Tag Archives: CARICOM
T&T PM reiterates commitment to economic growth
Trinidad & Tobago is open for business and the current government is committed to fostering sustainable growth through trade and investment, particularly with traditional partners like Canada, said T & T’s Prime Minister
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CARICOM plan focuses on crime and security
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts & Nevis: Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says Caribbean leaders at the just concluded 24th Inter-Sessional of Caribbean Heads of Government, have received an eight-point plan during a presentation fr
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Students commence studies in the Republic of Serbia
ST. JOHN’S: Four Antiguan & Barbudan students commenced studies in the Republic of Serbia this week under the World in Serbia Scholarship program, in conjunction with the Prime Minister Scholarship Program.
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Haiti president assumes new role as CARICOM chairman
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has begun a six-month stint as chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping with a pledge to help CARICOM unite and overcome its economic pro
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Three CARICOM states to receive CDF funding
ROSEAU: Dominica is among three CARICOM member states that will benefit from EC$47 million granted by the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) for agricultural and infrastructural initiatives.
The board of directors of the
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CARICOM to help fight cholera in Haiti, Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has signed a declaration to join a new regional coalition on water and sanitation for the elimination of cholera in Hispaniola.
The signing took place last week duri
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CARICOM urged to prepare for regional integration changes
KINGSTON: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must deal urgently with the issue of the “altered and altering” conditions of regional integration, says St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves.
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St. Lucia to join other CARICOM states in imposing VAT
CASTRIES, St. Lucia: St. Lucians will be joining their peers in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica and Grenada in paying 15 per cent in Value Added Tax (VAT) before this year is out.
That is because the St. Lucia Senate
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CARICOM work and travel restrictions to be eased
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has agreed to put in place new measures to make it easier for citizens of the regional organization to work and travel among member nations.
An announcement issued
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Cuba, Suriname to cooperate in areas of health and sports
HAVANA, Cuba: Health and sports are two key areas of cooperation for Cuba and Suriname under new agreements signed recently to ratify their willingness to consolidate relations between the two governments.
Cuban medical assistanc
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