The event which we celebrate this evening will hopefully come to be regarded not so much as a small step in the creation of a Unit, but a giant step in our support of a cause. For it ushers in the formal commencement of the new economic arrangement for our region which hopefully will create for us a...

Chairman Hon. Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Education Permanent Secretary Chief Education Officer Distinguished guests Senior Government and other Officials Principals, Teachers, Parents Awardees, Students Members of the media It is an honour for me to be pres...

It is with deep sorrow that I have learned of the passing of the Hon. David Allen, Minister of Tourism. The Government and People of Bermuda have lost a dynamic and committed representative. The Region's Tourism Sector will sorely miss the energy and leadership which he so passionately display...

His Excellency the President Bharat Jagdeo Hon Minister of Education, Dr Henry Jeffrey Senior Government and other Officials Distinguished Guests Principals and Teachers, Students, and, most importantly, the students we are recognizing and awarding today for your high achievements: It is indeed my p...

I have learnt with great distress the reports of loss of life of several of your citizens as well as of the extensive damage caused to houses, public buildings and agricultural production in St. Vincent and the Grenadines resulting from the passage of Tropical Storm Lili through your country yesterd...

Mr Chairman; Honourable Prime Minister of Barbados; Outgoing Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning, Honourable Minister of Finance and Planning, Grenada; Other Ministers of Finance and Planning; Other Ministers; Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations...

Mr Chairman; Honourable Prime Minister of Barbados; Outgoing Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning, Honourable Minister of Finance and Planning, Grenada; Other Ministers of Finance and Planning; Other Ministers; Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations; Rep...

  The CARICOM Secretariat is pleased to receive representatives from the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation. Through our discussions today we are seeking to establish a firm footing for our relationship with the signing, by the Secretariat, of a Memorandum of Understanding [MOU]. The MOU wi...

His Excellency, President Venetiaan  Members of the Council of Ministries Members of Development Organisations Honorable Guests Youth Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen Good afternoon/Hoodamida! It is my pleasure to bring you greetings on beh...

Mr. Minister of Education, Walther Sandriman, Assistant Secretary-General, Dr. Edward Greene, Programme Coordinator of UNICEF, Mr. Marrashetty Seenappa Distinguished Caricom Youth Ambassadors and other participants in this CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Workshop, Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great ...