(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat through the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is currently spearheading talks with the Government of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the development of a m...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The second meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-2) of the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ended in Geneva, Switzerland, with participants endorsing their support for the establishment of a Digital Solidarity Fund fo...

  Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, CARICOM Chairman of this Meeting of the Seventh CARICOM-Cuba Joint Commission, Hon. Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Minister of Government, Cuba, Other Honourable Ministers of Member States of the Caribbean Community and of Cuba, Mrs Yvonne Gittens-Joseph, Permanent Secretar...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat joins the people of the Caribbean in mourning the passing this week of two great West Indians who contributed significantly to the development of Caribbean society - Dr. Alistair Hughes, outstanding Grenadian journalist and Hon. Allan Rae O.J., Jamaican ...

CARICOM AND CANADIAN TRADE OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WAY FORWARD IN TRADE TALKS CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS - “Both sides felt that the meeting was constructive. Today’s encounter has provided impetus for forward momentum in a process that is the precursor to the commencement of formal nego...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) December 2005 will signal a critical juncture in the life of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as it will be the time when Member States are expected to begin full participation in the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), the twin element of the CARICOM Single Marke...

It is with pleasure that I welcome you to this Special Emergency Meeting and thank, in particular, the representatives from CARICOM institutions that have traveled at short notice to be with us today. While welcoming you, I regret, however, the reasons, which give rise to this Meeting. I am also mos...

CARICOM and MERCOSUR met at Ministerial level in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on 24-25 February 2005 to continue discussions on the possibilities for negotiating a Free Trade Agreement to enhance trade and investment linkages between both Regions. CARICOM Ministerial Spokesperson on Bilateral Trade Neg...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government at their Sixteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Suriname took an important step in dealing with the issue of natural disaster by placing the subject as part of the responsibility of the Community Council of Ministers - CARICOM's...