Areas of Work
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST BE CUSHIONED IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are leading by example in streamlining the required arrangements to cushion any fall out that may occur as a result of the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). Speaking with reporters following his brief to CARICOM Heads of Government in Saint Lucia on Monday 4 July, the…
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REGIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY BEING MAPPED OUT FOR CWC 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean prepares to host thousands of visitors expected to flock to the Region for its Cricket World Cup 2007, security concerns are high on the CARICOM agenda. This is in light of the drastic changes in travel requirements that have taken place in the post “9/11” world. Saint Lucia’s Minister of National Security the…
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NO EXTENSION FOR CSME DEADLINE.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are experiencing setbacks in being Single Market ready by December 2005 need to speak up now so as receive resources necessary to assist them in meeting the deadline. This is the word from CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington, as he addressed a Media Clinic in Saint Lucia…
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Caribbean Concerned Over EC Sugar Reform Proposals
CARIBBEAN CONCERNED OVER EC SUGAR REFORM PROPOSALS Steep Price Cuts to have Devastating Effect on Region’s Fragile Economies CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday (June 22) for an overhaul of the Common Market Organisation for sugar. The Commission reform proposals cut guaranteed prices, totalling 39 percent in the price of white sugar over a period of…
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COFAP DELIBERATES ON SINGLE ECONOMY FRAMEWORK
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Progress reports on the harmonisation of a range of Instruments required to complement and give effect to the macro-economic policy framework for the Single Economy were considered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers attending the Tenth Meeting of CARICOM's Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) in Georgetown on Saturday 21 May. The Single Economy is one…
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FTAA Co-Chairs Cancel Meeting, Again
FTAA CO-CHAIRS CANCEL MEETING, AGAIN CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A meeting of Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) Co-Chairs that was to have been convened yesterday (May 19) has been cancelled. Having been notified of this latest cancellation, Heads of Delegations were informed that a date had not been identified for a future meeting of…
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CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN CARICOM CAN CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite has charged CARICOM Directors of Culture to maintain their role as champions and advocates for the vision of culture in the Region. Speaking at the Opening of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) in Georgetown on Tuesday 17 May, Ambassador Applewhaite…
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