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Workshop on trade in environmentally sensitive commodities ends
In an effort to enhance knowledge about international laws on environmentally sensitive commodities in Grenada, the CARICOM Secretariat hosted a workshop for Customs Officers and Border Control Officials on November 11-13, 2014. The main objective was to enhance Grenada’s capacity to implement multilateral environmental agreements, and to improve its management environment and natural resources. Speaking at an opening ceremony for…
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A Fair Climate Treaty or None at All, Jamaica Warns
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov 10 2014 (IPS) – As the clock counts down to the last major climate change meeting of the year, before countries must agree on a definitive new treaty in 2015, a senior United Nations official says members of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) “need to be innovative and think outside the box” if they…
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CARICOM Governments to increase quality information on the Single Market to CARICOM nationals
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM nationals in six Members States are to benefit from a greater flow of tailored information on the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). This is under a new project that aims to connect nationals with the information they need to work, travel and do business in participating CARICOM countries. Over the next five months, the…
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Avoiding local transmission of Ebola is ‘the goal’ in Caribbean, says PAHO
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) — Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Marcos Espinal, says preventing local transmission of Ebola is the main goal in preparing for the eventual arrival the disease in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to Espinal, who is leading PAHO's support for preparedness and…
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EU committed to help build economic resilience in the Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday November 14, 2014, CMC – Head of the EU delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Mikael Barfod, says the European Union remains committed to working with Caribbean governments and the regional private sector in building economic resilience. “The EU believes a favourable environment for doing business and the expansion of trade through regional and global integration…
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Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Gail Mathurin at the Fourth Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum 2014
Greetings and apologies from the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community – Ambassador Irwin LaRocque who is unable to attend but sends his best wishes for a successful forum. I am delighted that you are here in Barbados for the Opening of this event. The Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF) is a biennial renewable energy and energy efficiency forum that has…
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St Kitts and Nevis, India Sign Tax Information Exchange Agreement
The governments of St Kitts and Nevis and India have signed a tax information exchange agreement. The agreement was signed by St Kitts and Nevis’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Delano Frank, and his Indian counterpart, Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji. The agreement includes information “relevant to administration of domestic tax laws of each country in terms of assessment, tax claims…
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CARICOM Governments to increase quality information on the Single Market to CARICOM nationals
CARICOM nationals in six Members States are to benefit from a greater flow of tailored information on the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). This is under a new project that aims to connect nationals with the information they need to work, travel and do business in participating CARICOM countries. Over the next five months, the groundwork for greater information flows and…
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COTED approves two new standards for the region
The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has adopted two regional standards – both of which have been in development for a number of years. The region now has a common Specification for Cement, and a Code of Practice for Organic Production and Processes, both of which have been hailed as major developments by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for…
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