(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaica, on Tuesday at the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP), joined Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in making an initial pledge to the regional Development Fund. Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago had ma...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary- General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Kofi Annan has joined with the rest of the international community in congratulating the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the formal launch of the CARICOM Single Market. In a congratulatory...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum for African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (CARIFORUM) has secured a grant of €3.4 million from the European Commission to support the Region’s disaster preparedness programme. The project will be executed b...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Towards the Single Economy”, a report compiled by Professor Norman Girvan will be presented at a Consultative Symposium at the Savannah Hotel in Barbados on Friday, 6 October 2006. This Symposium is a follow-up to that entitled...

As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is not only a very special honour and privilege but also a great pleasure to be able to offer these brief remarks on the occasion of the twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Caribbean Community. The task is all the more pleasant for the fact that I had ...

The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED-Trade), will hold its inaugural meeting in Georgetown, Guyana on September 11, 1997. This Council came into being with the coming into force of Protocol I and replaces the longstanding Common Market Council. During this week's Meeting, Ministers ...

The Fifth Conference of Heads of Government of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries opened this morning in the Ballroom of the Trinidad Hilton Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. His Excellency, Sir Solomon Hochoy, Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago officially opened the Conference. Dr. The Right Honou...

Section I - PROGRESS REPORT Noted Section II - REGIONAL INTEGRATION (i)   Measures for Economic Integration - including proposals for wider Free Trade Area; (ii)  Trade and Integration Committee; (iii)  Location of Industries The Conference adopted a resolution to the effect ...

The Third Conference of Commonwealth Countries began consideration of its agenda this morning under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister of British Guiana, Mr. L.F.S. Burnham. The Acting Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mr. Donald Sangster, Deputy Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Patrick Solomon,...

Today the Conference of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries discussed and agreed on joint action on a wide range of subjects which affect the economic development of the participating countries. Subjects discussed include Economic Aid from Canada and a scheme for Mutual Technical Aid between Commonweal...