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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (r) and Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, (Economic and Social Development), Deodat Maharaj, at the opening plenary of the 3rd UN Financing for Development conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mo
High CARICOM Expectations for UN Financing for Development Conference

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is attaching great importance to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday.

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ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena
CARICOM considers debt relief proposal

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Caricom is considering a proposal for the region to pursue gradual write-off of its multilateral debt as a means of economic prosperity.

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Caribbean Development Bank Partners with the World Bank Group to Build Public Procurement Capacity…

Bridgetown, Barbados – July 9, 2015 – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced the creation of a Regional Procurement Centre that aims to improve the efficiency and transparency of public

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Civil Society has Vital Role to Play in Post-2015 Development Agenda

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 8 2015 (IPS) - “The action of the private sector can make or break the post-2015 development agenda,” Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and

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Regioanl Cultural Committee Meting in Haiti
Regional Cultural Committee issues Statement on DR actions

STATEMENT FROM THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF CARICOM’S REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE REGARDING RECENT ACTIONS BY THE STATE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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Barbados’ Ambassador to China, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite (right) and Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung signing the agreement in Hong Kong.
Barbados and Hong Kong sign air services agreement

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 10, 2015 – Barbados and Hong Kong have inked an Air Services Agreement.

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Photo: JIS Photographer Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (4th right), participates in the breaking of ground for a US $61 million solar electricity plant, at the project site in Content District, Clarendon on July 9. Others (from l
PM Breaks Ground for First Solar Energy Power Plant in Jamaica

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday (July 9) broke ground for the development of the first utility-scale solar energy power plant in Jamaica, which upon completion will be the largest

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CARICOM SG congratulates The Bahamas on its 42nd Independence Anniversary

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to the Government and people of The Bahamas on the country’s 42nd Anniversary of Independence.

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Changing international perception of Caribbean via Tourism

One of the challenges we face in the region is how to change the perception of the Caribbean as being that of a destination solely for vacation tourism”.

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File Photo: Exploratory geothermal drilling in Dominica
Dominica moving full steam ahead on geothermal project

ROSEAU, Dominica, Jul 9, CMC – The Dominica government says it is holding talks with a group of French companies on the second phase of the geothermal energy project.

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Edward Greene, Division Chief of the Technical Cooperation Division of the CDB, signs the agreement with Minister of Trade and Industry, Don Soejit Tosendjojo
Suriname signs trade agreements with CDB

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Jul 8, CMC – Suriname has signed two agreements with the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) that will improve the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cou

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Statement on The Decree 1787 Of Venezuela ; Guyana Venezuela Border Dispute

CARICOM Heads of State and Government reaffirmed the longstanding, deep and wide-ranging friendship between CARICOM and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

 

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Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart speaking at the opening ceremony of the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.
Statement On The Situation With Respect to Dominicans of Haitian Descent And Haitian Migrants in…

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community expressed their abhorrence and outrage with respect to the treatment of Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic.

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Members of the head table include Programme Manager, Dr. Hilary Brown, Haitian Minister of Culture Dithny Joan Raton, Elsa Baussan Noel Chairman of the Host Country Management Committee (HMC) and Haitian Artistic Director, Mr. Philippe Doddard. Consu
Interim Festival Directors, Artistic Directors meet on CARIFESTA XII

A delegation of officials from countries across CARICOM is currently in Haiti for the Interim Festival Directors and Artistic Di

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Sir Hilary Beckles
Regional conference on development of education being planned

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Caribbean leaders have endorsed a three-day meeting to discuss the development of education in the region.

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Prime Minster of Saint Lucia, Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony
Saint Lucia to table legislation to make CCJ final court

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The St.

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Montserrat’s Premier Donaldson Romeo (Photo credit caribbean360)
Montserrat continuing move towards CARICOM Single Market and Economy

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday July 7, 2015 – Montserrat is continuing to take steps towards the full implementation of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the

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Ban Ki-moon Secretary-general of United Nations at 2015 CARICOM Heads of Government Conference
UN S-G remarks at end violence event Barbados

The Honourable Steven Blackett, Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, The Honourable Adriel Brathwaite Q.C., M.P., Attorney General, Excellencies,&n

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