By mahtabala, 15 October, 2008

Mr Chairman
The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados;
Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community;
Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union;
Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission;
Honourable Gareth Thomas, Under Secretary of State, United Kingdom;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;

By mahtabala, 15 October, 2008

Mr Chairman
The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados;
Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community;
Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union;
Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission;
Honourable Gareth Thomas, Under Secretary of State, United Kingdom;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;

By mahtabala, 15 October, 2008

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   Thirteen of the 15 Member States of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) and the European Community today 15 October signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) which ushered in a completely new trading relationship between the Region and Europe.

By mahtabala, 14 October, 2008

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On 18-19 November, 2008, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Education meet in Georgetown, Guyana, for a comprehensive review of the last ten years of the Community’s work in education.

By mahtabala, 10 October, 2008

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Defined by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the Agriculture Policy for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) came into focus in several ways during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2008.

Addressing the audience on Wednesday, 8 October in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the official opening of CWA 2008, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration, Ambassador Irwin Larocque said CWA provided several avenues to profile the positives in Caribbean agriculture.