Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Host Prime Minister Your Excellency the President of Suriname Other Members of the Con...

It is a wonderful feeling, as Prime Minister of Barbados, to be in a position to welcome you, and to preside over a Conference in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Fear not. I will not take over. It is not the Flying Fish Season. I offer a special welcome to two Prime Ministerial Colleagues who a...

Colleague Heads Members of the Diplomatic Corps Representatives of Local, Regional and other International Agencies Representatives of Academia Members of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure to address this Regional Heads of Government Summit on Chronic and non-Communi...

Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to address the media on issues related to the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to be held in Port of Spain at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 15 September. The burden of non-Communicable Diseases This Summit results from a decision of CARI...

Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to address the media on issues related to the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to be held in Port of Spain at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 15 September. The burden of non-Communicable Diseases This Summit results from a decision of CARI...

It is an honour for me to represent the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at this the 2nd China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, following the very successful 1st forum which took place in Jamaica in February 2005. Regrettably, he was unable to be present at this ...

The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Honourable Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of Guyana Honourable Minister of Social Development of South Africa Other Honourable Ministers Your Excellency, the Am...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In the face of unfulfilled expectations in the range and quality of statistical data in the Caribbean Region, policy-makers and researchers need to create a symbiotic relationship that would ultimately produce good socio-economic planning, ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four international development agencies have started collaboration with the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development in data collection on youth related issues. This is in support of the Commission’s mandate to assess the challenges ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CARIFORUM, H.E. Edwin Carrington on Friday 17 August signed a 1.3M Euro Financing Agreement to support the operations of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The signing ceremony t...