(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) will convene on Friday 19 May in Montego Bay, Jamaica for its Third Special Meeting. The Council is expected to discuss the operalisation of the regional Deve...

  (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers will take place on Friday 19 May in Georgetown, Guyana. The Council is expected to consider the agenda and arrangements for the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Conf...

Today, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins with the rest of the world as it celebrates World Telecommunications Day and World Information Society Day. This celebration is recognition of the fact that as a global society we have continued to make significant progress in the fields of information ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of the Caribbean Community, meeting at the Twenty First Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Trinidad and Tobago on May 12-13, 2006, expressed serious concern about the stance being taken on agricul...

  Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of Government, Members of the Board of Governors, Members of the Board of Directors, Mr. President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Directors and Officers of the Bank, Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen: It has always been for me, as Secretary-General o...

SALUTATIONS I am very pleased for the invitation to address this gathering. I am very pleased that the forum is addressing the issue of Science and Technology (S&T), and may I add "Innovation", and their contribution to Caribbean Development. The Conference is covering a number of very importa...

Mr. incoming Chairman, all hands are on deck and accounted for inclusive of a new quartermaster in the person of Minister Clarke. The vessel is fit for sail. I now turn over the bridge to you. And no captain, the ship is not sinking, but rather, stands in majestic glory ready for any challenge posed...

The Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad & Tobago, our host Minister, Colleague Ministers, Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) Spain is taking a first step towards joining the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) by contributing to the Special Development Fund of the Bank. Spain also specifically offered assistance in establishing the Regional Development Fund which is a key e...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat yesterday welcomed Sir George Alleyne, Director Emeritus of the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation, on a visit to interact with the staff of Pan Caribbean Partnership Aga...