The President of the Caribbean Court of Justice - The Rt. Honourable Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide,
Honourable Justices of the Court,
Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and other Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,
Honourable Ministers,
Eminent Guests,
Your Excellencies,
Fellow West Indians_
A DAY WHICH RESONATES
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Your Excellency President Max Richards and Mrs. Richards |
Your Excellency Professor George Maxwell Richards, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Dr. Jean Ramjohn Richards;
Your Excellency President Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of CARICOM;
Your Excellency, President Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana;
Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Other Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Hon. Ministers of Government of the Caribbean Community
Permit me to begin by congratulating the truly impressive gathering of legal luminaries behind me on this stage today who, from the introductions and accomplishments we heard earlier, can certainly stand head to head with any team of jurists anywhere in the world.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will forge ahead to complete the crafting of rules to engage and govern the Court's proceedings after its grand inauguration on 16 April 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago.
At a press conference in the twin-Island republic on the eve of the inauguration, President of the CCJ, Hon. Mr Justice Michael de la Bastide heralded the inaugural event as the celebration of the birth of a Regional institution whose gestation spans over three decades.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The decision by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and its partners_ The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the German Development Bank (KfW) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a regional social marketing programme represents a new landmark in the Caribbean's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This decision was the result of a joint agency meeting that was concluded in Georgetown earlier this week.
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Salutations: "A New Horizon A Whole New World" is a fitting theme for us as Dominicans and Caribbean people at this time to observe such an occasion. The many changes taking place in both the regional and international sphere provide an ideal opportunity for all of us to chart a course of development for this region which will improve the quality of life of all of our citizens. |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The three-day workshop on Services Statistics convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Statistics Programme with funding from the USAID Caribbean Trade and Competitiveness Programme (CTRADECOM) ended in Barbados on Wednesday 13th April with discussions focussed on the profile of the financial sectors and challenges faced in the compilation of data in the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be privy to the opening ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Saturday 16 April in Trinidad and Tobago. The event will be broadcast live commencing at 9_00 a.m. on all Caribbean Media Corporation's (CMC) Member Stations. Caribbean media specialist Mr. Julian Rogers will anchor the broadcast. The formal inauguration ceremony as well as a planned interfaith service will be held at Queen's Hall in Trinidad and Tobago.