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Integration more urgently needed than ever – President Ramotar at re-enactment of Treaty of Chaguara
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana Chronicle – FORTY years subsequent to the leaders of Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica affixing their signatures to the Treaty of Chaguaramas, establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the present generation of Caribbean leaders took more than two hours to re-enact the signing, symbolically, in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM leaders have…
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As Chaguaramas Treaty re-signed
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – Leaders hope for unity After 40 years, the Treaty of Chaguaramas, signed in 1973 to create Caribbean unity but still largely unsuccessful, was signed again yesterday by 15 Caricom prime ministers at the same place it was initially signed—the Convention Centre, Chaguaramas. Making a strong renewed call for Caribbean unity, the heads…
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-Regional leaders re-enact treaty
Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Thursday paid glowing tribute to the founding fathers of the regional integration movement insisting that CARICOM has a major role to play in the socio-economic development of the region. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller told her colleagues from the 15-member grouping that “integration is a process not an event” while the in-coming…
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-CARICOM celebrates 40th birthday
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thursday marked its 40th anniversary boasting of being the longest surviving integration grouping among developing countries. In a message to mark the occasion, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin la Rocque said that 15-member grouping is second only to the European Union in global terms and that the “four pillars upon which…
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After CARICOM’s encouraging consultations
KINGSTON, Jamaica – ONE OF the encouraging aspects of the just concluded 34th CARICOM Summit was the structured high-level consultations with special guests, among them heads of government and top officials of international and hemispheric organizations such as the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS). Consultations with the presidents of Venezuela and the Dominican Republic as well as…
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T&T ranks 81st in global innovation
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – Trinidad and Tobago has been ranked 81 out of 142 countries in the 2013 Global Innovation Index for the second consecutive year, a statement on the Index’s official website has said. The country trailed 34 spots behind regional leader Barbados, ranked 47. Guyana was three spots higher at 78; and Jamaica was one spot…
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BERMUDA-REGIMENT-Soldier who went AWOL for seven years is fined and returned to duty
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — A Bermuda Regiment soldier absent without leave for seven years has been heavily fined after being caught on his return home from overseas, authorities said. The unnamed soldier — one of around 100 men who have dodged their regiment duty — was detained at the L.F. Wade International Airport when he recently returned to the island…
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CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-OAS says drug problem affects “pillar of development” in the Caribbean
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, says that the drug problem affects the “pillars of development” in Latin America and Caribbean. In presenting a report here on the drug problem in the region, to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Insulza underscored what he described…
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ST. LUCIA-CRIME-St. Lucians convicted in French court
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A court in the French island of Martinique has convicted four St. Lucian nationals who were on a wanted list for a series of criminal activities including the alleged murder of a French doctor. Fabian Cherubin, Roger Hilaire, Danny Francis and Roger Avril were accused of committing the acts during a 10- day period in…
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JAMAICA-COURT-Court reserves judgment in case involving Caribbean Airlines
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Judicial Review Court has reserved judgement in an application seeking to quash an order of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) preventing an attorney from prosecuting her former employer, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL). The three-member Review Court heard the application from attorney Nerine Small who was prosecuting the airline for allegedly refusing to honour…
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