(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque urged the Belizean private sector to make use of the opportunities provided under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Belize, the Honourable Dean Barrow welcomed the emphasis placed by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on youth and human capital development during their discussions on Monday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Agriculture wrapped up a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) Friday, recording movement on the linkages between agriculture and tourism and agreeing on the need for intensified action to address the transport of goods within the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is encouraging stakeholders in the agriculture to make full use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to promote and drive competitiveness and interest in the sector.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) entrepreneurship workshop struck a high point on Thursday, when four teams comprising 25 trainees presented their business plans and received their start-up capital for a business venture they will implement in the next two days.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will be paying an official visit to Belize on October 22-23.
During his visit, the Secretary-General will pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Honourable Dean Barrow at his Belmopan office on the first day. He will also meet with the Minister of Foreign Trade, Honourable Erwin Contreras on that day.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Protocol having been established let me begin by saying that it is fortuitous that I have ended up here, being the one to deliver this address. Be that as it may, the chips have fallen in place and so we must focus on the matter at hand.
On Sunday 7 October, West Indians everywhere got a new lease on life.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The soaring food prices were a continuing reminder that the Region had no choice but to pay increasing attention to food and nutrition security and cost-efficient sustainable agricultural production, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said on Wednesday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) was formally opened on Wednesday with a chorus of calls for coordinated efforts to firmly tackle the huge food import bill and ensure food security in the Region.
The calls were made at the ceremony at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St. John’s, Antigua.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is indeed a pleasure for me to address the opening of the 11th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, here in the beautiful country of Antigua and Barbuda whose government graciously consented to be the host for this week of activities. Since 1998, the CWA has become the signature event for the Region’s agriculture since it brings together a wide variety of stakeholders from the private sector, government, academia, and civil society, including youth and women, to examine the Caribbean’s most enduring sector.