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Comprehensive approach needed to spur regional competitiveness
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The importance of competitiveness and productivity improvements for Caribbean enterprises aspiring to take advantage of opportunities in
Thank you for keeping dream alive’ – President Martelly, Chair of Conference tells CARICOM staffers
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “You are the Community; you are CARICOM. I believe that things will change because we want to change them.
Venezuela’s resource diplomacy after Hugo Chavez: Will politics or economics triumph?
In the past few weeks there has been a lot of speculation in the Caricom and regional media about whether the PetroCaribe programme will survive without President Hugo Chávez.
Venezuela halts communication with US diplomat
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has halted communication with a top US diplomat in the wake of President Hugo Chavez's death, hardening its anti-US stance ahead of an election next month.
Groping in the dark
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - As in all areas of crime-fighting and, indeed, law and order, successive T&T administrations have fallen short in combating, let alone suppressing, the traffic in il
Good move, PNP
KINGSTON, Jamaica - People who view politicians with scepticism and a great deal of suspicion are likely to dismiss the People's National Party's (PNP's) desire to address public perception of co
PM says loan to China for power plant repaid
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A delegation from the China EXIM Bank has arrived here for talks with government as Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said his administration had repaid the funds borrowed
LABOUR-Government issues veiled threat to striking civil servants
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St.
Police denied permission to stage candle light vigil outside administration building
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) Wednesday said that Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams had been ill advised when he refused to grant permi
Jamaican-born legislator calls for more support for illegal Caribbean youths
NEW YORK, CMC - Jamaican-born legislator, Nick Perry, is calling for more support for illegal Caribbean youths in the United States.
Caribbean governments announce transfer of BAICO business to Sagicor
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Eastern Caribbean governments Wednesday said they had finalised an agreement allowing for the transfer of British-American Insurance Company Limited (BAICO) traditiona
Urgent meeting to discuss new threat to banana industry
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC-Agriculture Ministers from the Windward Islands will be meeting here on Thursday to prepare for another major threat to the still vital regional banana industry.
Jamaica pointed to cheap solutions to internal trade barriers
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica faces external non-tariff barriers to trade mainly from the United States, followed by Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda.
IMF programme held up
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says “contingency discussions” involving various international financial institutions have held up its programme for approval by the International
Cabinet retreats again!
KINGSTON, Jamaica - FOR THE fifth time since forming the Government in January 2012, the Portia Simpson Miller-chaired Cabinet is to go into retreat.
Clearance cancelled
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Shanique Myrie was actually cleared to enter Barbados when she first arrived in the country two years ago.
Regional countries urged to collaborate more to take advantage of trade agreements
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Foreign Affairs Minister Maxine McLean Wednesday urged Caribbean governments to capitalise on opportunities to work together to chart a path towards regional
Immigration Officer denies existence of policy to treat CARICOM nationals badly
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A veteran immigration official Wednesday denied that Barbados had been treating Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals harshly in contravention of the CARICOM Single
Crime and regional transportation affecting Caribbean trade
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr.
