STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ENVIRONMENT),  17 APRIL 2008, LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairman Hon. Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture, representing the Prime Minister of Guyana Hon. Allen Chastanet, Minister of Tourism of Saint Lucia and Representative of the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Lead Head of Government in the Quasi-Cabinet with responsibility for Sustainable De...
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CARICOM MINISTERS LOOK TO CURB ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Government with responsibility for the Environment begin a two-day meeting in Georgetown on Thursday 17 April 2008 aimed at charting a course to curb environmental degradation. At least nine Mini...
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SPECIAL COTED MEETING OF OFFICIALS BEGINS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Technical officers and experts in the field of the environment today buckled down to the business of fleshing out responses to the varied environmental problems facing the Region as the Twenty-Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade ...
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CARICOM/PANCAP RCM CONVENES TENTH MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM/Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) will meet in St. Kitts and Nevis on 16-17 April 2008, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Pablo Marin, Minister of Health, Belize and p...
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SPECIAL COTED ON ENVIRONMENT IN GEORGETOWN

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The environmental dimension within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), Climate Change and Disaster Management, are high on the agenda of a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Environmen...
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HIGH ATTENDANCE AT CARICOM QUIZMASTERS WORKSHOP

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Thirteen Member States were represented at the workshop organized for quiz masters by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in preparation for its second regional school quiz to mark the 35th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguara...
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CARICOM LOOKS AT REFORM OF ELECTRIC SECTOR

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will be convening the Second Meeting of Experts and Stakeholders Concerning the Development of Harmonised Legislation for the Reform of the Electric Sector at the Amaryllis Beach Resort, Christ ...
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