Saint Lucia celebrates Sir Arthur Lewis centennial

In observance of the 100th anniversary of his birth, the CDB, the UWI Vice Chancellery, and the UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia will jointly host a conference focusing on the Nobel Laureate’s work. Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Kenny D. Anthony will, next week, present the feature address at the openin...
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CARICOM wants to use China’s US$3 billion for debt restructuring

BEIJING, China -- The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) hopes to tap into  US$3 billion being offered that China is offering the region to help restructure its debt because the classification of many countries as Middle Income makes it difficult for them to access and pay back cash on con...
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New focus on open-source software for SMEs

Free and open software services has the potential to radically alter the use of proprietary software such as Microsoft products into which regional governments are locked into partnership agreements and which cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually. This, according to Gary Campbell, the directo...
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System to improve Customs operations will soon come on stream

Government is working towards a March deadline for the implementation of a system which will improve security, trade efficiency and “eliminate fraud” at the Customs & Excise Division. This, as the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a computerised management system which co...
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Lessons from Guyana and Norway

Caribbean news. Forests are crucially important to climate change.  According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), “they have the potential to absorb about one-tenth of global carbon emissions projected for the first half of this century into their biomass, soils and produ...
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First China-CELAC ministerial meeting concludes in Beijing

The first ministerial meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concluded in Beijing on Friday  after passing three major documents: the Beijing Declaration, a five-year cooperation plan and the regulations on the China-CELAC f...
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SKN breaks ground on new solar farm

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 08, 2015 (SKNIS): St Kitts continues to break new ground in its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, reduce fossil fuel consumption and expand its usage of renewable energy, with the opening of the first half of a one-megawatt solar farm today (Januar...
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Going Green with energy saving street lights

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 08, 2015 (SKNIS): The first phase of an initiative to replace all of 5000 street lights in the federation with energy-saving LED bulbs began yesterday (January 07) in Basseterre. Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Hon. Earl Asim Martin, officially handed over th...
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Saudi Price Decision Brings New Uncertainties For The Caribbean

By David Jessop News Americas, LONDON, England, Thurs. Jan. 8, 2015: Two days before Christmas, the Saudi Oil Minister, Ali al-Nami, made a statement that is likely to change geo-politics and the face of the world economy in 2015. Speaking to The Middle East Economic Survey, a specialist oil indus...
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