Month: July 2013
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Recompense integral to growth – Antigua PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, believes a call for reparations is an integral element of the community's development strategy. Spencer noted during discussions by CARICOM heads of government last week that the legacy of slavery and colonialism in the Caribbean severely impaired the region's development options. “We know that our constant search and struggle…
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-COMMUNIQUE
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The following is the full text of the communiqué issued Monday after the 34th summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders that ended in Trinidad on Saturday, July 6, 2013. “The Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 4-6…
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SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS THE HON. FREUNDEL J. STUART, Q.C., M.P. AT THE COMMEMORATION EVENT AT THE CHAGUARAMAS CONVENTION CENTRE, CHAGUARAMAS 4 JULY 2013
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellency, President of Trinidad and Tobago, Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Fellow Heads of Government, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen. Today is the 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord 2013. Forty years ago at this place, the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed. Today, we try to re-enact what happened forty…
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Communiqué Issued At The Conclusion of The Thirty-fourth Regular Meeting of The Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community, 3-6 July 2013, Port-of-spain, Trinidad And Tobago
The Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 4-6 July 2013. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, chaired the proceedings. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and…
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CARICOM Secretariat partners with UNECLAC, UNFPA for migration forum
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat is partnering with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) and the United Nations Population fund (UNFPA) for the Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development. The Forum, scheduled for 9-10 July 2013, at the International Convention Centre, is part of an Intra-African Caribbean…
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T&T to develop mango industry
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Although there were challenges in developing the mango industry and by extension food production, T&T has the potential to develop it into a viable industry said Dr Mario Fortune, chief technical officer, Ministry of Food Production. “The mango industry, like other food markets in T&T, suffers from two main problems. There is an inconsistent…
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T&T makes strides against money laundering, terrorism
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Trinidad and Tobago has obtained further endorsement and recognition for its fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism by its entry on July 3 into the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), a release from Finance and the Economy Minister Larry Howai said yesterday. The minister said this latest recognition confirms…
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Haiti hopes $160m for high-end tourism pays off
MONTROUIS, Haiti—The only leisure tourist among the UN peacekeepers, aid workers, embassy personnel and missionaries on this beach north of the Haitian capital must have been Anne Fournier. She didn’t live or work in Haiti or pretend to help. Fournier was here for fun, travelling to Haiti for the first time with her Port-au-Prince-born husband of almost two years. The…
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