Chile’s President, Michelle Bachelet, today arrived in Guyana as the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opened in Georgetown.
President Bachelet was received at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport by Guyana’s Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo along with her delegation of approximately 70 persons.
Mrs Sandra Granger is now part of the collective imagination of most Guyanese as the First Lady of Guyana, but it is a position she never conceived she would occupy. Nevertheless, it fits the former staff member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat quite congenially.
The CARICOM Secretariat recently sat down for an interview with her on the occasion of the 37th Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government being hosted in Georgetown, Guyana from 4-6 July 2016.
Guyana scored the highest in consistency of supply of agriculture produce, excellent market locations and market hours, in a recent study that assessed market adequacy for fresh agriculture produce in Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The Thirty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM will be held in Guyana 4-6 July, 2016. The opening ceremony will be held on the evening of Monday 4 July, at the National Cultural Centre, Georgetown, and will be live-streamed via today.caricom.org and http://www.caricom.org. As we focus on Guyana as co-host with the CARICOM Secretariat, please see below a feature on one of the Community’s outstanding athletes.
President of Guyana, His Excellency Brigadier David Granger focuses on regional integration ahead of 37th Regular Heads of Government Meeting which opens Monday afternoon at the National Cultural Centre, Georgetown, Guyana. Listen:
President Granger sits down in his weekly interview with two journalists, Kiana Wilburg - Senior Journalist (Kaieteur News) and Shunza Samuels - Reporter (National Communications Network).
NASSAU, Bahamas, Jul 2, CMC – A senior official of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the economic costs associated with food-borne illnesses in the Caribbean are “very high” and can range anywhere from two to US$40 million annually.
“When we look at the Caribbean, the average annual cost associated with food-borne illnesses is $21 million. That is sometimes more than the entire budgets of some Caribbean countries,” said CARPHA’s Programme Manager for Tourism and Health Programmes, Surveillance Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Lisa Indar.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has hailed the late former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Mr. Patrick Manning as one of its true Champions.
Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque in a Statement issued Saturday said Mr. Manning believed in integration and was genuinely committed to it. His contributions to the Community included strong leadership roles in health and security, the Statement noted.
Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 01, 2016 (SKNIS): Minister of Public Infrastructure, Post, Urban Development and Transport, Honourable Ian Patches Liburd, told energy stakeholders that the energy sector is vital to sustainable development within the CARICOM (Caribbean Community).
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, July 1, 2016: Health and wellness are essential factors to the Caribbean region’s development. Taking a very strong stance, Dr C.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday June 30, 2016 – A University of the West Indies (UWI) forum held yesterday to discuss the impact of the UK’s pending exit from the European Union brought some advice for CARICOM – prepare for the potential fallout. At the same, there’s a suggestion that there won’t be any crisis.
During the forum, the UWI Vice Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles offered recommendations to CARICOM in response to the development, popularly referred to as Brexit.