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  • Photo of Dominica’s Prime Minister wants quick access for the Region to climate change funding

    Dominica’s Prime Minister wants quick access for the Region to climate change funding

    As the Region battles more intense and frequent climatic events, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is hoping global funding initiatives for adaptation and mitigation do not take on the usual sluggish disbursement practices of other global initiatives. Prime Minister Skerrit, the outgoing CARICOM Chairman,  made the point in his address to the Opening Ceremony for the 28th Inter-Sessional Meeting of…

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  • Photo of Guyana, SVG win male, female CARICOM 10k title

    Guyana, SVG win male, female CARICOM 10k title

    Four time CARICOM  10k winner Cleveland Forde of Guyana copped his fifth title in the latest edition of the CARICOM 10k Race on Sunday morning (July 3) in his native Guyana. He completed the race in 32:39 minutes. Linda McDonald  brought victory to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the female category with a time of 37:57.  The second place in…

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  • Photo of Statement By The Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister Of Dominica

    Statement By The Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister Of Dominica

    CARICOM Energy Situation A stark reality for CARICOM countries is that we are dependent on imported oil and petroleum products for more than 90% of our energy services. Though global oil prices are currently at a four‑year low, our importation of oil and oil products have been a major burden on our foreign exchange earnings and have tilted our balance…

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  • Photo of Grenada revolution holds lessons for Caribbean development – PM Skerrit

    Grenada revolution holds lessons for Caribbean development – PM Skerrit

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 17, (CMC) – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the 1979 Grenada revolution that brought Maurice Bishop to power marked the most decisive fracture in the Anglophone Caribbean with the political and constitutional status quo. “The greatest tragedy of that historical episode is that we have failed to learn the lessons of that experience and even…

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  • Photo of PM Skerrit to deliver foreign policy lecture in Grenada

    PM Skerrit to deliver foreign policy lecture in Grenada

    Roseau, Dominica — Prime Minister of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, will on Monday, be the keynote speaker at a lecture in Grenada that will focus, in part, on foreign policy. The event, dubbed the “Inaugural March 13th Lecture”, is being organized by the Grenada Revolution Memorial Foundation Inc. (GREMFO) and Groundation Grenada. Skerrit will speak on the topic: “The…

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