Press Releases
-
ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGE – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL’S CALL
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr Edwin Carrington has issued an “all hands on deck” call, as the Community prepares to face the challenges of the twenty-first century. Mr Carrington’s call came as he addressed the national and regional media in Guyana, in not only his first major press conference for the year, but also just before departing for…
Read More » -
CARICOM DEBATING COMPETITION SEMI-FINALISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
The finalists in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secondary Schools Debating Competition, highlight activity for the 25th Anniversary of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be announced tomorrow Friday 26 February 1999. Two semi finals will take place simultaneously in Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago. The host countries will face St. Kitts and Nevis and The Bahamas respectively. In Dominica, the competition…
Read More » -
CARICOM DEBATE QUARTER FINALS SET FOR WEDNESDAY
Guyana will propose that “The Region at All Levels in International Sport Should Be Represented by Regional Rather than National Teams” when the CARICOM 25th Anniversary Schools Debating competition enters its quarter final stage on Wednesday, February 10 at the Bishops High School Auditorium, Carmichael Street, Georgetown. The home team will be opposed by Trinidad and Tobago who last week…
Read More » -
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WINS FIRST ROUND IN CARICOM DEBATE
Trinidad and Tobago defeated Grenada as the preliminary round of the CARICOM 25th Anniversary Regional Schools Debating Competition got underway in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday, February 2, 1999. The three-member all-female Trinidad and Tobago team of Kersha Edwards, Bhagwandaye Basdeo and Keisha Jack successfully argued that “Gender Equality in the Caribbean Community Is A Myth“. Ms Edwards was adjudged Best…
Read More » -
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 25-29 JANUARY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Third Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee comprising Hon. Ministers responsible for Legal Affairs and Attorneys-General of the Caribbean Community was convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 25-29 January 1999 under the distinguished chairmanship of the Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, S.C., Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago. The Meeting was attended by Ms. Gertel Thom, Deputy Solicitor General…
Read More » -
PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CARICOM FACILITATOR TO GUYANA, 31 JANUARY 1999
Since I last reported to you on 18 December 1998, the Parties have continued faithfully in dialogue. You will recall that the agreement reached in relation to Composition of State Boards, Commissions and Committees had left certain details to be completed. Those details have now been resolved and that matter has been settled. The Boards, Commissions and Committees on which…
Read More » -
CARIBBEAN-US FORUM LEAD ACTIVITY IN GUYANA
The Secretariats of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) will play host to a delegation from the Dominican Republic in Guyana as a lead activity to the Caribbean-US Forum on Trade and Investment which is scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic 16-18 March 1999. The delegation from the Dominican Republic will, on Friday 29 January 1999…
Read More » -
TRADE MATTERS DOMINATE COTED MEETING
The Fifth Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED) begins in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday. Ministers, mainly those with responsibility for Trade, will discuss an agenda dominated by matters related to the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSM&E) as well as External Trade and Economic Relations. COTED promotes trade and economic…
Read More » -
CARICOM CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY-GENERAL MEET IN SURINAME
The President of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency, Dr Jules Wijdenbosch on Thursday welcomed a four-member delegation from the CARICOM Secretariat led by CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington. This traditional Secretariat briefing of the incoming Chairman, took place at the Presidential Cabinet in Paramaribo, Suriname and the Secretary-General…
Read More » -
SURINAME AND HAITI HEAD CARIBBEAN ORGANISATIONS AS THE 21ST CENTURY LOOMS
A clear indication of the progress and direction of Caribbean integration can be gleaned from the fact that Suriname and Haiti both non-English speaking Members of the Community head vital institutions as the Region moves towards the new millennium Suriname has assumed the Chairmanship of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the first time…
Read More »