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EPA implementation gets a boost
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) St Vincent and the Grenadines is poised to make greater strides in the implementation of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), building on progress made to date. These were the sentiments of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and…
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President Martelly to visit CARICOM Secretariat
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Michel Joseph Martelly, the President of Haiti will pay an official visit to the CARICOM Secretariat from 20-22 March 2013. President Martelly will hold discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and his Executive Management team on Thursday 21 March at the Secretariat’s Turkeyen, Guyana…
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CARICOM EAGER TO COMPLETE ROBUST ARMS TRADE TREATY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Member States will be pressing for a successful conclusion to the final Negotiation Session of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty which began at UN Headquarters, New York, USA on Monday. Such an outcome to the ten-day conference is of vital importance to the Member States of the Caribbean…
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RENEWABLE ENERGY R&D STUDY/ BUSINESS INNOVATION TOUR
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat received grant funding from the Inter-American Development Bank to support the development of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS). A Study/Business Innovation Tour aimed at building capacity among renewable energy (RE) project developers, entrepreneurs and researchers in the promotion of technological innovation, and also at facilitating access to funding for RE research and…
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Venezuelan elections and the Chávez cult
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Fifteen years ago, elections in Venezuela were not very democratic affairs, confined to nasty battles between two factions within the country's elite, and largely excluding any representation of the interests of the majority poor, except to temporarily garner their votes. Sound vaguely familiar? After Chávez, all of that changed. Winning is now a genuine battle for the…
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Bahamasair continues to lose money
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The national airline, Bahamasair, recorded a loss of US$11.7 million last year compared with US$9.8 million in 2011, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development, Philip Davis, has announced. He said that for the period July-December 2012, the airlines revenue amounted to US$37.4 million, while expenses totalled US$49.1 million. The increase in net loss…
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Knight: JLP did not endorse Ja-Chávez ties
KINGSTON, Jamaica – DESCRIBING PRAISES being heaped on deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez as Damascus-like, Government Senator K.D. Knight, last Friday, chided members of the Opposition who spoke in the Senate during a tribute to the fallen solider. Knight argued that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which now forms the Opposition, had never endorsed Jamaica's relationship with Chávez. The JLP…
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Opposition leader says PM mismanaged economy
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has accused Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of bringing the Vincentian economy to its worst state since the country gained independence in 1979. In an address to the New York chapter of the New Democratic Party (NDP), on Saturday, Eustace accused the current administration of mismanaging the economy. “Let him (Gonsalves)…
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