YOUTH COMMISSION STEPS UP COMMUNICATION ON ITS RESEARCH FINDINGS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) is preparing its regional report on findings of a research done on the situation of Caribbean youth which will be a major input into its report to the Conference of Heads of Government of t...
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CARICOM ACCREDITS FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Her Excellency Faith Radebe, the first Plenipotentiary Representative of South Africa to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was accredited on Thursday May 28, 2009, at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana. Describi...
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CARICOM HEALTH MINISTERS AGREE TO CURB SMOKING IN PUBLIC SPACES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caucus of Ministers of Health have endorsed a recommendation for the banning of smoking on public spaces as a public good and regional goal, as the Region intensifies its efforts to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), under the Por...
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HER EXCELLENCY FAITH RADEBE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TO CARICOM, 28 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    High Commissioner Faith Radebe Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Republic of South Africa to the Caribbean Community Deputy Secretary-General Other Members of the Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Participants of the Regional Di...
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ACT NOW AS A COORDINATED UNIT - AGRICULTURE STAKEHOLDERS URGED

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have been urged to act now to build alliances to promote agri-business development in the Region. At the opening of the Consultation on Public-Private Sector collaboration at the Pegasus Hotel on Wed...
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JAPAN HAS SUPPORT FOR SEAT ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday May 27, 2009 signalled support to Japan from Member States of the Community for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council...
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CARICOM LEADERS CALL FOR RESTRUCTURED CDB

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) should be a vehicle for all development resources of the Region and in this regard should be restructured to become more responsi...
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REGIONAL SOLUTION FOR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS SAYS FINANCE MINISTERS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four main objectives were identified at the end of a meeting of CARICOM Finance Ministers and Financial Services Sector Regulators as they sought to resolve difficulties arising in the Region’s insurance and banking sectors. At the Me...
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CARICOM LEADERS HOLD SPECIAL CAUCUS ON GLOBAL CRISIS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday 24 May at a Special Caucus to discuss the current economic circumstances of Member States arising from the on-going global economi...
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