REMARKS DELIVERED BY HON. TILLMAN THOMAS
PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA
AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE
30TH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT
OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
NATIONAL CENTRE
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

WHO WILL STAND UP FOR CARICOM?

Greater Georgetown, July 3, 2009 -- Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Percival James Patterson, on Thursday, charged Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to stand up and be counted for the Community.

MINISTRY STAGES COCA-COLA JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT

ST. GEORGE’S, JULY 3, 2009 -- The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Culture and Sports in conjunction with the Grenada Tennis Association will be staging its  Coca-Cola Junior Tennis Tournament from July 4th  -11th, 2009.  Though matches will be played in the ten and under category on Saturday, July 4, the official opening ceremony is carded for Monday, July 6 at the Tanteen Tennis Court from 9.00a.m. Matches will be played, following the ceremony.

A PORT LOUIS PERSPECTIVE

During the fore-noon of Thursday June 25th, 2009 a PRESS CONFERENCE was held by Citizens in Defence of Grenada’s Land and Heritage with the Fishermen, Water Taxi operators, residents and other Stakeholders who use the Lagoon Park and waters of the marina in one form or another for their livehood.

HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGE STRIDES
SHARE VISIONS FOR CARICOM'S DEVELOPMENT

Greater Georgetown, July 3, 2009 -- The Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOOM) opened Thursday evening at the National Cultural Centre in Georgetown, Guyana, with Heads of Government acknowledging the strides the integration movement had made and sharing their vision for the future of the Community.

MOMENT OF PERFORMANCE IS HERE: CARRINGTON

Greater Georgetown, July 3, 2009 -- The time for preparation is past and the moment of performance is here,’ His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said Thursday.

In remarks during a speech at the Opening of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM at the National Cultural Centre, the Secretary-General referred to the Grande Anse Declaration and Work Programme for the Advancement of the Integration Process signed in Grenada in 1989 and said the need to deepen the integration process and strengthen CARICOM was today as urgent, if not moreso, than it was 20 years ago.

REMARKS DELIVERED BY
HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL
OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE
THIRTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT
OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA