(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, will address the formal opening ceremony of the 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM on 1 July ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which opens in Barbados on Sunday 1 July, will consider critical issues under the broad context of increased functional cooperation in t...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Scaling up care and treatment and reducing stigma and discrimination are critical to successful HIV and AIDS response in this Region. “Tremendous work has been done, but we have just tipped the problem”. This is the view of the ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Conference on the Caribbean wrapped up at the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Washington DC on Thursday 21 June with The Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis hailing the event as an “overwhelming ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Come July 1, 2007, several CARICOM Heads of Government will attend the annual CARICOM 10K Road Race; this year, to be hosted in Barbados, under the theme: The Health of the Region is the Wealth of the Region. The race will start and e...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Achieving universal access, scaling up testing and counselling and defining a comprehensive care package among other issues, will be the focus of a workshop on 25-27 June 2007 in Saint Lucia. The workshop is convened by the CARICOM-coordina...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ms. Caroline Anstey, Director, Caribbean Country Management Unit, World Bank, said the challenge that follows the Conference on the Caribbean will be to translate the tremendous capital that was evident into tangible benefits for the Caribb...

THEME: THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: CARICOM'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE GLOBAL SYSTEM Mr. Chairman Distinguished Heads of State and Heads of Government Honourable Ministers of Government Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington Your Excell...

Distinguished Heads of State and Government Other Distinguished Participants Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen A very, very warm welcome to you all The great honour and privilege has fallen to me as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to call this historic C...

Distinguished Heads of State and Government Other Distinguished Participants Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen A very, very warm welcome to you all The great honour and privilege has fallen to me as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to call this historic C...