the learning needs of the bottom 50 per cent of students.

Address by Brigadier David Granger, MSS President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the Opening of the Thirty–Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Bridgetown, Barbados 2 JULY 2014

I am honoured to join fellow Heads of Government here in beautiful Barbados at this Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.  We wish to record our gratitude to our host, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, to the government and to the friendly people of this island, for the gracious welcome extended to our delegation and for the excellent arrangements made for this Conference.