Year: 2013
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Africa meets Caribbean trade mission kicks off next Tuesday
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A high-powered Africa meets the Caribbean trade mission kicks off next Tuesday in Jamaica, before heading to T&T the following Thursday. Theme of the mission is Social Changes: Catalyst for Regional Investment, Growth & Development and it is organised by UK-based Caribbean Enterprise Network UK (CENUK) in collaboration with its affiliate, Priority First UK Ltd.…
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CXC celebrates forty
St. John’s Antigua- Forty years after its establishment local administrators of the Caribbean Examination Council have defended the integrity of the test. CXC registrar Myrick Smith told state media this morning that the council is in a continuous process of improving the exam.
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CARICOM leaders to meet in Haiti next month
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet in Haiti next month, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced Tuesday. It said that the arrangements for the February 18-19 meeting had been finalised at the 31st meeting of the CARICOM Council of Ministers meeting here on Monday. This will be the first time that Haiti will be host of a…
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IRENA GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
The Third General Assembly Meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was held on 13-14 January 2013 in Abu Dhabi, and the CARICOM Secretariat represented by its Programme Manager, Energy, participated as an Observer. Four CARICOM Member States were also represented, viz, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Guyana, and St. Vincent and Grenadines. The CARICOM Secretariat representative delivered a presentation…
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CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEET IN HAITI 18-19 FEBRUARY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti will host the Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 18-19 February 2013. The arrangements for the meeting were agreed to at the Thirty-First Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers when they met in Georgetown on Monday 14 January, 2013. It will be the…
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Cable and Wireless to invest more in Caribbean operations
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) says it has agreed the sale of its Macau business, (CTM), for US$750 million, strengthening its ability to invest in the Central American and Caribbean region. Brand & Communications Director, Cable & Wireless Communications, Lachlan Johnston, said that since 2010, CWC's stated strategy has been to reshape its global portfolio business…
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Central Bank optimistic about economic growth
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago said it remains “cautiously optimistic” that the country’s economic growth will surpass two per cent in 2013, pointing to a number of actions that have taken place “over the course of last year. Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran said the oil-rich twin island Republic’s economic performance comes…
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PM urges unions to re-think position
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday appealed to the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) and the Police Welfare Association to accept the government’s latest wage offer, insisting it is the “best we can do” given the current economic situation. DPSU general secretary Thomas Letang told reporters last Friday that the union had rejected the latest offer and…
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