FEATURE ADDRESS BY DAME PEARLETTER LOUSY, GOVERNOR GENERAL, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 29 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

Mr. Chairman Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health, Jamaica Hon. John Fabien, Minister of Health and the Environment, Commonwealth of Dominica and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians of other Caribbean States Dr. Edward Greene, Ass...
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS , SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OF THE RESOURCES CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 ROUND OF CENSUSES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 27 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

Chairman Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutc...
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS , SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OF THE RESOURCES CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 ROUND OF CENSUSES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 27 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

Chairman Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutc...
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES,  23 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Distinguished Members of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries Staff of the CARICOM SecretariatRepresentatives of the Media As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is such a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat for the Launch and I...
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNTRIES LIKE GUYANA / BY MAURICE ODLE, PH.D., ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, TO THE GEORGETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 20 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairman Fellow Panelists Distinguished GuestsLadies and Gentlemen Introduction Making an effective contribution to a panel discussion could be tricky proposition in that the audience could be quite bored with repetition, unless the presenters had previous consultation and reached an agreement a...
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIFORUM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 15 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN,  BARBADOS

Mr Chairman The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados; Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community; Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of t...
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIFORUM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 15 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN,  BARBADOS

Mr Chairman The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados; Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community; Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of t...
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EDUCATION TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT AT SEVENTEENTH COHSOD

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On 18-19 November, 2008, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Education meet in Georgetown, Guyana, for a comprehensive review of the last ten years of the Community’s work in education. This Seventeenth Meeting of the CARIC...
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CARIBBEAN WEEK FOR AGRICULTURE GOOD FOR THE REGION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Defined by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the Agriculture Policy for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) came into focus in several ways during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2008. Addressing the audience on Wednesday, 8 October ...
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