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January 12, 2015
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Significant benefits to flow from CELAC meeting in China – Minister Paulwell

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is projecting that “significant benefits” will flow to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, arising out of the meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held in Beijing, China January 8 to 9. The inaugural Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum is considered an important event in…
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January 11, 2015
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Saint Lucia celebrates Sir Arthur Lewis centennial

In observance of the 100th anniversary of his birth, the CDB, the UWI Vice Chancellery, and the UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia will jointly host a conference focusing on the Nobel Laureate’s work. Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Kenny D. Anthony will, next week, present the feature address at the opening ceremony of a conference held to celebrate the centennial of…
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January 11, 2015
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CARICOM wants to use China’s US$3 billion for debt restructuring

BEIJING, China — The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) hopes to tap into US$3 billion being offered that China is offering the region to help restructure its debt because the classification of many countries as Middle Income makes it difficult for them to access and pay back cash on concessionary terms. A proposal to acquire funds from China’s $3 billion dollar…
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January 9, 2015
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New focus on open-source software for SMEs

Free and open software services has the potential to radically alter the use of proprietary software such as Microsoft products into which regional governments are locked into partnership agreements and which cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually. This, according to Gary Campbell, the director of technology in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and doctoral student at the…
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January 9, 2015
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System to improve Customs operations will soon come on stream

Government is working towards a March deadline for the implementation of a system which will improve security, trade efficiency and “eliminate fraud” at the Customs & Excise Division. This, as the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a computerised management system which covers most foreign trade procedures, was officially launched on Thursday. ASYCUDA will allow the Customs Division, trade operators…
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January 9, 2015
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Lessons from Guyana and Norway

Caribbean news. Forests are crucially important to climate change. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), “they have the potential to absorb about one-tenth of global carbon emissions projected for the first half of this century into their biomass, soils and products and store them – in principle in perpetuity”. By the same token, the FAO points out that where…
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January 9, 2015
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First China-CELAC ministerial meeting concludes in Beijing

The first ministerial meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concluded in Beijing on Friday after passing three major documents: the Beijing Declaration, a five-year cooperation plan and the regulations on the China-CELAC forum. China and CELAC have also reached consensus on deepening political mutual trust, expanding cooperation and promoting development of the Forum.…
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January 9, 2015
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Trinidadians get assurance on State of Economy – PM Persad- Bissessar’s address on the state of the economy

January 9, 2015: The following is a statement made my Prime Minister, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the evening of January 8, 2015 on matters of the state of the economy: My fellow citizens, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. When we last spoke on the eve of the New Year, 2015, I made a commitment to have this conversation with…
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January 8, 2015
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SKN breaks ground on new solar farm

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 08, 2015 (SKNIS): St Kitts continues to break new ground in its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, reduce fossil fuel consumption and expand its usage of renewable energy, with the opening of the first half of a one-megawatt solar farm today (January 08). Prime Minister and Minister with Responsibility for Sustainable Development The Right Honorable Dr. Denzil Douglas,…
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January 8, 2015
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Going Green with energy saving street lights

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 08, 2015 (SKNIS): The first phase of an initiative to replace all of 5000 street lights in the federation with energy-saving LED bulbs began yesterday (January 07) in Basseterre. Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Hon. Earl Asim Martin, officially handed over the first 1000 bulbs to the St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd (SKELEC) CEO, Mr…
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