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Barbados under weather watch
(Barbados Nation) A weather advisory has been issued for Barbados.
Bajan PM: LIAT a major concern
(Barbados Nation) PORT OF SPAIN – Barbados is so concerned about the future viability of regional carrier LIAT that it sought legal advice on whether its heavily subsidized competitor Caribbean A
BREA to focus on energy efficiency
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Recognising the need to raise the level of public awareness as it relates to energy efficiency and renewable energy technology, the Barbados Renewable Energy Asso
Antiguan receives prestigious political award
ST JOHN’S, Antigua- Greenbay resident Victor Richardson II is the first Caribbean national to receive the prestigious honour of the US-based Campaigns and Elections Magazine’s Rising Star award f
UNITED STATES-DRUGS- US Coast Guard sends cocaine smugglers to Guantanamo Bay
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says crew members from the Cutter Northland and Coast Guard Station Miami Beach have offloaded over 1,000 pounds of cocaine and transferred the alleged
ST. VINCENT-HEALTH- Decrease in HIV/AIDS cases attributed to prevention programme
WASHINGTON, CMC – Since the implementation of a comprehensive prevention programme, by the World Bank in 2004, health officials in St.
JAMAICA-ENERGY-Cuba to provide expertise in local manufacture of solar panels
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica will partner with Cuba to facilitate the local manufacture and assembly of cost effective solar light panels.
Prepare for external shocks
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has urged the Portia Simpson Miller led administration to devise a plan for shocks that could jeoparise the deal currently in pl
BAHAMAS-POLITICS-Top US official head to the Bahamas to strengthen cooperation on counter-piracy
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of State says Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Tom Kelly, will travel to the Bahamas this week to “strengthen coo
CARICOM: Realities and hope after Port-of-Spain Summit
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chroncile - WITH the conclusion last evening of the 34th annual Heads of Government Conference in Trinidad and Tobago, we can expect to officially learn today of new initiativ
Recommitting to the CARICOM ideal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - The effort that was invested in producing elaborate theatre to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas on Thursday might suggest
Guyana secures critical CDF funding to help bolster agricultural sector
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and CEO of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), Ambassador Lorne McDonnough yesterday signed a
CARICOM needs fresh air
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - It is 40 years since the founding fathers, the enigmatic Eric Eustace Williams, the autocratic Lincoln Forbes Burnham, the congenial “Skipper” Errol Walton Bar
Dominican Republic bids again to join CARICOM
(Trinidad Express) President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina has appealed to regional leaders to allow his country to join Caricom.
Venezuela offers assistance to Caribbean countries
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – VENEZUELA has pledged to offer assistance to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a number of areas, including transportation, Guyana’s President Donald Ramot
CARICOM Summit in Port of Spain ends Leaders agree to the re-introduction of a single domestic space
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their four-day summit in Port of Spain on Saturday agreeing to the immediate adoption of a stabilisation and growth age
CARICOM Free Movement Bill tabled
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A Bill to amend the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in regional countries has b
Heads agree on reparations follow-up action
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on the final day of their Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting
Statement by Ambassador Lorne T. McDonnough Chief Executive Officer Of the CARICOM Development…
HE Donald Ramotar, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana,Hon.
Guyana gets US$7.3M from CDF
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Guyana and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) on Saturday, 6 July, 2013, signed a count
