Sports
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REGIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY BEING MAPPED OUT FOR CWC 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean prepares to host thousands of visitors expected to flock to the Region for its Cricket World Cup 2007, security concerns are high on the CARICOM agenda. This is in light of the drastic changes in travel requirements that have taken place in the post “9/11” world. Saint Lucia’s Minister of National Security the…
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CARICOM MINISTERS TO CONSIDER ICT STRATEGY FOR ICC WORLD CUP 2007
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials today refined a wide-ranging strategy to be presented to Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies here on Friday 15 October. A major element of the strategy urges a business approach by CARICOM Member States to the planning and management of the ICC 2007 Cricket World Cup to maximize its financial potential. In a one-day preparatory…
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MESSAGE TO KIM COLLINS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ON WINNING THE 100 METRES EVENT AT THE WORLD TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PARIS, FRANCE
The Caribbean Community salutes you on winning the 100 metres event at the World Track and Field Championships in Paris, France – the greatest achievement of your career so far. Your success has shown the world that a country’s size has no bearing on the potential and quality of its citizens. It is a shining example of what our Region…
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MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF ST KITTS AND NEVIS ON THE SUCCESS OF MR. KIM COLLINS IN WINNING THE 100 METRES EVENT AT THE WORLD TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PARIS
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I wish to extend to the Government and People of St Kitts and Nevis hearty congratulations on the success of one of its great sons, Mr. Kim Collins in winning the 100 metres event at the World Track and Field Championships in Paris, France. His victory in the prestige event of the championships could…
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Letter from Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to Mr. Brian Lara, Captain of the West Indies Cricket Team
Dear Mr. Lara The outstanding victory today so magnificently won against the Australians in the final Test Match of the current Test Series took us really beyond the boundary, and represents an historic day in the annals of cricket in the Caribbean Community and indeed the cricketing world. A remarkable test match with a remarkable result achieved by the West…
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CARICOM COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT
Issues pertaining to culture, youth and sport will be the focus of deliberations of the Eighth Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), from 24-26 April 2003, at the Torarica Hotel in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA) is expected to be a key agenda item as it will be staged in…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HONOURABLE GAIL TEIXERA, MINISTER OF CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, GUYANA, TO THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 23 OCTOBER 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett Ministers of Government and Representatives of Member States Diplomatic Corps Members of International and Regional Organs Ladies and Gentlemen It is with pleasure, on behalf of the Government and people of Guyana, that I welcome my distinguished Colleague Ministers and their delegations to Guyana as we convene this Seventh Meeting of the Council For…
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WEST INDIES CRICKET BOARD (WICB) AND CARICOM DISCUSS FUTURE OF WEST INDIES CRICKET
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been invited by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, to participate in the Civil Society “Forward Together Encounter” scheduled for 2 – 3 July 2002 in Georgetown, Guyana. The Conference, which will see the participation of the Heads of Government of CARICOM, will take place just prior to their annual…
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