The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will say "thanks" to 31 members of staff who have provided between ten and thirty years of service in the discharge of the Secretariat's functions throughout the Community. The function will take place at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street, Georgetown, o...

More than 90 youth delegates representing 18 Caribbean territories move into the third round of deliberations today, up-beat on their course of action to make a formidable impact in moving forward the implementation of decisions and recommendations pertaining to the empowerment and development of Ca...

In my capacity as Lead Spokesman for the Caribbean Community on Bananas I sent off a letter on Saturday July 8, 2000 to the President of the General Affairs Council of the European Union Mr. Hubert Vedrine, expressing alarm at the recent proposals submitted by the Commission with a view to resolving...

Mr. President of the St. Vincent Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Members of the Chamber; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. I am delighted to be here this evening on the occasion of the Annual President's Dinner of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Chamber of Industry and Commerce. You w...

It is with a measure of satisfaction that we mark the Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of the Caribbean Community. At this juncture in our history, the Community sits on the cusp of a new era in our lives. We are facing a world of immense possibilities, but also one of unprecedented challenges. Since its ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am indeed honoured to have the privilege to address my Fellow Heads in the idyllic isle of Canouan, a special part of St Vincent and the Grenadians. As you know, we have a heavy Agenda before us. The demands of fighting for our space as small and very vulnerable island econom...

It has become a ritual for new Heads of Government in their maiden presentation at CARICOM Summits to chastise the sitting heads for converting our meetings into a "talk shop". However, they themselves are accused later of joining the "club". But are the Heads really to blame when progress on some c...

Thank you Dr Carrington, our Secretary General of CARICOM Your Excellency the Deputy Governor General of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Mr. Denniston Bobb and Mrs. Bobb Colleague Heads of State and Government Distinguished Ministers of the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines Other CARICOM M...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am indeed honoured to have the privilege to address my Fellow Heads in the idyllic isle of Canouan, a special part of St Vincent and the Grenadines. As you know, we have a heavy Agenda before us. The demands of fighting for our space as small and very vulnerable island econom...

His Excellency the Deputy Governor General, Mr. Denniston Bobb Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr. Edwin Carrington Outgoing Chairman of CARICOM, Dr. Denzil Douglas Colleague Heads of Government His Excellency Dr. Cesar Gavaria - Secretary General of the Organisation of American State His Excellency t...