OVERVIEW/STRUCTURE When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form: • Origins of the Crisis...

Mr Chairman The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados; Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community; Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of t...

 His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), officially launched a project entitled 'Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotions' during a press conference in Barbados on Thursday 11 September 2008. Sixty young people selected from...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  One year ago, on 15 September, 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held the World’s first ever Summit of Regional Leaders, to address the challenges of non-communicable diseases. These diseases are estimated to cause more th...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 18 September 2008, to discuss Tourism and Transportation/Civil Aviation...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The decision of Caribbean Plant Health Directors to adopt a coordinated approach for dealing with plant pests has started to bear fruit with the formation and Meeting of Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on plant pests that are of particular ...

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to Mr. Shivnarine Chanderpaul on his “deserved” selection as the International Cricket Council’s Cricketer of the Ye...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) has agreed to a date in October to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). The actual date is to be finalised after discussion with ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) SIXTY college and university students from three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be the initial beneficiaries of a project facilitated by the CARICOM Secretariat with the assistance of the 9th European Development Fund (EDF...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  For the first time in its 35 year history, the Caribbean Community will come together on 13 September 2008 to mobilize its citizens - young and old - to engage in activities that will promote and sustain healthy lifestyles, in what wi...