Chairman of the CARICOM Conference of Heads and Prime Minister of Dominica Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said the Conference was an opportunity to seriously consider the effect Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) would have on CARICOM.
Chile’s President, Michelle Bachelet, today arrived in Guyana as the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opened in Georgetown.
President Bachelet was received at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport by Guyana’s Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo along with her delegation of approximately 70 persons.
Mr Chairman, allow me first to congratulate you on taking over the helm of our Community for the next six months and to thank the Government of Guyana for the warm welcome and excellent arrangements made for my delegation in Georgetown.
When CARICOM Heads of Government meet in Georgetown next week, they will do so against the background of a number of threats to the Region's financial and economic stability.
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet for their 37th Regular Meeting on 4-6 July 2016, in Georgetown, Guyana, at the Guyana Pegasus Hotel.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia Mar 13, CMC – St. Lucia will this week host a telecommunications conference that will attract delegates from across the globe.
During International Communications Technology Week from March 14-18 – heads of Regional and International Organizations, Ministers, Commissioners of Police, Attorneys General, Directors of Public Prosecution, ICT Personnel will among other things, agree on a regional approach to Cyber Security.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to maintain the diplomatic engagement at international levels in support of the 1.5°C goal coming out of the COP 21 agreement signed in Paris last year.
CARICOM Heads of Government deliberated on the issue of crime and security and agree to increase their cooperation and collaboration in this area.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM leaders have called for stocktaking to determine what was working well for the integration movement so that those elements could be retained and improved, while discarding those components that were hindering the Community.
Distinguished guests
I am especially pleased to be here on my first visit to Belize, and to be able to savour the charming manner and warm hospitality of the government and people of this great country, often described as the potential bread basket of the Caribbean.