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...

The Eighth Caribbean Festival for the Creative Arts (CARIFESTA) will be held in Suriname during the second half of next year. The host country, which holds the regional quasi-cabinet portfolio for Culture is going all out to ensure the success of the Festival scheduled for 25-30 August 2003. A del...

We, the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors meeting in Paramaribo, Suriname between 19-27 August 2002; Recognising the high expectations of our performance as representatives of the National Youth Organisations and our obligations to the youth of this Region, Considering the priorities of the Community es...

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 ...

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

Caribbean Economies face significant difficulties of both a short and long-term nature. The short term problem results from declining performance in both the traditional and non-traditional sectors and is manifested in declining rates of growth in real output, stagnation in holdings of foreign reser...

As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I would like to thank the Ministry of External Affairs and International Trade and Civil Aviation for affording me the privilege of presenting this address on the occasion of the re-launch of your Council on Economic External Trade, on the eve of the ...

The state of the economies of the Member States of the Caribbean Community will be placed under the microscope when CARICOM Heads of Government meet in Saint Lucia for a Special Meeting on 16 August 2002. The decision for a meeting to focus specifically on the Region's economies was taken when...

Mr. Mark Kerr-Jarrett, President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Other Members of the Executive, Distinguished Guests, Members of the Chamber, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen. First of all I would like to thank you for the honour that you have exte...