Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, has urged private/public sector companies in Jamaica and the Caribbean, to form alliances in order to be more competitive in the new globalised economy. "Companies in both the public and private sector must form crucial alli...

Mr. Mark Kerr-Jarrett, President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Other Members of the Executive, Distinguished Guests, Members of the Chamber, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen. First of all I would like to thank you for the honour that you have exte...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)     The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) has signed an agreement with six pharmaceutical companies, which will allow the Caribbean Region to access cheaper anti retroviral drugs for the care and treatment of persons liv...

The Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on 3-5 July 2002. It was presided over by H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of ...

Professor Rhoda Reddock, national of Trinidad and Tobago and esteemed scholar of the Caribbean Community, is the seventh outstanding woman from the Caribbean Community to receive the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women. Attaining a Doctorate in Applied Sociology in 1984 at the University of Amsterda...

The Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on 3-5 July 2002. It was presided over by H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of...

I am delighted to welcome you all to the opening of this historic Twenty-third Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. I do not use the word "historic" lightly since on this occasion, not only do we celebrate the twenty-ninth year of our existence as a Caribbea...

SALUTATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I last visited Guyana at the behest of my colleague Heads, acting as their envoy, and charged with the responsibility for assisting with the resolution of the country's political problems. The circumstances are different this time around, and as I understand ...

Mr. Chairman Colleague Heads of Government Honourable Ministers Secretary General Members of the Diplomatic Corps Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen I am pleased to have received your invitation to address this Twenty-third Meeting of Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean...

Mr. Chairman, Colleagues Heads of Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Honourable Ministers, Members of Parliament, Distinguished delegates, Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps, Invited guests, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls. As I conclude my six month term as Chairman o...