It is with great pleasure that I deliver this message on the occasion of Caribbean Statistics Day 2016. The significant role of Statistics in the development of the Community is well recognised.  The performance of Member States with respect to the real growth rate of GDP, exports and imports ...

Salutations My fellow citizens and residents, congratulations on our thirty-third Independence Anniversary. This year we celebrate our Independence under the theme “Promoting Prosperity through Sustainability and National Unity.” This theme was chosen specifically to encapsulate how on...

Let me thank my fellow Heads of Government for their warm welcome as the new Prime Minister of Saint Lucia.  The numerous congratulatory messages received from the entire region speaks to the profound respect given to this new designation, which the people of my beautiful country have bestowed ...

I am honoured to join colleagues here in our beautiful sister state of Guyana, at this, the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. I thank you President Granger, Secretary General LaRocque and the Government and people of Guyana for the warm...

It is with a degree of conviction, that we are on the right track, and with optimism for the future, that I assume Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is also at a time when the Conference of Heads of Government is being infused with new blood. In welcoming the Most Honourable And...

Normally I would begin by welcoming you all to the Thirty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  However, I believe it is only fitting that at the outset, we should pay tribute  to a true  champion of CARICOM, the late M...

Mr Chairman, allow me first to congratulate you on taking over the helm of our Community for the next six months and to thank the Government of Guyana for the warm welcome and excellent arrangements made for my delegation in Georgetown.  It is indeed a singular honour and distinct pleasure for...

As Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government prepare to receive an overview on the CARICOM Single Market and Economic (CSME),  Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque stated that it remained the only workable option for economic growth. Our Member States remain resolute that it is ...

Thank you for inviting me to be here with you this morning to share a few thoughts. I believe that it is the first time I have interacted with you but I am confident it will not be the last. May I congratulate you on the occasion of your 25th Anniversary and that milestone emphasises the relevance o...

Opening Remarks Deputy Secretary General, Caricom Amb. Dr. Manorma Soeknandan At The Workshop To Mark ‘girls In Ict Day’ 28 April 2016 Arthur Chung Conference Centre Guyana Hon. Catherine Hughes, Minister of Public Telecommunications and Tourism Hon. Nicolette Henry, Minister with respo...