SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES RELAY SQUADS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The athletes from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have put the Caribbean on top of the world, and have demonstrated that the Caribbean people were able to compete successfully with the rest of the world, H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-Gen...
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Press release 257/2008 (22 August 2008)  REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY ELLSWORTH JOHN, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 22 AUGUST 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Ellsworth John, Plenipotentiary Representative of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the Caribbean Community General Counsel Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Other Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen Representatives of the Media Excellency, I have welcomed you on so...
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DEREK WALCOTT HEADLINES CARIFESTA SYMPOSIA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nobel Laureate the Honourable Derek Walcott OCC will participate in a Symposium scheduled for Sunday 24 August as part of the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA X) which opens in Guyana on Friday 22 August. The Symposium, which...
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CHILE SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chile's new Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday underscored his country’s interest in developing closer ties with the Community in trade, poverty alleviation and coastal border administration. His Excellency Jos&...
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SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS CAMPBELL-BROWN ON OLYMPIC REPEAT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has recognised the "sterling" accomplishment of Ms Veronica Campbell-Brown. Ms. Campbell-Browne of Jamaica won the Women’s 200 metres sprint at the Beijing...
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CARIFESTA X - AN UNFORGETTABLE HOMECOMING - OPENS FRIDAY IN GUYANA!

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the curtains come up on the Caribbean’s largest festival of the creative arts (CARIFESTA X), in Guyana, on Friday 22 August 2008, the Region's 14.5 million peoples and the rest of the world will pause in awe to enjoy the unfoldin...
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CELEGACY - CELEBRATING OUR LEGACY - THE OPENING OF CARIFESTA X

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARIFESTA X comes home to Guyana, its place of birth, on August 22, 2008. Large birds will fly; horses from Guyanas Rupununi region will dance; Jaguars will prowl; people will land from the sky; glyphs and nymphs will leap from the stadium ...
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DEREK WALCOTT HEADLINES CARIFESTA SYMPOSIA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nobel Laureate the Honourable Derek Walcott OCC will participate in a Symposium scheduled for Sunday 24 August as part of the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA X) which opens in Guyana on Friday 22 August. The Symposium, which...
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