(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, Mr Ivan Ogando Lora, expressed satisfaction with recent progress made by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) to bring on stream its Market Intelligence Platform.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed the Community’s deep sadness at the loss of life and property during the recent floods in Trinidad and Tobago.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Three CARICOM Nationals have been recommended to serve on a Commission of Inquiry which is expected to enquire into and report on matters related to incidents surrounding the protests at Linden on 18 July 2012, which resulted in the deaths of three Guyanese.

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Monday, 15 October 2012 marks the fourth observance by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) of Caribbean Statistics Day, which is aimed not only at raising the profile of statistics and statisticians across the Region but also at recognising the crucial role of statistics in the advancement of the daily lives of the people of our Community.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As Caribbean Community athletes continue their drive to excellence, “they will inspire their peers and indeed the entire Community to emulate them in their commitment and dedication.”

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Coming on the heels of a first of its kind coordination and network building meeting for officials of national Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) implementation units of the fifteen CARIFORUM states on 2 and 3 August in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, a strong contingent of those officials are gathered in London this week for a meeting where the CARIFORUM-EU EPA is taking centre stage.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “The 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum is a welcome addition to ongoing efforts to provide impetus to the Caribbean’s private sector to be more invested in making the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) work for the Caribbean Region, indeed its timing is propitious as there are growing calls all around for the Agreement to be leveraged more deliberately by CARIFORUM firms.” These were the sentiments of the Director General of the CARIFORUM Directorate, Mr Ivan Ogando Lora, who is heading the Directorate’s delegation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Speaking to members of the international media at a press conference following opening remarks delivered on the occasion of the launching of the two-day 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum in London on August 8, the Hon. Anthony Hylton, MP, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce of Jamaica implored the Region’s private sector operators who have had a mixed record of utilizing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) not to be “bogged down by a focus on macro level issues.”

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The highlight of the last day of the 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum, convened from August 8-9 in London, was two parallel breakout sessions.