CARICOM

  • April 9, 2014
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    Community Institutions discuss

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – CARICOM Draft Strategic Plan THE Draft Strategic Plan that will drive the CARICOM Reform Process continued to be developed with discussions among the Community Institutions at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Guyana, on Monday. The purpose of the discussions was to solicit the views of the Institutions on a direction, priorities, framework for implementation, areas of…

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  • March 28, 2014
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    Ending the Cuba embargo: How Caricom can help

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- WE welcome the latest call by the Caribbean Community (Caricom) for an end to the 54-year-old United States embargo on Cuba. But even as we acknowledge the correctness of the position, we must admit that Washington has, over time, softened its policies toward Havana, especially after former President Fidel Castro stepped aside and transferred power to his…

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  • March 28, 2014
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    CARIBBEAN-REPARATION-CARICOM chairman to address reparation conference in United States

    NEW YORK, CMC – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will address an international forum in reparations in the United States next month. Gonsalves will deliver the feature address at the April 19 forum titled “Revitalizing the Reparations Movement,” organized by the New York-based Institute of the Black…

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  • March 14, 2014
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    CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-Grenada government defends amending Economic Citizenship legislation

    government has defended its decision to amend legislation allowing for persons who apply for citizenship under the island’s Citizenship by Investment Programme not to have their names made public. The government, which controls all 15-seats in the Parliament, amended the existing legislation deleting the section which required that the information be included in the bi-annual report of the programme which…

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  • March 3, 2014
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    GUYANA SETS PACE ON ‘FREE MOVEMENT’ IN CARICOM….

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – FOREIGN MINISTER, Carolyn Rodriques-Birkett was evidently quite pleased in announcing last Thursday that Guyana has become ‘the first’ country of the 15-member Caribbean Community to successfully enact legislation that guarantees free intra-regional movement of CARICOM nationals consistent with the Revised Community Treaty. Among the more high profile Foreign Ministers of CARICOM, she has been quite active…

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  • March 3, 2014
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    CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-St. Lucia’s Opposition Leader wants “neutral” position on Venezuela

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – St. Lucia’s Opposition Leader Dr. Gale Rigobert is calling on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to remain “neutral” in the ongoing political disturbances in Venezuela where the opposition have been staging anti-government demonstrations to force the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro. Rigobert, speaking on the Observer Radio here, said that she does not believe that the…

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  • October 9, 2013
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    CARICOM says funding strategy needed to achieve MDGs

    UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has called for the adoption of a “strong funding strategy” that is vital in the attainment of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Addressing the United Nations General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, St Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to the UN, Delano F Bart, said this was an “opportune…

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  • September 27, 2013
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    CARICOM Commission Of The Economy

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – News from Trinidad & Tobago read: “Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders met in Port-of-Spain this past Tuesday and agreed to the formation of a Commission on the Economy as they seek to revive the ailing economies of the 15-member regional grouping.” CARICOM Commission on the Economy, said Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who chaired the CARICOM Bureau meeting, “should address the…

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  • September 26, 2013
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    CTO head wants legislation to regulate waste disposal in Caribbean waters

    ORANJESTAD, St. Eustatius, CMC – Secretary General of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Hugh Riley, Wednesday called for legislation to regulate the disposal of waste in Caribbean waters. Addressing the second Sustainable Conference, Riley said the Caribbean had a responsibility to protect and preserve its water resources. He said that water was at the core of the Caribbean’s efforts…

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  • September 26, 2013
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    Caribbean community appeals to global leaders for help at U.N. General Assembly

    Caribbean leaders are using their spotlight on the global stage at the United Nations General Assembly to call for slavery reparations, an end to the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and to highlight the development challenges impacting vulnerable nations. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday also used the moment to seek world support for his tiny…

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