The Executive Management Committee of the CARICOM Secretariat will be in Retreat at the Mt Irvine Bay Hotel, Tobago on April 8 and 9, 1998. The Committee comprises the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the three Assistant Secretaries-General and the General Counsel. Theme of the Retre...

The CARICOM Audit Team selected under the terms of the Herdmanston Accord to undertake an audit of the December 15 Guyana national elections is now fully engaged in the counting of ballots cast. The Team, which is headed by former Trinidad and Tobago High Court Judge and High Commissioner to the Uni...

Suriname has become the latest Member State of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to accredit an Ambassador to the Community. His Excellency Dr. Humphrey Abdul Rafeek Hasrat presented his credentials to CARICOM Secretary General Mr. Edwin Carrington at CARICOM Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana on Tues...

A range of matters relating to the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), progress towards a CARICOM Single Market and Economy, and external negotiations were essential focal points during a press conference hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown on Tuesday. CAR...

The arrival of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Audit team has been rescheduled for Tuesday 17 March, 1998. The meetings with the political parties which contested the December 1997 elections will commence in Georgetown on 19 March 1998....

The Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George's, Grenada, from 2 to 3 March 1998. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Social Ser...

The CARICOM team to undertake the independent audit of the December 1997 elections in Guyana will arrive in Guyana on Friday 13th March in order to commence their work. The team was appointed last month by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Dr. the Honourable Keith Mitchell, and will spend nex...

March 8, 1998 marks the eighty-fourth year that the world will be commemorating International Women's Day. As we, in the Caribbean, take pride in the progress we have made in furthering the objective of regional integration and prepare to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of ...

The Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George's, Grenada, from 2 to 3 March 1998. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Social Se...

Five Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and CARICOM Secretary General turned the sod as a symbolic start for the building of the permanent headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat at Liliendaal, Georgetown, Guyana. Chairman of CARICOM Dr. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, ho...