THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (UWI) is moving to fill a void in information on Internet banking, a relatively new development.

It has announced a grant of US$15 000 for economists Dr Winston Moore and Dr Justin Robinson to conduct research into Internet bankingin the Caribbean.

The project is one of several which FirstCaribbean International Bank is financing to the tune of US$70 000.

The research grants, announced at the Cave Hill Campus yesterday, will finance projects at the local, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago campuses.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)

Political Leadership is Critical to Ensuring Universal Access

World AIDS Day provides us all with an opportunity to reflect, celebrate and take stock of the mixed fortunes that are being experienced by the Caribbean Region, and indeed the world in their respective responses to the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first public screening of the HIV edutainment film “Sma Mofo/Gossip: Shirley and John” will take place on 1 December 2008 in Paramaribo, Suriname to observe World AIDS Day.

Dr. the Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana and Chairman of this Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers
Other Honourable Ministers
Other Heads of Delegation
Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my special pleasure today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM), to welcome you all to the Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held its Twenty-Sixth Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, 24-25 November 2008.

Dr. the Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana and Chairman of this Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers
Other Honourable Ministers
Other Heads of Delegation
Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my special pleasure today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM), to welcome you all to the Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers.

Honourable Ministers
Heads of Delegation
Secretary-General of CARIFORUM
Director-General CRNM
Officials of CARIFORUM States
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to Guyana for this the Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers. In many ways this is a unique moment.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The rapid changes in the global scenario and the imminent changes that would be wrought by the trading arrangements now being put in place provided a good opportunity for the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) to engage in self-examination, Dr. The Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana said Wednesday.

Madam Chairperson, Senator Maxine McLean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Dr. the Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana
Other Honorable Ministers
Excellencies/Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Other Heads of Delegation
Representatives of International and Regional Organizations
Distinguished Delegates
Invited Guests
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

Madam Chairperson, Senator Maxine McLean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Dr. the Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana
Other Honorable Ministers
Excellencies/Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Other Heads of Delegation
Representatives of International and Regional Organizations
Distinguished Delegates
Invited Guests
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen