(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Guyana and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) on Saturday, 6 July, 2013, signed a country assistance programme agreement that will inject US$7.32M into Guyana’s agriculture sector. Guyana’s Finance Minist...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Hon. Fruendel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados has said that amid the challenges encountered in the journey of integration, an objective evaluation of the last 40 years would reveal a more closely knit Communit...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has affirmed the strength of the integration movement, and has urged a demonstration of steadfastnes...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, for their Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting, will place the spotlight on persons with disabilities and special needs as they consid...

Mr. Chairman, Your Excellency, President of Trinidad and Tobago, Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Fellow Heads of Government, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen. Today is the 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord 2013. Forty years ago at this place, t...

I am pleased to be here in Trinidad and Tobago.  This is my third visit this year. It is a delight to be here once more. I must say however, well before this year I was familiar with Trinidad.  I spent many of my early years as a public figure visiting your fine country and enjoying the pe...

Among the many things we the people of the Caribbean have in common is the warm and welcoming Caribbean Sea.  Its foamy crests embrace all our coastlines. Our island homes are set like tiny jewels amidst its crystal blue waters.  Yet each jewel is different – rare and precious &ndash...

It is with immense pleasure and a deep sense of Caribbean patriotism that I welcome my sisters and brothers of the region to this most historic occasion. Forty (40) years ago on this day, the founding fathers of the region executed what is perhaps, the most significant accord that would govern the...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Gains have been made regarding Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), since the signing of the landmark trade and dev...

It is an extremely momentous occasion for me, my Government and the people of Trinidad and Tobago to welcome you to our beautiful twin island Republic on this historic observance of the 40th anniversary of the Caribbean Community and the convening of the 34th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Go...