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CARICOM asks Council of Legal Education to take UG Law graduates
There appears to be a resolution towards the issue of accommodating Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law Faculty for the upcoming academic year, Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall said today. The AG was part of the Guyana delegation participating in the 25th Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines.…
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PM Douglas leads on transformation of education and human resource development issues
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 11TH 2014 (CUOPM) – An urgent call has been made to transform education and human resource development in the Caribbean, has come from the region’s leading statesman and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas. Dr. Douglas was at the time on Monday afternoon making a presentation to the…
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Antigua and Barbuda to Benefit from Diplomatic Cooperation with Friendly Countries
Buccament Bay Resort, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – March 12, 2014…….Antigua and Barbuda is in line to receive further technical and financial assistance from a number of friendly countries to support its development agenda. Confirmation of this came during the Twenty Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Governments now underway in St. Vincent and the…
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Grenada PM Urges CARICOM on ICT
Continuing his push for information and communication technology development in the region, Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell urged CARICOM heads of government to enhance the region’s ability to compete on the “global stage.” Mtichell, addressing the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting at the Buccament Bay hotel in St Vincent, outlined a five-pronged plan for ICT development. The Prime Minister’s…
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Statement by the Hon MS. Jennifer Webster, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Republic of Guyana, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) -Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the fourteen Member States of the Caribbean Community on the priority theme: “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls”. CARICOM associates itself with the statements delivered by the distinguished representatives of Bolivia on behalf of the G77 and China, and Costa Rica on…
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Caricom to discuss AML impasse
Heads of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are expected to discuss Guyana’s inability to pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) 2013 Bill when they continue their intersessional meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines today. Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who has accompanied President Donald Ramotar to the meeting, made this disclosure. The…
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Deepened integration, security key to CARICOM sustainable development – Hon. Persad-Bissessar
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Immediate Past Chair of the Caribbean Community, the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday underscored the critical importance of deepened integration and security to the sustainable development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In her address to the opening session of the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, underway in…
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Take tough decisions, fulfill obligations – urge Prime Ministers Gonsalves, Persad-Bissessar
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Taking tough decisions and fulfilling Regional obligations were two areas that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves and the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, identified as essential for solidifying integration and moving the Community forward. At the opening session of the 25th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government…
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Address by Dr. the Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines And Chairman of CARICOM At the Opening of the Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting Of the Conference of Heads of Government Buccament Resorts, St. Vincent and the Grenadines March 10, 2014
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) commemorated and celebrated its fortieth anniversary last year. During those forty years, CARICOM has chalked up a wide range of achievements, some of which are impressive, others modest. Of course, there have also been setbacks, disappointments and failures particularly around freedom of movement of persons, good governance and implementation issues. The accomplishments touch and concern functional…
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Reform Consultations and Commission on Economy endorse relevance of CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Speaking about the on-going CARICOM Reform Process, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said it had validated the relevance of the CSME as the platform from which to build the Community’s economic resilience. Ambassador LaRocque was speaking during the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Fifth Intersessional Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of…
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