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Dominican Republic bids again to join CARICOM
(Trinidad Express) President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina has appealed to regional leaders to allow his country to join Caricom. According to a release from the Office of the Prime Minister, Medina addressed 15 Caricom leaders, including Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, during a retreat at Petrotrin Staff Club, Pointe-a-Pierre, yesterday. Medina said that since 1989, the Dominican Republic has…
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Venezuela offers assistance to Caribbean countries
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – VENEZUELA has pledged to offer assistance to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a number of areas, including transportation, Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar said here Saturday. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held talks with CARICOM leaders during a near hour-long visit to Trinidad where the Regional leaders were wrapping up their 34th annual summit. He left…
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CARICOM Summit in Port of Spain ends Leaders agree to the re-introduction of a single domestic space
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their four-day summit in Port of Spain on Saturday agreeing to the immediate adoption of a stabilisation and growth agenda which emphasises the removal of constraints on competitive production as well as proactive facilitation and support for the private sector aimed at catalysing growth in critical economic sectors. CARICOM…
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CARICOM Free Movement Bill tabled
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Bill to amend the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in regional countries has been tabled in the House of Representatives, by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Derrick Kellier. The Bill provides for the introduction of a single certificate system, and it…
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Heads agree on reparations follow-up action
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on the final day of their Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting agreed on follow-up action on the matter of reparations for native genocide and slavery. The Meeting agreed to the establishment of a National Reparations Committee in each Member State with the Chair of each Committee sitting on…
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Statement by Ambassador Lorne T. McDonnough Chief Executive Officer Of the CARICOM Development Fund At the SIGNING OF THE COUNTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME AGREEMENT between the THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA and the CARICOM DEVELOPMENT FUND HILTON HOTEL, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
HE Donald Ramotar, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana,Hon. Ashni Singh-Minister of Finance,Hon Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett–Minister of Foreign Affairs,Hon. Robeson Benn, Minister of Public Works,Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press. I am particularly glad Mr President and Minister Singh, that you have been able to find some time during your busy schedule to meet here in Trindad and Tobago…
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Guyana gets US$7.3M from CDF
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Guyana and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) on Saturday, 6 July, 2013, signed a country assistance programme agreement that will inject US$7.32M into Guyana’s agriculture sector. Guyana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and Chief Executive Officer of the CDF, Ambassador Lorne McDonnough signed the agreement for a combination of a US$4.566M concessionary loan and…
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Another generation of leaders bats for CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Hon. Fruendel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados has said that amid the challenges encountered in the journey of integration, an objective evaluation of the last 40 years would reveal a more closely knit Community, today, than at any other time in the region’s history. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 34th CARICOM…
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CARICOM is strong and united – Chair of the Community, SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has affirmed the strength of the integration movement, and has urged a demonstration of steadfastness to make CARICOM an “even greater force within the world community.” Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar said the journey to that milestone was punctuated with…
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Heads place attention on persons with disabilities
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, for their Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting, will place the spotlight on persons with disabilities and special needs as they consider Haiti’s proposal for a high level meeting on the issue. At the opening of the Conference on Wednesday, at least two Heads…
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