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Hon  MS. Jennifer Webster, Minister of Human Services and Social Security
Statement by the Hon MS. Jennifer Webster, Minister of Human Services and Social Security,…

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the fourteen Member States of the Caribbean Community on the priority theme: “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Developme

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Caricom
Caricom to discuss AML impasse

Heads of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are expected to discuss Guyana’s inability to pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) 2013 Bill when they c

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Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Deepened integration, security key to CARICOM sustainable development - Hon. Persad-Bissessar

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Immediate Past Chair of the Caribbean Community, the Hon.

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Caricom
Take tough decisions, fulfill obligations - urge Prime Ministers Gonsalves, Persad-Bissessar

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Taking tough decisions and fulfilling Regional obligations were two areas that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) He

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Dr. the Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines And Chairman of CARICOM
Address by Dr. the Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines And…

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) commemorated and celebrated its fortieth anniversary last year.  During those forty years, CARICOM has chalked up a wide range of achievements, some of whic

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Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
Reform Consultations and Commission on Economy endorse relevance of CSME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Speaking about the on-going CARICOM Reform Process, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irw

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Caricom
PM Douglas had busy morning session at Inter-Sessional in St. Vincent

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 9TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L.

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Hon. Kamla Persad- Bissessar
Remarks by the Hon. Kamla Persad- Bissessar, Prime Minster of Trinidad and Tobago   At the…

I take great pleasure today in formally passing Chairmanship of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to Dr The Honourable Ralph Gonzalves, Prime Minister

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Caricom
Prime Minister Spencer attends 25th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – March 11, 2014………Prime Minister the Hon. W. Baldwin Spencer joined his CARICOM counterparts for the 25th Intersessional Meeting of Heads opening in St.

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Caricom
All set for CARICOM Summit

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Heads of Government of 14 Member States and two Associate Members will gather in St Vincent and Grenadines on M

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Caricom
Human Resource Development to be discussed from a holistic perspective at Intersessional

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     An all encompassing approach towards education will be the perspective from which Human Resource Development (H

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High-powered call for women’s full participation in shaping global future

International Women’s Day celebration galvanizes top-level political and grassroots support for change

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Caricom
Inspiring change

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - TOMORROW is International Women’s Day 2014 and several states around the world will be celebrating the achievements of women on the social, political and economic

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Caricom
Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/ BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - Crimea’s parliament voted yesterday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis

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Caricom
Two dead in Venezuela violence as protests drag on

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan soldier and a motorcyclist died in a confused melee sparked by the opposition’s barricading of a Caracas street, officials said yesterday, boosting the death tol

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Caricom
Cuba agrees to open talks with EU on new political accord

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba accepted a proposal by the European Union to open negotiations on a new political accord, saying yesterday it was willing to discuss human rights as part of discussions t

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Caricom
Venezuela still simmers

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Contrary to what we posited in our editorial last Friday, that authoritarian regimes generally view making concessions, including being brought to the dialogue

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Caricom
ST. VINCENT-POLITICS-Foreign Minister renounces American citizenship

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC -- Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Commerce and Information Technology, Camillo Gonsalves, has defended his right to be appointed as a legislator in St.

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Caricom
ST. LUCIA-CRIME-Overall reduction in crime rate for 2013

CASTRIES, Saint. Lucia, CMC-Saint Lucia has registered a statistical improvement in the fight against crime in 2013.

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Caricom
CARIBBEAN-DRUGS-Two men arrested for attempting to smuggle 38 bales of cocaine

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says two men were arrested as they attempted to smuggle 38 bales of cocaine, totaling 2,432 pounds, with

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