Year: 2014
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CCJ orders Guyana to repay Surinamese beverage company US$6 million in environmental tax
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday ordered Guyana to repay a Surinamese beverage manufacturer more than US$6 million in environmental tax that had been levied on non-returnable bottles because it amounts to a discriminatory import duty that violates Caricom’s Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC). The CCJ took note of the fact that the Guyana government had taken steps…
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Guyana and Suriname participate in Arab-South America culture meeting
By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Guyana and Suriname, both members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), participated in the third Arab-South America (ASPA) culture ministers meeting last week between the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the Arab League members in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The meeting ended on Wednesday. The Arab and South American…
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Haiti takes new step toward organizing crucial elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — Haiti's President Michel Martelly issued on Tuesday an executive order to appoint a new provisional electoral council as provided by a political agreement signed in March to facilitate crucial legislative and local elections to avoid a looming political crisis in the Caribbean country. In the executive order, Martelly named nine members of the electoral council, but…
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IDB to launch new online tool for agriculture policy analysis in the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, USA — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will launch on Thursday, May 8 the Agrimonitor Producer Support Estimate (PSE) Agricultural Policy Monitoring System, an online tool for agricultural analysis with the goal of improving farming policies and practices in Latin America and the Caribbean, during a workshop at its headquarters. The IDB believes this quantitative tool, designed by Stanford…
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COTED engages private sector
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will hold discussions with the Region’s private sector on Saturday, 10 May, 2014, during the 38th Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). COTED opens on Friday 9 May, 2014, and will focus its attention on a number of critical areas including an…
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CARICOM strengthens efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is strengthening its efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment through the Sixth Meeting of Directors/Coordinators of Women’s/Gender Bureau being convened 6-7 May in Bridgetown, Barbados. The meeting is being held in partnership with the UN Women Multi-country Office (MCO) for the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Development Bank. It focuses on…
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First ever Dutch Ambassador to CARICOM presents credentials
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first ever Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from the Kingdom of the Netherlands Her Excellency Lucita MoenirAlam presented her credentials to Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at a simple ceremony at his office in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday. Both Ambassadors agreed that the accreditation was a step forward in the deepening of relations…
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CARICOM Triennial Award for Women selection process begins
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The selection process for the eleventh CARICOM Triennial Award for Women 2014 got underway in Bridgetown, Barbados on Monday. The Selection Committee comprised representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica and Montserrat. This year there were eight nominees from five Member States. The aim of the Award is to honour a Caribbean Woman…
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CARPHA and CTO Launch Tourism and Health Programme in the Region
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 06, 2014: Closures of hotels and cruise ports due to outbreaks of communicable diseases, environmental challenges like climate change, and poor health and wellness in the tourism workforce, can result in significant losses in revenue. These were the major catalysts for the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) partnering to…
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CARICOM Secretariat Staff Association gives back
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “We [CARICOM Secretariat] operate as a family so all staff members from Executive Management to Office Assistants and Office Attendants made a contribution….” This is the explanation of the CARICOM Secretariat Staff Association President, Timothy Odle, on the US$1800 donated by the Association to two homes in Paramaribo, Suriname on 3 May 2014. Members…
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