Salutations First, I want to express the sympathy, solidarity and support of the Secretary-General and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat for our sister nations of the Region who have suffered such loss of life and damage at the hands of recent hurricanes, especially Hurricane Ivan. I want to thank th...

CARICOM leaders have recommended that financial assistance to Grenada be in the form of "grants and aid and not loans," and they agreed to support a call for a moratorium on Grenada's debt repayments. At the conclusion of an emergency meeting of Heads held Wednesday 15 September, in Trinidad a...

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr. Edwin W. Carrington will lead a small team from the CARICOM Secretariat to Grenada on Friday, 10 September to assess the damage caused by hurricane Ivan which ravaged the island on Tuesday. While in Grenada, Mr. Carrington and team will spea...

CARICOM Customs officials will participate in a Customs Valuation Workshop to upgrade their skills in data collection for different valuation methods from 13-17 September, in Antigua and Barbuda. The Workshop is part of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Commitment to CARICOM Member States to meet...

A new group of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors, selected from among their peers across the Region, will participate in a four-day strategic planning workshop beginning Saturday 31st July 2004 in St Kitts and Nevis. The young persons will be inducted into the Ambassadorship Programme ...

Officials of the CARICOM Secretariat and representatives of the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria (GFATM) last Friday signed a grant in the sum of $12.663 million to execute a project aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region. The funds will complement the m...

The Tenth Caribbean Community (CARICOM)- Japan Consultation was held at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown on August 24, 2004. The delegation of CARICOM was headed by Ms Fay Housty, Director, Foreign Policy and External Economic Relations of the CARICOM Secretariat and that of Japan by Mr. Sator...

Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to shift from a production focus to gauge and meet internal needs and export demands in the agriculture sector. This view was expressed by outgoing CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake in the first of a series of open for...

Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to shift from a production focus to gauge and meet internal needs and export demands in the agriculture sector. This view was expressed by outgoing CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake in the first of a series of open for...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade officials and representatives of national standards bureaux will participate in a Training for Trainers Workshop aimed at assisting CARICOM Member States to reap maximum rewards in the global trade arena. The CARICOM Secretariat is collaborating with the CARICOM...