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CARIBBEAN-DEVELOPMENT-CDB funds for development projects in Bahamas and Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is making available more than US$18 million in loans to the Bahamas and Barbados for various development projects. CDB at its 60th meeting of the Board of Directors on Thursday approved US$16.18 million for the 40 year-old College of The Bahamas (COB) for an institutional and physical makeover. Among the…
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CARICOM Accepts Report on Antigua Led Inter-Faith Conference
KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – March 13, 2014………CARICOM Heads of Government have endorsed the Report from Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Baldwin Spencer on the regional Inter-Faith Conference held at the Jolly Beach Resort and Spa on the 17 February 2014. Prime Minister Spencer delivered the Report during caucus Wednesday morning at the residence of the Prime Minister of…
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CARICOM defends silence in St. Kitts and Nevis
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 12TH 2014 (CUOPM) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is defending its “silence” on the ongoing political situation in St. Kitts and Nevis where opposition legislators are seeking to force the Parliament to debate a motion of no confidence, that is still to be heard in the Court. CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of St. Vincent and…
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Martinique Continues Push For Associate Membership in CARICOM
Martinique Regional Council President Serge Letchimy’s historic visit to the CARICOM Heads of Government conference is part of a bid for associate membership status in the regional bloc. The French Caribbean department first began the process of applying for membership in the summer of 2012. Letchimy’s visit represents the first time a president of the island’s regional council has been…
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Incoming CARICOM Chair blasts its structures
Caribbean news. MONDAY MARCH 10, 2014; BUCCAMENT BAY, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Speakers raised questions as to the future viability of the regional body CARICOM, when the 25th Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting opened in at Buccament Bay Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Caribbean Community CARICOM celebrated its 40th Anniversary last year, and during those…
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CARICOM Leaders laud PM Douglas for 25 years as St. Kitts and Nevis Parliamentarian
KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT, MARCH 12TH 2014 (CUOPM) – Caribbean Presidents, Prime Ministers, Premiers and Chief Ministers have lauded the longest serving Caribbean Head of Government for his 25 years of Service as a St. Kitts and Nevis parliamentarian. At the closing plenary session of the Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…
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CARICOM asks Council of Legal Education to take UG Law graduates
There appears to be a resolution towards the issue of accommodating Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law Faculty for the upcoming academic year, Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall said today. The AG was part of the Guyana delegation participating in the 25th Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines.…
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PM Douglas leads on transformation of education and human resource development issues
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 11TH 2014 (CUOPM) – An urgent call has been made to transform education and human resource development in the Caribbean, has come from the region’s leading statesman and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas. Dr. Douglas was at the time on Monday afternoon making a presentation to the…
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Antigua and Barbuda to Benefit from Diplomatic Cooperation with Friendly Countries
Buccament Bay Resort, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – March 12, 2014…….Antigua and Barbuda is in line to receive further technical and financial assistance from a number of friendly countries to support its development agenda. Confirmation of this came during the Twenty Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Governments now underway in St. Vincent and the…
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Grenada PM Urges CARICOM on ICT
Continuing his push for information and communication technology development in the region, Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell urged CARICOM heads of government to enhance the region’s ability to compete on the “global stage.” Mtichell, addressing the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting at the Buccament Bay hotel in St Vincent, outlined a five-pronged plan for ICT development. The Prime Minister’s…
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