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Steps Closer To Business Mobility In The Greater Caribbean
The movement of people within the Greater Caribbean Region has existed since time immemorial and has spanned centuries and generations. Persons of our Region have always moved in search of greater opportunities and economic advancement. Over the last few decades efforts have been made towards formalizing the movement of people and their economic activity. The movement of business people is…
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CDB meets with Haiti’s Minister of Commerce and Industry to Discuss EPA/CSME Projects
Port-au-Prince – Edward Greene, Division Chief of the Technical Cooperation Division of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) held talks yesterday with the Minister of Commerce and Industry of Haiti that were described as both “frank and productive”. In addition, Greene met with a senior official of CARIFESTA, the Caribbean Festival of the Arts, and affirmed the Bank’s commitment to support of the…
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Tertiary students from Grenada to examine the CSME in Belize
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nineteen students from tertiary institutions in Grenada are participating in a CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) mission to Belize next week – 30 August – 4 September 2015. The activity is part of a CARICOM Secretariat public education project which exposes tertiary students to the CSME through field missions. With funding from the…
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Consumer protection legislation coming to Dominica
Director of Trade Matthan Walter In short order, the absence of Consumer Protection Legislation in Dominica will be a thing of the past, Director of Trade Matthan Walter has said. Late last week experts from the CARICOM Secretariat and stakeholders from the Private sector engaged for a one day consultation on the Consumer Protection Bill of 2015 at the Garraway…
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Montserrat continuing move towards CARICOM Single Market and Economy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday July 7, 2015 – Montserrat is continuing to take steps towards the full implementation of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), the British Overseas Territory’s premier Donaldson Romeo has assured. He said the island is continuing its engagements to ensure the timely completion of the processes to this end. Romeo…
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29 Jamaican spokespersons join regional Single Market Bureau
Twenty nine Jamaicans from public and private sectors and civil society were officially installed as members of the prestigious CARICOM Single Market Spokespersons Bureau on Tuesday March 17 after two days of training at the Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa. The training, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Jamaica in partnership with the CARICOM…
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Creativity and innovation alive in CARICOM: Regional platforms such as the CSME providing opportunities – CARICOM SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana) This is the view of CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin La Rocque, in his Remarks to the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, which opened today, July 2, in Barbados. Ambassador LaRocque noted that “private sector investment and entrepreneurship” were key elements for a sustained growth path as well as to…
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CARICOM Convenes National Consultations on Single Jurisdiction for Companies
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat kicks off a series of national consultations across Member States starting on Thursday, 11 June, 2015 in Saint Lucia. These consultations are to discuss the Draft Framework Policy on the Single Jurisdiction whose aim is to create a seamless space within which companies can do business. The establishment of…
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PM Stuart: CARICOM Single Market on the march
THE SINGLE MARKET component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is “on the march”, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, while the Single Economy element has been a little more challenging because it calls for more fundamental decisions. n an interview with the Barbados Government Information Service, Stuart noted that the Single Market had created an environment where goods, services…
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Barbadian Youths Told: Make Use Of CARICOM Opportunities!
A cross-section of this island’s youth have been encouraged to make the most of the opportunities afforded them under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, especially as it relates to the Free Movement of Persons. These comments came from Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert ‘Bobby’ Morris, as he delivered the feature address at a seminar for secondary school students on…
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