(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) was held at the Krasnapolsky Hotel Paramaribo, Suriname on 11 February, 2005 under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr. Siegfried F. Gilds, Minister of Justice and Police of the Republic of Suriname. R...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)   The February 03 ruling by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that the legislation enacted by Jamaica to establish the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is unconstitutional, has the potential for profound adverse effects on the establishme...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has today learnt of the ruling by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that the legislation, passed by the Jamaican Parliament to establish the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in that country, is unconsti...

"There is as yet no indication that the Privy Council's ruling on Jamaica's legislation introducing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) would delay the establishment of the Court by CARICOM Governments."   So said CARICOM Secretary-General when asked today about the ruling of the ...

"There is as yet no indication that the Privy Council's ruling on Jamaica's legislation introducing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) would delay the establishment of the Court by CARICOM Governments."   So said CARICOM Secretary-General when asked today about the ruling of the ...

CHILE RALLIES BEHIND PORT-OF-SPAIN, FRONT-RUNNER IN SECRETARIAT RACE CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS - Port-of-Spain has formally secured the backing of Chile, in connection with CARICOM’s bid for the Permanent Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Chile is the latest country to...

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 Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Government of Guyana through its Civil Defense Commission (CDC) today received a quantity of food and household supplies from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat to assist with the continuing relief efforts in the wake of massive flooding that ...

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...

On behalf of the Caribbean Community and on behalf of the Representatives of the Regional institutions who have been introduced to you, I wish to reiterate the expressions of concern and continued solidarity and support among the Member States of the Community, contained in a letter of 20th January ...