Guyana to get regional help to meet global civil aviation standards

Guyana is among several Caribbean countries expected to receive assistance from the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) to help reach a year-end deadline set by the global aviation watchdog agency to meet certain conditions. Speaking with Demerara Waves Online News foll...
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Remarks By Dr Manorma Soeknandan Deputy Secretary General, Caricom Secretariat At The Caricom Regional Forum Of Youth Crime And Violence, Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana 29 February – 1 March 2016

Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan, Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Co-operative Republic of Guyana   Chair, Dr Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat   His Excellency, José Maria Fernandez Lopez de Turiso, Plenip...
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CDB urges Regional governments to DECIDE

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has pointed to an urgent need for broad policy initiatives, including labour market reform and investment in developing the skills of potential workers to move Regional economies forward. In a presentation at the Bank’s Annual Review and Forecast titled, &...
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CARICOM, Japan strengthen decades-old ties

The long-standing friendship that has existed between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Japan was strengthened on Thursday 25 February, with the accreditation of new Ambassador of Japan to CARICOM, His Excellency Mitsuhiko Okada. Since 1993, relations between CARICOM and Japan have been moving ...
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Israel renews commitment to support CARICOM development

 As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) accredits a new Israeli envoy, the Middle-Eastern state has reaffirmed its commitment to assist CARICOM to achieve its ideals. His Excellency Mordehai Amihai-Bivas, Plenipotentiary Representative of the State of Israel to CARICOM, speaking at the CARICOM S...
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Caribbean economies in ‘recovery mode’ – CDB

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The economies of Caribbean countries are in a “recovery mode” even though it is still operating in a “somewhat topsy-turvy external environment,” the president of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. William Warren Smith s...
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