Following on the decision of CARICOM Heads of Government taken at their Seventh Special Meeting , held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, last October, CARICOM Secretary General, Mr. Edwin Carrington, led a delegation to Haiti and held discussions on the regional grouping's assistance to that incoming CARICOM Member State in the run-up to its general elections, due on 19 March 2000.
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/Canada cooperation continues with the signing today Wednesday, 2 February, 2000 of an agreement paving the way for the Regional organisation to receive funding for an electoral observation mission to Haiti in March this year.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, the Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago presented "a CARICOM gift of love" to the people of Montserrat on Wednesday 29 December 1999.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, the Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago will on Wednesday December 29, 1999 officially hand over 15 houses to the people of Montserrat. This comprises the first phase of the CARICOM Village being built by the Caribbean Community for the residents of the volcano-stricken Community Member State.
The Hon. David Brandt, Chief Minister of Montserrat will receive the houses, which are located at Lookout on the North of the island, on behalf of the people of Montserrat.
Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Kenny D. Anthony in his capacity as CARICOM Head of Government with responsibility for spearheading CARICOM's support to the process of political normalisation in Guyana, today held discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington in Castries Saint Lucia, on the status of implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement - the two agreements to which CARICOM and the two major political parties in Guyana, the PPP/Civic and the PNC, are signatories.
Plans for the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) are expected to be further advanced at a meeting in Jamaica on 6 December 1999.
Attorney General of Barbados the Hon. David Simmons Q.C, chairman of the Preparatory Committee on the Caribbean Court of Justice (PrepCom) will preside over its third meeting as the Committee discusses the instruments for the establishment of the CCJ, issues relating to the cost of operating the Court, a Regional Public Education Programme and preparations by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to house the Court.
The Caribbean Community is deeply disturbed to learn of a decision by Carnival Cruise Line to cease calling at Port St. George's, Grenada with virtually immediate effect.
Carnival is the largest cruise line calling at Grenadian ports, and accounts for approximately half of the cruise passengers to the country.
Such a cessation of its cruise activity will therefore create a most unwelcome situation for the government and people of Grenada, particularly those involved in the Tourist industry, including the small artisans and traders who depend heavily on cruise tourism.
The Seventh Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on 26-27 October 1999.
As you are aware, I have been assigned responsibility by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community for the implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and Saint Lucia Statement. This assignment is in pursuance of the commitment of the Conference to support the process of political normalisation in Guyana. The purpose of my visit to Guyana is to update myself on the progress of the Constitutional Reform process and the Political Dialogue mandated by the Herdmanston Accord.
The Seventh Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) was held at the Headquarters of the Community on 8 October 1999. The Meeting was very positive and reached a number of important conclusions.