Press Releases

By mahtabala, 14 September, 2006

His Excellency Mr. Per Eklund
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin La Rocque

Once again, it is a great pleasure for me as Secretary-General of CARIFORUM to be participating in a signing ceremony with a representative of the European Union.  Ambassador Eklund, thank you very much for your statement.

By mahtabala, 14 September, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum for African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (CARIFORUM) has secured a grant of €3.4 million from the European Commission to support the Region’s disaster preparedness programme. The project will be executed by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA).

By mahtabala, 14 September, 2006

His Excellency Mr. Per Eklund
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin La Rocque

Once again, it is a great pleasure for me as Secretary-General of CARIFORUM to be participating in a signing ceremony with a representative of the European Union.  Ambassador Eklund, thank you very much for your statement.

By mahtabala, 8 September, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for Foreign Trade will convene in Bridgetown, Barbados on the 9 September 2006, for the Seventeenth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The focus of the one-day meeting will be on External Trade Negotiations.

By mahtabala, 31 August, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) All is set for the launch of Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA Month on 1 September 2006 in thirteen administrative districts of Trinidad and two administrative districts in Tobago. This exciting national initiative will capture 54 villages in a series of national celebrations leading towards the official opening of CARIFESTA IX on 22 September 2006.

By mahtabala, 29 August, 2006

It is with deep sadness that the Caribbean Community notes the passing of one of its truly great sons, Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott.

Sir Clyde’s achievements in the world of cricket, as player, coach and administrator is unmatched in the West Indies. History will record Sir Clyde Walcott’s pioneering ascendancy to the Presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board as well as to the Chairmanship of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the game’s governing body.

By mahtabala, 21 August, 2006

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Dr David Farrell has been appointed Principal of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), located in Barbados. He replaces Dr Colin Depradine, who served since October 1983.