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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVES NATIONAL HONOUR OF GUYANA
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington has been awarded the third highest National Honour of Guyana – the Cacique Crown of Honour (CCH). The Honour was bestowed on Mr. Carrington on Friday (July 23) by the President of Guyana, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo during an investiture ceremony at the Office of the President attended…
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING THE ELDERLY: CARICOM CELEBRATES THIRTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Saturday, 24 July 2004 will, no doubt, be a special day for a number of Guyanese senior citizens and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat staff as they, under the theme Remembering and Honouring the Elderly, celebrate the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the Community. On this day, in a mark of recognition of this important, yet often times forgotten section…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVES NATIONAL HONOUR OF GUYANA
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington has been awarded the third highest National Honour of Guyana – the Cacique Crown of Honour (CCH). The Honour was bestowed on Mr. Carrington on Friday (July 23) by the President of Guyana, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo during an investiture ceremony at the Office of the President attended…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF PLAN STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY
Members of staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat met in a two-day retreat in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 20-21) to devise strategies to assist the Organisation to more effectively and efficiently serve the Region and its people. The retreat was part of an organisational change and refocusing exercise, which is being undertaken in several phases at…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF PLAN STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY
Members of staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat met in a two-day retreat in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 20-21) to devise strategies to assist the Organisation to more effectively and efficiently serve the Region and its people. The retreat was part of an organisational change and refocusing exercise, which is being undertaken in several phases at…
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JAMAICA, SAINT LUCIA TOP CARICOM TAX ESSAY COMPETITION
Shaneek Amoy Frank, a 12th grade student of William Knibb Memorial High School, Jamaica will be among her country's delegates at the upcoming Eighteenth General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) in The Bahamas from 26-29 July, 2004. Frank's attendance at the meeting forms part of her first prize for the winning entry in…
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JAMAICA, SAINT LUCIA TOP CARICOM TAX ESSAY COMPETITION
Shaneek Amoy Frank, a 12th grade student of William Knibb Memorial High School, Jamaica will be among her country's delegates at the upcoming Eighteenth General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) in The Bahamas from 26-29 July, 2004. Frank's attendance at the meeting forms part of her first prize for the winning entry in…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT TO HONOUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN GUYANA
H. E. Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will lead staff of the CARICOM Secretariat in commemorating CARICOM Day 2004 by honouring and remembering senior citizens in Guyana on Saturday, 24 July 2004. This “different, yet meaningful way”, of celebrating CARICOM Day 2004 recognises that senior citizens are an important part of the Community, but as a…
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Caribbean and EU progress in initial phase of EPA negotiations
Senior EU and Caribbean officials met in Brussels on Thursday 15 July to advance negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement which were launched in April. There was a broad understanding on the scope and priorities of the negotiations, which are aimed at promoting sustainable development in the Caribbean through increased trade, investment and regional integration. Agreement was reached on modalities…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT TO HONOUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN GUYANA
H. E. Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will lead staff of the CARICOM Secretariat in commemorating CARICOM Day 2004 by honouring and remembering senior citizens in Guyana on Saturday, 24 July 2004. This “different, yet meaningful way”, of celebrating CARICOM Day 2004 recognises that senior citizens are an important part of the Community, but as a…
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