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United States issues final regulations to combat Caribbean offshore tax evasion
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued what they describe as “comprehensive final regulations” to combat Caribbean and other offshore tax evasion. The departments said the reporting and withholding tax provisions, commonly known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), “target non-compliance by US taxpayers using foreign accounts.…
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Voters reject plans to legalise gambling
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Bahamians voted overwhelming in a national referendum on Monday to reject proposals legalising web-shop gambling and a national lottery. Preliminary results showed that by a margin of almost two to one, the voters in this Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country voted “No” to the questions on “Do you support the regulation and taxation of web shop gaming…
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ACP welcomes new sugar vote in European Parliament
BRUSSELS, CMC – The Chairman of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Sugar Subcommittee, Dr. P.I. Gomes, has welcomed a vote in the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development which supports the extension of the current quota provisions until 30 September 2020. The ACP says the extension of sugar quotas will help to ensure fair, stable and reasonable…
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Revise CARICOM Treaty again; CARICOM passport currently useless- Fmr. Jamaica PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Former Jamaica Prime Minister Percival Patterson Monday night urged an overhaul of CARICOM’s Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and he expressed grave concern about the real value of the CARICOM Passport. While he said CARICOM has made progress in a number of areas, the former long-serving Caribbean leader identified several areas that needed very urgent attention. Though member…
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CHAIRMAN UNDERSCORES HIGH VALUE PLACED ON CARICOM-CHILE RELATIONS
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The high value that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) places on its relations with Chile was underscored on Monday when CARICOM Heads of Government, Ministers and other representatives of Member States, and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque held discussions with His Excellency Sebastián Piñera Echenique, President of Chile. In remarks at the meeting with President Piñera…
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ADDRESS BY MOST HON. P. J. PATTERSON, ON,OCC,OE, PC,QC “A CRI DE COEUR FOR CARICOM: LEST WE WITHER ON THE VINE” To ROTARY CLUB OF GEORGETOWN IN COMMEMORATION OF ROTARY WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH GEORGETOWN, GUYANA MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is always a pleasure for me to be in the great city of Georgetown. My presence here tonight is due to the Rotary Club which does not accept no as a final answer when it calls. It has come persistently in many forms – resorting to the shock attack – by reminding me…
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SG SEEKS HELP FOR CARICOM AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE FROM FAO HEAD
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Mr. José́ Graziano da Silva reviewed progress in the latter’s assistance to the Community in agriculture, specifically in the areas of food security and assistance with sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, and food and plant…
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