It is with great pleasure that today, 8 December, we celebrate CARICOM-Cuba Day. Thirty-one years ago, four Caribbean Community countries - Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago - opened this chapter in the Community’s history by establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba. Las...

CARICOM Heads of Government, in London en route to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja, Nigeria, met over breakfast with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair today at his invitation. They took the opportunity at this the latest in their biennial discussions, to exchange views on ...

Ministers representing Ministries of the Government of Guyana, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Members of the Diplomatic Core, Members of the Business Community, Representative of Workers Organisations , Other Non Governmental Organisations , Ladies and gentlemen Welcome THE BASIC...

Preparations are moving apace at various levels within the Caribbean Community to institutionalize as fast as possible the Single Market and Economy (SME) in this regard, Guyana is no exception. The target year has been set for sometime before year 2005. We are a mere two years away from this moment...

Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director-General, Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, was appointed Honorary Professor at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies of the University of the West Indies (UWI), October 2003. The appointment comes in recognition of Ambassad...

The CARICOM Mission to India led by the Hon. K.D. Knight, current Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica continued its five-day visit with stops at a number of Hi-Tech organizations in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh (State). The Delegat...

Caribbean Trade Ministers will meet with the Mexican Foreign Minister and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday 28 November, 2003. H.E Ernesto Derbez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico was the Chairman of the Fifth ...

The CARICOM Mission to India, led by the Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers Hon. K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica and including the CARICOM Secretary General His Excellency Edwin Carrington and his Special Assistant, Ms. Glenda Itiaba, got underway on...

CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington is closing off a busy year with a heavy schedule of engagements, which began last weekend. On Sunday, Mr. Carrington left the Region with the Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers, the Hon. K. D. Knights, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Forei...

MIAMI, UNITED STATES – Trade Ministers, from thirty-four countries, gathered at the Eighth Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial Meeting, in Miami, endorsed a key Ministerial Declaration, November 20. The Ministerial, set to last two days, concluded a day early. The summit followe...