Year: 2013
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Export-led growth: Who will lead? Part 2
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Despite all the promises of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), the countries of the Caribbean have not benefited from increased exports to EU markets or from increased investment from the EU. The 15 Caribbean countries to which I refer are the 14 independent member states of the Caribbean Community (Caricom)…
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EDITORIAL – Arms control and America’s moral obligation
KINGSTON, Jamaica – This newspaper, as a matter of principle, welcomes this week's passage by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly of the long-awaited UN treaty on trade in arms. We would have preferred a more robust document, with specific language against the transfer of weapons to non-state actors, and would have liked the treaty to apply also to domestic…
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World Bank outlines “bold agenda” for ending extreme poverty in the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank has outlined a “bold agenda” for ending poverty in the developing world, including the Caribbean. “We are at an auspicious moment in history when the successes of past decades and an increasingly favorable economic outlook combine to give developing countries a chance – for the first time ever – to end extreme poverty within…
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Role for EPA in Unlocking Economic Value of Region’s Cultural Industries, Sporting Sectors
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Unlocking the economic value of the cultural industries and sporting sectors of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) holds much promise for development prospects, especially at a time when there has been a significant reduction in traditional revenue streams. The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) represents an important ‘key’ for the…
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Second Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee, 3 April 2013 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Joint Declaration
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) 1. The Parliamentary Delegations of the CARIFORUM States Legislatures and the European Parliament, chaired by Senator the Honourable Vasant Bharath, Trinidad and Tobago, celebrate the holding of the Second Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. As set out in Article 231 of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROSS WILLIAM TYSOE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA TO CARICOM, THURSDAY 4 APRIL 2013, CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, allow me to begin by warmly welcoming you to the CARICOM Secretariat and to Guyana. I trust that you will be as at home here as your distinguished and much appreciated predecessor was. These occasions are always pleasant ones, and all the more so when one is welcoming the representative of a state…
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CARICOM-AUSTRALIA COOPERATION PRODUCES NOTEWORTHY SUCCESSES – SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Joint cooperation efforts of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Australia have contributed to the momentous achievement of a globally binding arms treaty, recently concluded by the United Nations General Assembly. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Thursday highlighted this feat in accepting the letters of credence of His Excellency Ross William Tysoe, Non-Resident Plenipotentiary…
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CAL ‘not strapped for cash’
cash’ PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean Airlines is not cash-strapped, the airline’s vice-chairman, Mohan Jaikaran, said yesterday. Jaikaran’s statement comes on the heels of a report in the weekend Mirror that the carrier was seeking an immediate $100 million injection from the Government to pay suppliers and employees. “I do not know where anyone got that, but it is…
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Opposition Leader warns of more “unpleasant actions” from the United States
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Tuesday predicted that the United States would implement “other unpleasant actions’ as it blanks the request from the Trinidad and Tobago government for information on whether or not National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner is the subject of a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…
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Government promises improved economic situation
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas is predicting an improved economic situation in St. Kitts-Nevis when he presents the federation’s national budget next Tuesday. “I must point out that our country’s current account surplus, the overall balance surplus, and the primary balance surplus …will all be realized even after the reduction in corporate taxes and these…
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