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  • January 21, 2009
    713

    ACS FORGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH FINLAND FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN WIDER CARIBBEAN

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is moving to deepen its relations with the Republic of Finland for possible support to the Region in the area of sustainable development. At a press briefing following his first official visit to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday January 16, 2009,…

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  • December 15, 2008
    1,267

    E-business Convergence: The Melding of Internet and Intranet

    by Toby Ward — The drive to reduce costs is prompting a convergence between the corporate intranet, extranet and Internet. One website, multiple audiences. E-business convergence promises to meld Internet, extranet and intranet platforms into a single ubiquitous platform that serves up content and data based upon the user’s profile. Sounds glorious, doesn’t it? Since the launch of the first…

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  • December 12, 2008
    423

    CARICOM YOUTH GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES STILL EFFECTIVE

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At its third meeting held in Haiti on 8-10 December, the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) noted the findings of qualitative research conducted among youth in several critical areas including youth governance structures. An analysis of those findings revealed that the Community has put effective good governance structures in place for youth participation…

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  • December 5, 2008
    586

    FINANCIAL CRISIS, FUEL AND FOOD SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE IN FOCUS AT THIRD CARICOM/CUBA SUMMIT

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Diplomatic relations spanning 36 years between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will be consolidated at the Third CARICOM/Cuba Summit, as Caribbean leaders seek to explore and exchange ideas on how to solve critical issues affecting the Region. On December 8, 2008 in Santiago de Cuba, Heads of Government of CARICOM Members States, two…

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  • November 28, 2008
    1,204

    UWI study on Internet banking

    THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (UWI) is moving to fill a void in information on Internet banking, a relatively new development. It has announced a grant of US$15 000 for economists Dr Winston Moore and Dr Justin Robinson to conduct research into Internet bankingin the Caribbean. The project is one of several which FirstCaribbean International Bank is financing to…

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  • October 10, 2008
    402

    CARIBBEAN WEEK FOR AGRICULTURE GOOD FOR THE REGION

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Defined by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the Agriculture Policy for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) came into focus in several ways during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2008. Addressing the audience on Wednesday, 8 October in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the official opening of CWA 2008, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for…

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  • October 9, 2008
    439

    ADD VALUE TO COMMODITIES FOR GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR – MINISTER TUFTON

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In order to realise long-term growth from the agriculture sector, the Caribbean must add value to traditional crops such as sugar cane and bananas. This view was stressed by the Minister of Agriculture of Jamaica, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, when he addressed the official opening of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture in Kingstown, St.…

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  • October 7, 2008
    413

    CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURE ISSUES STILL IN FOCUS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At a time when the spotlight on agriculture is shining brighter on a daily basis, a high level official of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has emphasized that work on the Region’s agriculture agenda was moving full speed ahead. Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration at the CARICOM Secretariat Ambassador Irwin LaRocque told…

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  • September 27, 2008
    1,188

    Antigua-Barbuda to embrace ICT-based knowledge economy

    Accessibility to Information Communication Technologies ICT’s will determine the rate at which a knowledge-based economy will emerge in Antigua and Barbuda, expressed Dr Edmond Mansoor, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Information, Broadcasting and Communications in an information society seminar recently. Accessibility to Information Communication Technologies ICT’s will determine the rate at which a…

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  • September 13, 2008
    1,041

    Cable & Wireless to invest $400 million regionally

    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Richard Dodd, Chief Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless (Caribbean), has disclosed that the firm will invest over US$400 million in telecommunications development in the Caribbean region over the next three years. With its transformation programme officially launched in May, Dodd said Cable & Wireless is repositioning itself for an era of competition, especially in the…

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