A US$9 Mn World Bank Grant Agreement to support the work of the Caribbean Community-led Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was signed on Wednesday, 28 April 2004 during the Opening Ceremony of the Tenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), being held at ...

Hon. John Rahael Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago Other Honourable Ministers Honourable Chief Secretary and Other Representatives of the Tobago House of Assembly Ms Carole Ainstey Manager/Director World Bank Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I am ...

Honorable Secretary-General of CARICOM, Distinguished Ministers and Country Representatives, Colleagues from Regional and International Organizations, Ladies and Gentlemen: First and foremost, I would like to express our gratitude to the organizers of this meeting for giving us a chance to sign th...

It is my pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development and indeed the entire CARICOM Secretariat. I wish in particular to thank you Minister and your staff at the Ministry of Health for making the arrangements for hosting this meeting. I also wish to expres...

Honorable Secretary-General of CARICOM, Distinguished Ministers and Country Representatives, Colleagues from Regional and International Organizations, Ladies and Gentlemen: First and foremost, I would like to express our gratitude to the organizers of this meeting for giving us a chance to sign the ...

Hon. John Rahael Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago Other Honourable Ministers Honourable Chief Secretary and Other Representatives of the Tobago House of Assembly Ms Carole Ainstey Manager/Director World Bank Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I am p...

The CARICOM Region should look to breathing much cleaner air and accessing cheaper electricity over the next few years with the execution of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP). A Global Environmental Facility (GEF) grant of US$3.726 million made available through the Unit...

The CARICOM Secretariat has benefited from a UNDP US$303,370 grant to establish a video conferencing facility at its new headquarters in Georgetown. The Facility is expected to reduce the exorbitant logistic cost associated with the myriad of meetings that are convened by the Secretariat. Accordin...

CARICOM and Chile moved one step closer in their relationship of co-operation, when Secretary General of CARICOM Mr. Edwin Carrington accepted credentials from Chilean Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM His Excellency Alfonso Silva. In accepting his letters of accreditation at a brief cerem...

Members of staff Members of the Media I look forward to receiving today, the letter of introduction from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile naming, Ambassador Alfonso Silva as Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Chile to the Caribbean Community. I will accept that letter with pl...