COTED

  • October 14, 2013
    822

    Dominica’s Agriculture Minister calls for modernization of the sector

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Dominica’s Minister of Agriculture, Matthew Walter has urged regional Governments to modernise agriculture within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “We need to modernize agriculture. We need to do agriculture as a business and we need to understand that agriculture is a science,” he told a press briefing as Caribbean Week of Agriculture ended on Friday. “And we…

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  • October 10, 2013
    990

    Jagdeo Initiative high on COTED agenda

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Jagdeo Initiative is one of the key subjects that will be considered when Ministers of Agriculture gather on Friday for a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture. The Special COTED Meeting is a staple of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) which is being held in…

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  • June 17, 2013
    789

    Barbados to raise unfair trading practice before COTED

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados says it will raise with the Caribbean Community Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) a situation involving the production of beers in the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development Minister, Donville Inniss, in an interview with the Advocate newspaper here, said that multinational corporations (MNCs)…

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  • May 28, 2013
    687

    COTED focuses on transportation

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Enhanced cooperation among regional airlines and the feasibility of providing a fast ferry service in the Community to boost transportation will be among the main topics Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Transport will consider on Wednesday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Discussions will be held during a special meeting of the Council of…

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  • May 20, 2013
    592

    CARICOM ENERGY POLICY APPROVED BY ENERGY MINISTERS AT FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COTED ON ENERGY

    he Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Energy, inter alia, Ministers of Energy approved the CARICOM Energy Policy.  The significance of this decision was highlighted by the Honourable Rayburn Blackmoore who was also Chairman of the Special COTED in his observation at the Opening Session that the adoption of the policy was “historic, bearing…

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  • May 13, 2013
    470

    SOME IMPORTANT DECISIONS BY ENERGY MINISTERS AT THE 41ST COTED ENERGY

    In addition to the approval of the CARICOM Energy Policy and regional level targets for Renewable Energy (RE) contribution to electricity generation of 20%, 28% and 47% for years 2017, 2022 and 2027 respectively, Energy Ministers also approved and agreed on a number of areas for supporting sustainable energy development in CARICOM.   Some of these include, that: •    where feasible…

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  • May 2, 2013
    588

    OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), GUYANA PEGASUS HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 2 MAY 2013

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Honourable Minister, I take this opportunity to welcome you – certainly not to your first COTED, but in your capacity as Minister for Trade of Grenada. And, of course, you have arrived in style – to take up your place as Chairman of this Council. I also want to especially welcome the Hon. Erwin…

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  • May 2, 2013
    323

    COTED CHALLENGED TO RE-STRATEGISE

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been charged to rethink, re-organize and re-strategise the way the business of the Council is conducted. The challenge was thrown out Thursday morning by Chair of COTED, the Hon Oliver Joseph, Minster of Economic Development, Trade, Planning and Cooperatives of…

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  • May 2, 2013
    304

    CALL FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PLACE AT COTED

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A place for the private sector at the table of meetings of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is gaining traction with the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), both making strong recommendations in this regard on Thursday. Secretary-General…

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  • March 11, 2013
    506

    ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HON. KEVIN RAMNARINE, MINISTER OF ENERGY AND ENERGY AFFAIRS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) – ENERGY, FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2013, HYATT REGENCY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good morning, on behalf of Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Government welcome to Trinidad and Tobago. Almost forty years ago on the 4th of July 1973, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana signed the Treat of Chaguaramas. By some coincidence that was Independence Day for the United States. The treaty…

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