Year: 2014

March 12, 2014
587

CARICOM moves ahead with Single ICT Space

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will focus over the next two years on unveiling the Single Information Communication Technology ICT Space as the digital layer of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said…
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March 12, 2014
843

CARICOM defends silence in St. Kitts and Nevis

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 12TH 2014 (CUOPM) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is defending its “silence” on the ongoing political situation in St. Kitts and Nevis where opposition legislators are seeking to force the Parliament to debate a motion of no confidence, that is still to be heard in the Court. CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of St. Vincent and…
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March 12, 2014
1,627

Martinique Continues Push For Associate Membership in CARICOM

Martinique Regional Council President Serge Letchimy’s historic visit to the CARICOM Heads of Government conference is part of a bid for associate membership status in the regional bloc. The French Caribbean department first began the process of applying for membership in the summer of 2012. Letchimy’s visit represents the first time a president of the island’s regional council has been…
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March 12, 2014
986

Incoming CARICOM Chair blasts its structures

Caribbean news. MONDAY MARCH 10, 2014; BUCCAMENT BAY, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Speakers raised questions as to the future viability of the regional body CARICOM, when the 25th Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting opened in at Buccament Bay Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Caribbean Community CARICOM celebrated its 40th Anniversary last year, and during those…
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March 12, 2014
1,040

CARICOM Leaders laud PM Douglas for 25 years as St. Kitts and Nevis Parliamentarian

KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT, MARCH 12TH 2014 (CUOPM) – Caribbean Presidents, Prime Ministers, Premiers and Chief Ministers have lauded the longest serving Caribbean Head of Government for his 25 years of Service as a St. Kitts and Nevis parliamentarian. At the closing plenary session of the Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…
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March 11, 2014
1,168

CARICOM asks Council of Legal Education to take UG Law graduates

There appears to be a resolution towards the issue of accommodating Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law Faculty for the upcoming academic year, Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall said today. The AG was part of the Guyana delegation participating in the 25th Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines.…
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March 11, 2014
984

PM Douglas leads on transformation of education and human resource development issues

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 11TH 2014 (CUOPM) – An urgent call has been made to transform education and human resource development in the Caribbean, has come from the region’s leading statesman and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas. Dr. Douglas was at the time on Monday afternoon making a presentation to the…
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March 11, 2014
1,468

Antigua and Barbuda to Benefit from Diplomatic Cooperation with Friendly Countries

Buccament Bay Resort, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – March 12, 2014…….Antigua and Barbuda is in line to receive further technical and financial assistance from a number of friendly countries to support its development agenda. Confirmation of this came during the Twenty Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Governments now underway in St. Vincent and the…
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March 11, 2014
964

Grenada PM Urges CARICOM on ICT

Continuing his push for information and communication technology development in the region, Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell urged CARICOM heads of government to enhance the region’s ability to compete on the “global stage.” Mtichell, addressing the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting at the Buccament Bay hotel in St Vincent, outlined a five-pronged plan for ICT development. The Prime Minister’s…
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March 11, 2014
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Statement by the Hon MS. Jennifer Webster, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Republic of Guyana, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) -Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the fourteen Member States of the Caribbean Community on the priority theme: “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls”. CARICOM associates itself with the statements delivered by the distinguished representatives of Bolivia on behalf of the G77 and China, and Costa Rica on…
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