(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) need appropriate statistics to hold their “governments and all serious stakeholders, accountable”, the Prime Minister of Grenada said Monday. Delivering the keynote address at the ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Information and Communication technology (ICT) has to be the tool that powers the data revolution that will be used for the sustainable development of regional economies. This is the view articulated by Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the ...

I bring you greetings from the management and staff of the Caribbean Development Bank and convey the President’s best wishes for a very successful Forum and associated side meetings. Prior to the onset of the ongoing economic downturn referred to in some quarters as the “Great Recessio...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Over twenty-five CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) from across the region are expected to participate in a CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Advocacy Workshop. The activity takes place in Guyana 29-30 May, 201...

I am delighted to warmly welcome everyone to the Isle of Spice and especially to this important Forum. This High Level Forum, made possible by your presence today, signifies the importance of the role of statistics and its further development for the advancement of our people. As a person trained...

On behalf of the Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, I am happy to deliver these Opening Remarks on the occasion of the Second High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics. The opportunity of this Forum has been used to hold a number of meetings...

It is indeed an honour and privilege for me to chair this morning’s opening ceremony and to offer very brief welcoming remarks at this very important highlevel forum on statistics. Ladies and gentlemen, it is with a sense of deep joy that I welcome you to our beaut...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)      Regional policy-makers and other high level officials will gather in St. George’s, Grenada, on Monday, 26 May, for a discourse that is aimed at placing the spotlight on the value of statistics to regional...

The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Georgetown, Guyana, on 20-21 May 2014, under the chairmanship of the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana. T...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Community will deliberate on the third draft of the CARICOM Five-Year Strategic Plan when the Council meets on Thursday 22 May at the C...