The Sixth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers - the second highest Organ of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) - opened at the Sherbourne Centre in Barbados this morning with a determination to focus on issues that would lead to the creation of a more robust and relevant Community. Describi...

Honourable Ministers Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure for me to be back in Barbados for this, the Sixth Meeting of the Community Council and I thank the Government of Barbados for offering to host this important meeting. I gather that this is one in a series of meetings being held her...

Mr. Chairman Hon. Sam Condor Hon. Billie Miller, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados Hon. Ministers, Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen I wish to extend a warm welcome to you all to the Sixth Meeting of the Community Council. In doing so I want to convey on behalf of us ...

The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has responsibility for overseeing all trade and economic development issues and covers all economic sectors of the Community. This Meeting, its ninth focussed on the agriculture sector in addition to the establishment of the CARICOM Single Marke...

Mr. Chairman Hon. Sam Condor Hon. Billie Miller, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados Hon. Ministers, Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen I wish to extend a warm welcome to you all to the Sixth Meeting of the Community Council. In doing so I want to convey on behalf of us ...

Honourable Ministers Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure for me to be back in Barbados for this, the Sixth Meeting of the Community Council and I thank the Government of Barbados for offering to host this important meeting. I gather that this is one in a series of meetings being held her...

Delegates attending the Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), have been encouraged to use the opportunity to assess the progress towards establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), the flagship programme of the regional integration movement, at t...

Accommodation for overseas participants in the seventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (CARIFESTA VII) to be hosted by St Kitts and Nevis will be available on time says the island's Minister responsible for CARIFESTA, the Hon Jacinth Henry-Martin. During a tour of the housing site with the Mi...

A range of trade, economic and agricultural issues related to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), is among the packed agenda for the Ninth Meeting of Ministers of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which takes place in Barbados on 16th and 17 June...

The Caribbean Community has learnt with concern of the growing tension between two of its Member States - Guyana and Suriname - over border issues. The Community welcomes however, the process of dialogue to which the two Parties have resorted and expresses the hope that they will find, through that ...