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PM Harris champions CARICOM’s case on correspondent banking
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS and NEVIS (PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, on Tuesday championed CARICOM’s case on correspondent banking during an important consultation in Washington, D.C., with State and Treasury officials at the US Department of State. Prime Minister Harris led a delegation that comprised representatives from The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada,…
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Meeting on cost of fishing underway in Barbados
A meeting is currently underway in Barbados to chart the course for a new study on the impacts of rising cost factors of fishing operations. The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is convening the two-day meeting which concludes today. Among the rising cost factors in the industry are labour, fuel, fishing gear, repair and maintenance, and capital. The expert working group at the Bridgetown…
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UK Affirms Longstanding Friendship with Caribbean and Financial Support for Infrastructural Development
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, the Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond said on Friday, April 29, that he hoped the 9th UK-Caribbean Forum would “result in the kind of concrete outcomes that will strengthen our ties and help make both the UK and the Caribbean better places for all of…
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IDB, CDB, CARICOM and the US Department of Energy Sign MOU to support renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Caribbean
Partnership will aid cleaner, cheaper, and more secure sources of energy for the Caribbean Region President Luis Alberto Moreno of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), President Warren Smith of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Secretary Ernest Moniz of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and Secretary General Irwin LaRocque of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed a memorandum of understanding…
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CARIFESTA XIII preparations: submissions invited for jingle, logo competitions
In preparation for this country’s hosting of the 13th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) from August 17 to 27, 2017, the Government of Barbados is inviting submissions of jingles, as well as designs for the CARIFESTA XIII logo. Both the winning jingle and logo will be awarded a cash prize of Bds $10,000. Jingles submitted should be…
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Belize launches Caribbean’s latest Internet Exchange Point
The Belize Public Utilities Commission announced that Belize’s first Internet exchange point, named BIXP, was successfully launched in Belize City on April 27 at the campus of the University of Belize. The launch was the culmination of unprecedented collaboration between Belizean Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the highly competitive local telecommunication sector. The Belize Public Utilities Commission, the national regulator,…
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Belize’s internet providers make history
All Internet providers in Belize have come together to form a non-profit company called the Belize Internet Exchange Point (BIXP) in order to vastly improve internet based services in the country. BIXP was launched on Wednesday, April 16, making Belize the only country in the Caribbean in which all Internet providers are connecting at the same exchange point. An Internet…
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Caribbean Energy Security Summit Joint Statement
The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, together with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Caribbean Development Bank, European Union, Inter-American Development Bank…
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Caribbean energy sector to get transformation support
The just ended Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington gave a commitment to support the Caribbean’s transformation of the energy systems. The Caribbean Energy Security Summit in session: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley at the Head Table for CARICOM. CARICOM SG Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, across the table from US Vice President Joe Biden, makes a point.…
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Hammond expresses continued support from United Kingdom to Caribbean region
While on island last week to participate in the Ninth United Kingdom (UK) – Caribbean Forum held at the Grand Lucayan Resort, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK, the Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond expressed the UK’s continued commitment to the development of the Caribbean region. During the opening ceremony of the biennial forum…
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