THE HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CORNER
CARIBBEAN DIASPORA CELEBRATES CARICOM DAY
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4 1) High Commissioner Orville London stands side by side with the High Commissioners of the Caricom countries and Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, 2) Mr Dexter Machan on steel pan, 3) HE Seth Ramocan, High Commissioner for Jamaica received the Caricom flag from outgoing chairman Ambassador Bocchit Edmond of Haiti, in a ceremonial hand-over, 4) a cross section of the attendees
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eads of Mission from thirteen Caricom countries joined members of the Caribbean diaspora and specially invited guests at a church service to commemorate Caricom Day, on Wednesday 4th July. The well attended ceremony was held at the Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London and the sermon was delivered by Reverend Lloyd Denny who came to the United Kingdom from Jamaica. In addressing the congregation, Reverend Denny praised the Heads of Mission for
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organising the service and stressed the importance of initiatives which placed God at the centre of activities we also sensitised the diaspora, especially the youths, about the history of the Caribbean and the contributions of its people. Jamaica High Commissioner Seth Ramocan who will chair the Caricom Heads of Mission Caucus in the United Kingdom for the next six months, received the Caricom flag from outgoing chairman Ambassador Bocchit Edmond of Haiti, in a ceremonial hand-over. After this, High Commissioner Ramocan shared
brief remarks and read the message from Caricom Secretary General, Irwin Larocque. Among the other highlights during the ninety minute service were remarks from Arthur Torrington CBE, co-founder of the Windrush Foundation and cultural items featuring Antigua and Barbuda High Commissioner Karen-Mae Hill and her colleague Antonio Joseph, soloist Margaret Johns and her accompanist Dwight Johns on the piano, and Trinidad and Tobago national Dexter Marchan on the steel pan.
LONDON MISSION | Volume 73
