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OECD: Europe remains threat to world economy
PARIS—The recession in Europe risks threatening the world’s economic recovery, a leading international body warned yesterday. In its half-yearly update, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that protracted economic weakness in Europe “could evolve into stagnation with negative implications for the global economy.” The OECD again slashed its forecast for the 17 European Union countries that use…
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The regional trade, political and economic quagmire
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The debilitating state of CARICOM affairs echoes the increasing level of despair by its citizens who helplessly witness the official bungling by regional governments, who appear impotent in search of a constructive and progressive plan for the redemption of CARICOM. Not since the publication of the West Indies Commission Time for Action has there been any worthy…
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St. Vincent PM Gonsalves calls for private sector investment in regional fast ferry service
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC — Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says implementing a fast ferry service in the southern Caribbean is a risk the private sector must take, with government assistance. “This is not as easy as some people think. It is a lot of money which is involved. In fact, the reason why you haven’t had it, despite all…
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CARICOM-GERMANY COOPERATION PLACES FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, RENEWABLE ENERGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, and Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity will be the focus of Germany’s assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the programming period to 2018. This was reiterated recently when a German delegation met in Georgetown, Guyana, to review the CARICOM-Germany technical cooperation programme. The German delegation was…
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EPA Key to The Bahamas’ Value Added Trade Strategy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bahamas is pursuing a value added trade strategy. Authorities are seeking to more intensively position the country as a hub in global value chains, in the first instance drawing on, thereby better integrating, production networks across regional states in order to source primary and intermediate inputs for further production and export. The Caribbean…
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Communiqué Issued At The Conclusion Of The Twenty-fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of The Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 18-19 February 2013, Port-au-prince, Republic Of Haiti
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti, from 18-19 February 2013. His Excellency, Michel Joseph Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti, presided. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda,…
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Statement to the Press by His Excellency Michel Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) following discussion with Mr. Joseph Biden, Vice President, United States of America, 28 May, 2013, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We have come out of a very frank but cordial session with the Vice President and we believe that today’s discussion further strengthens the relationship between the Caribbean and the United States. It would no doubt help the United States to articulate clearly its policy toward the Caribbean which would provide an overarching framework…
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UN urges Caribbean to build on successes of decolonization
QUITO, Ecuador, CMC – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Caribbean countries to build on the successes of decolonization, saying they must also show statements of principle can be transferred into action. “Let us build on the many successes of decolonization,” said Ban in his message to the Caribbean Regional Seminar on Implementation of the Third International Decade…
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Trinidad and Tobago accedes to 1980 Hague Convention
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago says it has acceded to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects on International Child Abduction. The Convention, also known as The Hague Abduction Convention, is a multilateral treaty developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law that provides an expeditious method to return a child internationally abducted by…
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