Preparations for the historic Caribbean Trade, Tourism and Cultural Fair billed to run for four days in Tokyo, Japan next year, moved into high gear with the Region's processed food and beverage manufacturers, and the public and private sectors getting ready for what promises to be a grand Carib...

A two-day Regional Demand Reduction Forum opens at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Georgetown, Guyana-based Headquarters on Monday 17 September 2001, bringing together governmental and non governmental agencies from across the Region to set out a new course of action against the scourge of substan...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) learnt with great horror and dismay of the tragedy of unprecedented and unexpected magnitude which occurred on 11 September 2001 in the United States of America. The thousands of lives lost and countless others injured, the continuing search for those missing, and t...

Ministers Officials Representatives from the Private Sectors Good morning. It is with extraordinary pleasure that I welcome you to this institutionally historic Joint Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) to establish the P...

  Ministers, Officials, Representatives from the Private Sectors, Good morning. It is with extraordinary pleasure that I welcome you to this institutionally historic Joint Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) to ...

  I bring you greetings on behalf of the Secretary-General and staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat. This is indeed an important event for Belize and for the Region as a whole as the Consultation today is part of a process leading up to a discussion at a regional di...

The Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) will be looking at a set of measures for full implementation of Protocol II, which involves clearing the way for 'hassle-free' movement of capital, rights of establishment and the provision of services within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This will b...

Madame Chairman, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of the Republic of Guyana, Honourable Clement Rohee Honourable Ministers of Government, Excellency, Ambassador Ney Du Prado Deiquez of Brazil, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ambassador Donald Abrams, Director of International...

Third place winner in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Book Cover Design Competition, 16-year-old Kurt Dougan, a national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was presented with prizes at a ceremony last Friday in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. They include a Toshiba laptop computer, cour...

The Second Work Programme of the European Commission/Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-sponsored HIV/AIDS/STI initiative in the Caribbean was signed on 21 August 2001 at the CARICOM Secretariat. The Work Programme and Cost Estimates for 1 July to 31 December 2001 involve activities...