• His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana
• His Excellency Runaldo Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Lead Head for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation (including Culture, Gender, Youth and Sport) within the Community
• Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the CARICOM Heads of Government
• Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Mrs. Gonsalves
• The Hon.

• His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana
• His Excellency Runaldo Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Lead Head for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation (including Culture, Gender, Youth and Sport) within the Community
• Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the CARICOM Heads of Government
• Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Mrs. Gonsalves
• The Hon. Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana, and Mrs.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The athletes from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have put the Caribbean on top of the world, and have demonstrated that the Caribbean people were able to compete successfully with the rest of the world, H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said Friday.

The Secretary-General made the remarks in a congratulatory message to the top two teams in the men’s sprint relay.

The full text of the message reads_

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington yesterday received the credentials of the first Ambassador of St Vincent and the Grenadines to the Community, His Excellency Ellsworth John.

Your Excellency Ellsworth John, Plenipotentiary Representative of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the Caribbean Community
General Counsel
Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Other Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
Representatives of the Media

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nobel Laureate the Honourable Derek Walcott OCC will participate in a Symposium scheduled for Sunday 24 August as part of the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA X) which opens in Guyana on Friday 22 August.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chile's new Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday underscored his country’s interest in developing closer ties with the Community in trade, poverty alleviation and coastal border administration.

His Excellency José Gabriel Zepeda presented his credentials to CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington on Wednesday August 20, 2008 at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has recognised the "sterling" accomplishment of Ms Veronica Campbell-Brown. Ms. Campbell-Browne of Jamaica won the Women’s 200 metres sprint at the Beijing Olympics.

In a congratulatory message, the Secretary-General congratulated Ms Campbell-Brown on achieving also the "rare feat of defending an Olympic crown successfully in the sprint events".

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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the curtains come up on the Caribbean’s largest festival of the creative arts (CARIFESTA X), in Guyana, on Friday 22 August 2008, the Region's 14.5 million peoples and the rest of the world will pause in awe to enjoy the unfolding of a ten-day magical mosaic of music, dance, drama, culinary arts, folklore, art and literature as the Caribbean celebrates, for the tenth time, its unique cultural heritage under the theme_ One Caribbean; One Purpose, Our Culture, Our Life.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARIFESTA X comes home to Guyana, its place of birth, on August 22, 2008.

Large birds will fly; horses from Guyanas Rupununi region will dance; Jaguars will prowl; people will land from the sky; glyphs and nymphs will leap from the stadium floor as over three thousand performers transform a cricket ground into a Caribbean world of magnificence.

All these elements will come together in Celegacy.