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Suriname elections transparent, free and fair – CARICOM Observer Mission
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION (CEOM) TO GENERAL ELECTIONS OF SURINAME An eight-member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) comprising Observers from The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago was stationed in Suriname on the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Suriname to observe that country’s General Elections held on Monday, 25…
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Trinidadian designs mobile app for prestigious Hilton hotel group
CALIFORNIA, United States, Thursday May 28, 2015 – Trinidad-born entrepreneur and mobile specialist, Anthony Phills, has designed a mobile app for Hilton Worldwide, a leading global hospitality company, spanning the accommodation sector from luxury and full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and focused-service hotels The Hilton HHonors 2.0 mobile app is now available in the Google Play Store. Working with…
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Caribbean countries to improve climate change resilience with IDB grant
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday May 28, 2015 – The Caribbean region will increase its resilience to climate change by enhancing the adaptive capacity across the region through a US$10.39 million grant approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The project is the implementation of the Investment Plan for the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Program For Climate Resilience and it…
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Climate Change – Full response critical
Executive Director for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Ronald Jackson has rapped the region’s response to climate change. Highlighting that it was critical to take climate change seriously, he stressed that it was also necessary to look at the phenomenon from all angles, including the islands’ level of readiness to respond to its impacts. “I am particularly…
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Tourism competition is not a guessing game | Ronald Sanders
Sir Ronald Sanders BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday May 22, 2015 – The performance of only five of the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are recorded in the 2015 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Of the 144 countries measured by the Report Barbados is the highest ranked CARICOM country at 46 with Trinidad and Tobago at 69…
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Haiti gets US$50 million for cleaner water and sanitation in cholera hot spots
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday May 28, 2015 – About 300,000 people from Haiti’s cholera-affected rural areas and small towns will benefit from increased access to clean water and sanitation as a result of a US$50 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. The Sustainable Rural and Small Towns Water and Sanitation project aims to save lives…
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Minister weighs in on region’s development
Government is expressing its gratitude to the United Nations Development Programme and the entire United Nations system, for their assistance in helping the country to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Senator Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade made the comments while speaking at the Opening Session of the Caribbean Regional Human Development Report Multinational Progress First…
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Redefining banking models to sieze digital age opportunities
Customers across the Caribbean look longingly at innovations in the US and other markets, such as full-service online and mobile banking, marketplace lending facilities and merchant payment solutions. The open question is if, or when, similar facilities will become available locally. The competitive landscape in the Caribbean does not provide optimal incentive for fast-paced, customer-centric, banking services innovations. Instead, dreams…
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CARICOM congratulates Guyana on 49 years
The Caribbean Community heartily extends congratulations to the Republic of Guyana on the celebration of forty-nine years of independence. During its 49 years of Independence, Guyana has played an active leadership role in fostering regional unity, particularly its prominence in the formation of CARIFTA and CARICOM. Regional integration has consistently been an integral part of Guyana’s development and this…
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The Bahamas signs on to major Agreements
The Bahamas used the occasion of the just-ended 18th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) to sign Instruments of Accession to three agreements. Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Fred Mitchell signed on to the: Agreement Establishing the CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS); Memorandum of Understanding for the Sharing of Intelligence among Member States of the…
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