FOR LONG AND DEDICATED SERVICE CARICOM SECRETARIAT SAYS THANK YOU

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will confer long service awards on 30 staff members at a simple ceremony at its Headquarters, Bank of Guyana Building today, Friday July 16. Topping the list of recipients are Ms Myrtle Chuck-a-Sang , who has given 30 years service, and Mr. Rajpaul Singh...
Read More

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN CARICOM TREATY AMENDMENT

By the end of the year the legal framework for the functioning of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) should be in place. This announcement was made by the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Owen Arthur, on Monday July 5, the first working day of the 20th Meeting of the Conference o...
Read More

CARICOM SUPPORT FOR MONTSERRAT

The Chief Minister of Montserrat, the Honourable David Brandt, has praised his CARICOM colleagues for the support given to Montserrat. He specifically referred to the building of houses on the island since the disruption caused by the Lang Soufriere volcano. Speaking on the first working day of the ...
Read More

OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Your Excellency Arthur N.R. Robinson, OCC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago The Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government Other Distinguished Heads of State and Government Distinguished Prime Minister of Spain Pre...
Read More

FROM CHAGUARAMAS TO PORT OF SPAIN : ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. OWEN ARTHUR PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY 0F THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 JULY 1999,  PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD

Distinguished Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Other Colleague Heads of Government Secretary General Ladies and Gentlemen: In 1986, the Rt. Excellent Errol Barrow closed what was to be his final address to this Conference of Heads by citing the words of John Bunyan in Pilgrim's Progress: "Thou...
Read More

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JULES WIJDENBOSCH, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4-7 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Esteemed Colleagues, Distinguished Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Distinguished Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is, indeed, a great pleasure for me to attend the Twentieth Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Trinidad and Tobago. I would like to express my thanks to the Government and peop...
Read More

CITATION OF PROFESSOR JOYCELIN MASSIAH, RECIPIENT OF THE 1999 TRIENNIAL AWARD FOR WOMEN, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

PROFESSOR JOYCELIN MASSIAH Professor Joycelin Massiah, born in Guyana, citizen of Barbados with several years of service in Jamaica, is a Caribbean Woman whose entire life has been one of service in response to the pressing challenges of the Region. For three decades she has been involved in every a...
Read More