Salutation Welcome This project that we will see presented today marks the culmination of discussions begun just one and a half years ago. In November 2003 the CARICOM Secretary-General, Mr. Edwin Carrington, accompanied the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, the Hon. K.D. Kni...

Mr. Chairman The Hon Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr. The Hon Denzil Douglas, Chair Of the Council for Finance and Planning The Right Honourable Owen Arthur Prime Minister of Barbados Other Distinguished Ministers Central Bank Governors Representatives of International and Regional Institut...

  Mr. Chairman Distinguished Heads of Government Other Members of the Board of Governors Members of the Board of Directors Mr. President of the CDB Directors and Officers of the Bank Observers Ladies and Gentlemen I am indeed pleased to be afforded the opportunity to address this 35th ...

Theme: "Creating an Equitable Information Society-Time for Action" Over the past few centuries the world watched as we made the tremendous leap from the birth of the telegraph through the development of radio, and television and its attendant broadcasting successes to the present Internet revolution...

Mr. Chairman Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade and Industry  Mr. Anthony Aboud, Outgoing President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers' Association Mr. Paul Quesnel, newly elected President of the TTMA  Ambassador Jerry Narace, Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador Other Members of TTMA...

Honourable Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, Mr. Satyadeow Sawh Fellow Ministers of Member States, Colleague Ministers of Agriculture Senior Technical Officers of the Respective Caribbean Member States Members of the Media, Distinguished ...

Dear Colleagues, If there is anyone in our midst who is of the belief that when we met in September 2004 at our First Stakeholders' Meeting, that that meeting took place in a backdrop of uncertainty, today as we meet at this Second Stakeholders' Meeting, the circumstances are even more ominous. The ...

Salutation It is my pleasure to bring you greetings on behalf of the CARICOM Secretary-General and the staff of the Secretariat, and to thank you for attending this the Twelfth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This meeting is particularly significant as it convenes...

Permit me to begin by congratulating the truly impressive gathering of legal luminaries behind me on this stage today who, from the introductions and accomplishments we heard earlier, can certainly stand head to head with any team of jurists anywhere in the world. It is with great pride that I stand...

Your Excellency Professor George Maxwell Richards, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Dr. Jean Ramjohn Richards; Your Excellency President Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of CARICOM; Your Excellency, President Bharrat Jagdeo, President ...