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Finance Minister sacked
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – President Desi Bouterse Wednesday fired his Finance Minister, Adelien Wijnerman, according to an official statement issued here. “This is part of the Reconstruction of Financial Management … and the seriousness with which Government intends to bring improvement to this matter,” the President’s Cabinet said in the statement. Wijnerman, an economist and career civil servant, was appointed…
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CCJ president speaks on diversity in selection of judges
BOSTON, CMC – President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, says a conscious and forthright statement of dedication to achieving diversity should be noted when the Trinidad-based regional court is considering the diversity of its judicial appointments. Addressing the International Bar Association (IBA) 2013 Conference here, Sir Dennis questioned how the CCJ, established in 2001 to…
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EU, Caribbean in accord to upgrade food export standards
(GEORGETOWN) – The European Union agreed Wednesday to spend US$15.7 million on improving systems to ensure that Caribbean food exports meet international standards, officials said. The EU Ambassador to Guyana, Robert Kopecky, and the Director General of the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, Victor Villalobos, signed the agreement on the margins of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, being…
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Agriculture back in spotlight
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Donald Ramotar said that agriculture is finally getting the recognition it deserves in the Caribbean. The president made this remark while addressing the official opening of the 12th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) being hosted here after 10 years. Ramotar said there are many challenges that confront the Caribbean and the world at large, but one…
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President Ramotar pleased with efforts to ensure food security in the region
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, — Caribbean Week of Agriculture officially began here on Wednesday night with Guyana’s President Donald Romatar expressing support for the efforts being made in the region to reduce food imports and ensure food security. “I agree … that we can’t supply one hundred per cent of our needs, but certainly we can do far better than we are…
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Senior CTA official says developing countries should duplicate CWA
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A senior official of the Netherlands-based Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA) says developing countries could benefit from duplicating the format used by the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to discuss the development of the sector. “I think this is the only region where there is a specific week every year dedicated to bring…
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UN health agency approves new encephalitis vaccine to protect children in the Caribbean
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations health agency has approved a new vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE), stressing that access to the vaccine will help save the lives of children in developing countries, including the Caribbean. The World Health Organization (WHO) added the Chinese-manufactured vaccine to its list of prequalified medicines, meaning that it has given it its stamp…
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CSME Project Launched In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Caricom project backed by Canada was launched in Kingston Tuesday to drive implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CSME aims to harmonise rules for the movement of capital, goods and services, as well as skills among the member countries of the regional trading bloc. Phase two of the CARICOM-Canadian International Development Agency…
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Caribbean currencies absorbing shocks from global environment-World Bank
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says that for the first time currencies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are absorbing some of the shocks derived from a “less friendly” global environment. According to the latest report by the World Bank’s Chief Economist in the office for Latin America and the Caribbean, depreciated currencies not only lower the cost…
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