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  • Photo of Caribbean security summit set for June

    Caribbean security summit set for June

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says a Caribbean Security summit will be held in June. A venue has not yet been decided. A statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister said that Persad Bissessar was “happy that the United States has agreed to a Caribbean Security Summit which could…

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  • Photo of Energy and security top agenda for talks between regional leaders, Obama

    Energy and security top agenda for talks between regional leaders, Obama

    ENERGY and security will dominate the discussions between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and United States President Barack Obama during their summit here tomorrow, the senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Ricardo Zuniga, said yesterday. Speaking at a White House media briefing, Zuniga described plans for the meeting as a practical agenda to continue work already started. “With the Caricom leaders,…

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  • Photo of Stage set for CARICOM talks with US President

    Stage set for CARICOM talks with US President

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Competitiveness, energy and security will be the focus of the highly anticipated Summit between the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. The event takes place on Thursday April 9 in Kingston, Jamaica. Co-chaired by Chairman of CARICOM the Rt. Hon. Perry…

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  • Photo of Tradewinds 2015, gets underway tomorrow

    Tradewinds 2015, gets underway tomorrow

    The St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force  (SKNDF) is forging ahead with preparations for hosting ‘Phase 1′ of the United States-sponsored Regional Security Force training exercise dubbed Tradewinds.  This is designed to make the waters off St. Kitts and Nevis the Operations Area (OA) for the Maritime Phase.  Tradewinds, which will be conducted from May 31 to June 9, will bring together more than 200…

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  • Photo of Customs & Border control officers undergo Int’l Environmental training

    Customs & Border control officers undergo Int’l Environmental training

    Customs and Border Control officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are undergoing a three day workshop on the Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop, which is being conducted at the GRA’s headquarters in Georgetown, is an initiative by CARICOM, the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE) along with a number of regional and local agencies. The…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Community issues Statement in support of Territorial Integrity of Guyana

    CARICOM Community issues Statement in support of Territorial Integrity of Guyana

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted with concern several assertions contained in a Communiqué from the Ministry of the Peoples Power of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela dated 3 March 2015, which has been published in newspapers of CARICOM Member States.  The Caribbean Community reiterates its firm, long-standing and continued support…

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  • OAS says cyber vulnerabilities affect wide range of targets in the Caribbean

    WASHINGTON, Oct 26, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says cyber vulnerabilities continue to affect a “wide range of targets” in the Caribbean. OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, said while member-states are “ever-more familiar with cyber security threats, this awareness hasn’t stopped cyber vulnerabilities from continuing to affect a wide range of targets in the region”. The…

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  • Photo of PM defends her terrorism stand

    PM defends her terrorism stand

    T&T would have faced international pressure if it had not joined with 90 other countries to co-sponsor a resolution aimed at tackling global terrorism, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. She said so as she defended her decision not to consult with Caricom before signing the resolution at the meeting of the UN Security Council, chaired by United States President…

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  • CARICOM nations positioned to influence OAS agenda for 15 months

    WASHINGTON, Oct 2, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations are well positioned to influence the focus of the Organisation of American States (OAS) agenda, as diplomats from the region are at the helm of the OAS’ Permanent Council for a 15-month stretch. The three-month rotation, in alphabetical order, has created a 15-month consecutive CARICOM leadership through chairmanships from St. Kitts…

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  • Regional Social Security Heads Discuss Global Crisis

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The impact of the global financial crisis on social security institutions across the region is at the top of the agenda as CARICOM Heads of Social Security Organisations hold their 25th Meeting in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this week. The crisis has created pressure on the social security systems of Member States as…

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