Guyana will propose that "The Region at All Levels in International Sport Should Be Represented by Regional Rather than National Teams" when the CARICOM 25th Anniversary Schools Debating competition enters its quarter final stage on Wednesday, February 10 at the Bishops High School Auditorium, Carmichael Street, Georgetown.
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Trinidad and Tobago defeated Grenada as the preliminary round of the CARICOM 25th Anniversary Regional Schools Debating Competition got underway in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday, February 2, 1999.
The Third Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee comprising Hon. Ministers responsible for Legal Affairs and Attorneys-General of the Caribbean Community was convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 25-29 January 1999 under the distinguished chairmanship of the Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, S.C., Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago.
Since I last reported to you on 18 December 1998, the Parties have continued faithfully in dialogue. You will recall that the agreement reached in relation to Composition of State Boards, Commissions and Committees had left certain details to be completed. Those details have now been resolved and that matter has been settled. The Boards, Commissions and Committees on which the PNC will be represented have been identified and the following criteria for appointment have been agreed_
The Secretariats of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) will play host to a delegation from the Dominican Republic in Guyana as a lead activity to the Caribbean-US Forum on Trade and Investment which is scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic 16-18 March 1999.
The delegation from the Dominican Republic will, on Friday 29 January 1999 have a series of meetings with officials from both the private and public sectors in Guyana as well as with the Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Dr. Carla Barnett.
The Fifth Meeting of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED) begins in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday.
The President of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency, Dr Jules Wijdenbosch on Thursday welcomed a four-member delegation from the CARICOM Secretariat led by CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington.
This traditional Secretariat briefing of the incoming Chairman, took place at the Presidential Cabinet in Paramaribo, Suriname and the Secretary-General brought the Chairman up to date with current issues of relevance to the Community, which require his attention as Chairman.
A clear indication of the progress and direction of Caribbean integration can be gleaned from the fact that Suriname and Haiti both non-English speaking Members of the Community head vital institutions as the Region moves towards the new millennium
Montserratians are eagerly awaiting the completion of the CARICOM Village at Davy Hill in the north of the island.
Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister the Hon. Lester Bird and CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington toured the project on the north side of the island during their one-day visit to the volcano-stricken Member State of the Caribbean Community on Tuesday. Of the 25 pre- fabricated houses being provided by CARICOM with the assistance of Cuba, 15 are about 80 percent complete.
Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister, the Hon. Lester Bird, accompanied by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington will pay a goodwill visit to Montserrat on Tuesday December 29 to share the spirit of the Christmas season with residents of that volcano-stricken Member State of the Caribbean Community.