Saint Lucia

  • October 31, 2005
    449

    The WTO must do more for its Smallest, most Vulnerable Members

    CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Chairperson of the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference is set to make his rounds through the Caribbean this week. He visits the Region at a time of mounting uncertainty amongst the smallest and most vulnerable Caribbean Members of the WTO over the benefits to be derived from being a part of the WTO system, in light…

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  • September 28, 2005
    519

    Sugar, Bananas, Rum Feature In Talks With EC

    GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA – “For small developing economies, trade is an important mechanism for nurturing economic growth. In the current international trading environment, however, there is a scaling down and in some cases dismantlement of special arrangements for key Caribbean export products. As a result, there has been dislocation in key agricultural sectors.” This was the message delivered by…

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  • September 28, 2005
    365

    Bernal: Qualitative Shift In CARIFORUM-EU Negotiations Imminent

    GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA – “CARIFORUM-EU negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement are at a propitious juncture, having successfully advanced through two preliminary phases. Emerging from the current Regional Integration phase, both sides have a better understanding of their respective economic spaces, as the two regions move closer to docking. We have had a successful Phase II, and stand ready…

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  • July 4, 2005
    597

    New Global Realities Demand New CARICOM Trade Policy

    NEW GLOBAL REALITIES DEMAND NEW CARICOM TRADE POLICY GROS-ISLET, SAINT LUCIA – While Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Countries are committed to and are active participants in international trade negotiations, some uncertainty has emerged amongst Member States concerning the benefits to be derived and costs entailed. There is also mounting concern over the scope and pace of the adjustment process, which would…

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  • June 13, 2005
    338

    CARICOM 10K ROAD RACE RUNS OFF ON 3 JULY 2005

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural CARICOM 10K Road Race will be launched in Saint Lucia on the morning of 3 July 2005, just hours before the opening ceremony for the 26th Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government. The race is open to professional and amateur athletes from across the Region as well as other CARICOM nationals residing elsewhere. The…

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  • March 5, 2005
    372

    REGIONAL HIV/AIDS STRATEGY FOR REVIEW AT SAINT LUCIA MEETING

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) An assessment of the progress made to date in the implementation of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV/AIDS, specifically as it relates to such projects as the Global Fund, World Bank and CIDA will come under the microscope in Saint Lucia this week. The occasion is the Fourth Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM)…

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  • November 30, 2004
    433

    ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE 120TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SAINT LUCIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, 24 NOVEMBER 2004, RODNEY BAY, SAINT LUCIA

    Ms. Thecla Deterville, President of the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Mr. Brian Louisy, Executive Director of the Chamber Other Members of the Chamber's Management Committee Other Members of the Chamber Members of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I am truly delighted to be sharing this milestone event with you. Your 120th year of service in…

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  • July 20, 2004
    418

    JAMAICA, SAINT LUCIA TOP CARICOM TAX ESSAY COMPETITION

    Shaneek Amoy Frank, a 12th grade student of William Knibb Memorial High School, Jamaica will be among her country's delegates at the upcoming Eighteenth General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) in The Bahamas from 26-29 July, 2004. Frank's attendance at the meeting forms part of her first prize for the winning entry in…

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  • July 20, 2004
    384

    JAMAICA, SAINT LUCIA TOP CARICOM TAX ESSAY COMPETITION

    Shaneek Amoy Frank, a 12th grade student of William Knibb Memorial High School, Jamaica will be among her country's delegates at the upcoming Eighteenth General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) in The Bahamas from 26-29 July, 2004. Frank's attendance at the meeting forms part of her first prize for the winning entry in…

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  • July 5, 2004
    401

    ENDORSEMENTS BROADCAST LIVE AT RADIO CARICOM LAUNCH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA

    Barbados: CBC Radio, Barbados, has a long history of collaborative relationships with broadcast entities in the Caribbean Community on development and integration issues. Since the early 1970s, with the advent of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, we have provided personnel and financial resources for regional broadcasters to travel for coverage of culture and aspirations of peoples throughout the Region. Indeed, over…

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