As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I am pleased to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegations of Japan and of CARICOM to this Fourteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultations. Ladies and Gentlemen, today’s Meeting is taking place in the shadow of a most tragic ...

Welcome to Guyana and the CARICOM Secretariat! Since we last met at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in February 2009 on the occasion of the formal launching of Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), our fledging Institution has suffered a tragic loss, the ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington has called on labour ministers and labour organisations to marshal troops in support of our brothers and sisters in Haiti, a country in the throes of restoration, after the January 12 earthquake, ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington has called on labour ministers and labour organisations to marshal troops in support of our brothers and sisters in Haiti, a country in the throes of restoration, after the January 12 earthquake, ...

Theme: Achieving human and social development through policy coherence: the role of Ministries of Labour in facilitating a decent work agenda     It is my pleasure to join in welcoming you all today to this Nineteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Counci...

First of all, I would like to apologize for not being able to be in Georgetown with you for this important meeting. But we have wonders of technology, and by this means I convey to you the greetings of our Director General, Juan Somavia, and my own. As you know Ministers of L...

    I am pleased to address this joint COHSOD and ILO Meeting of CARICOM Labour Ministers and to express my appreciation to both .CARICOM and ILO for the arrangements made and to the Government of Guyana for its hospitality It is true to say that CAR...

(CARICOM Seceretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In a striking display of solidarity with the people and Government of Haiti, the international community pledged $5.3 billion for the next two years and $9.9b for the next three years and beyond to reconstruct the earthquake ravaged countr...

(CARICOM Seceretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In a striking display of solidarity with the people and Government of Haiti, the international community pledged $5.3 billion for the next two years and $9.9b for the next three years and beyond to reconstruct the earthquake ravaged countr...

I was deeply shocked and saddened at the extent of the destruction caused by the catastrophic earthquake which devastated our sister nation of Haiti yesterday. The haunting images of bodies, injured persons and ruined buildings struck a chord of compassion throughout our nation for the people of Hai...