Haiti scraps election; interim president says could stay for months

Haiti’s interim president, Jocelerme Privert, has told the Reuters News Agency that he will stay in office until next year to transfer power to an elected president unless parliament rules otherwise. He adopted this positioon after the electoral council on Monday scrapped the results...
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Caribbean integration is possible, St Vincent PM tells ACS summit

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Dr Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, reaffirmed on Saturday in Havana that integration in Latin America and the Caribbean is a possible, realistic path and that its consolidation will make it possible for countries in the area to face common chal...
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Competition Law, Policy Training Seminar for St. Kitts and Nevis

Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, together with the CARICOM Competition Commission, is hosting a training seminar on Competition Law and Policy on Monday 13 June, 2016, at the Customs and Excise Department. This introductory Level I training program...
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Allen Chastanet sworn in as new Saint Lucia Prime Minister

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – An emotional Allen Michael Chastanet was sworn in Tuesday as the sixth Prime Minister of St Lucia since the island attained political independence from Britain in 1979, vowing to unite the country following Monday’s general election. C...
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Guyana gets greenlight to award Caribbean Vocational Qualifications

Guyana has been given the green light to award the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications or CVQs, as they are commonly called, in Technical Vocation Education Training (TVET). Deputy Chief Education Officer (Technical,) Ministry of Education, Patrick Chinedu Onwuzirike, in a recent interview, told the...
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Saint Lucians vote for change

The United Workers Party (UWP) led by businessman and former Tourism Minister Allen Chastenet was voted into office in St. Lucia’s general elections, Monday.   Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister-elect, Allen Chastanet, has asserted that his new government will be committed to delivering...
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Havana Declaration

“United for a Sustainable Caribbean” 1.    The Seventh Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), meeting in Havana, Cuba, on 4 June, 2016; 2.    Reaffirms the validity of the principles and objectives set out in the Convention Establishing the A...
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