By mahtabala, 30 November, 2006

Over the years I have learnt to take up any offer to hold hands with the media with a hint of trepidation. But this time around I feel safer as the chaperone is the United Nations. And even though not the blue helmets of the peacekeeping force, the United Nations Population Fund grants me enough cover to feel reasonably safe particularly as over the years we have had a close and fruitful co-operation relationship. We look forward to an even closer and more productive relationship in the face of the upcoming restructuring.

By mahtabala, 27 November, 2006

Your Excellency Mr. David Robinson, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Assistant Secretary-General, Other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen

It is with distinct pleasure that I welcome you most warmly, Ambassador, to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. Here you will find among our staff what can almost be termed a microcosm of the fifteen-member CARICOM regional organisation.

By mahtabala, 27 November, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite and Assistant Secretary-General Foreign and Community Relations, Ambassador Colin Granderson will participate in the International Conference for the Economic and Social Development of Haiti in Madrid, Spain, from 29-30 November 2006.

By mahtabala, 26 November, 2006
Chairman Mr. Kyle Jackman, Ambassador Lolita Applewaite, Ambassador Irwin La Rocque, Senator Sandra Husbands, Patrick Zephyr, President of Guyana Small Business Association, Delegates from the respective CCARICOM countries, Invited guests and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the media, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Firstly, I would like to welcome our overseas guests to bright and beautiful Guyana and to invite them to visit our resorts.

By mahtabala, 25 November, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the private sector in Guyana will be updated on the status of work in a number of areas on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) during a consultation convened by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from the Guyana Manufacturers Association (GMA).

By mahtabala, 24 November, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Sector is vital to the economic and social development of the Region, given its contribution to the creation of employment particularly for the Region’s youth.

By mahtabala, 21 November, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Ministers of Education and Labour have agreed that the University of the West Indies (UWI) should conduct an in-depth study to research the impact of the continued migration of teachers, doctors and nurses, both intra and extra-regionally.

The agreement was reached during talks among the Ministers and Officials who met 19-21 October in Georgetown, Guyana, for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), which had a special focus on education and labour.

By mahtabala, 21 November, 2006

Your Excellency Mr. Charles Court
Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
Assistant Secretaries-General
Other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

Today I am deeply honoured to welcome His Excellency Charles Court and to receive the Credentials accrediting him as Canada’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

By mahtabala, 20 November, 2006

“The commitment of CARICOM to Haiti runs deep.” This assurance was given to Haitian President His Excellency Rene Preval, the Government and people of Haiti by the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Honourable Dr Denzil Douglas, during a one-day Prime Ministerial Mission to that CARICOM Member State, on Wednesday 18 October.