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St Lucia Government Planning to Enact Creative Industries Bill
St Lucia will move to enact a Creative Industries Bill for the country during the upcoming parliamentary session, according to St Lucia Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy.
STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ST KITTS AND NEVIS ON THE ABDUCTION OF 200 NIGERIAN SCHOOL GIRLS
The Government of St Kitts and Nevis expresses its profound concern at the abduction of over 200 innocent Nigerian school girls while they were asleep in their dormitories at their secondary scho
Branson’s Carbon War Room, Invest Caribbean Now To Put The Spotlight On Renewable Energy
Sir Richard Branson (3rd from l.) and Caribbean leaders following the Carbon War Room’s ‘10 Island Renewable Challenge on Feb. 10, 2014. (CWR image)
Caribbean’s First Diplomatic Academy Opens in Trinidad
The new Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean officially opened at the University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus in Trinidad on Tuesday.
St Kitts Reports Major Drop in Crime
St Kitts and Nevis is reporting a significant drop in crime, according to new data from the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force.
Statement by the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on…
The CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at its Thirty-Eighth Meeting held in Georgetown, Guyana 9-10 May, 2014, urged the United States (US) to become compliant with the d
Statement by the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on…
The CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at its Thirty-Eighth Meeting held in Georgetown, Guyana 9-10 May, 2014, urged the United States (US) to become compliant with the d
COTED, private sector underscore importance of structured partnership
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Regional business community began the process of r
CARICOM-Canada Agreement must take full account of Community’s development interests – CARICOM…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Trade and Development Agreement being negotiated between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada must
Continue search for solutions to challenges – Acting Chair of COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Delegates to the 38th Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) were encouraged to cont
St Lucia Announces Plan to Join Caribbean Court of Justice
St Lucia is planning to accede to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the country’s final court of appeal, the government announced this week.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH ON VERGE OF RAPID HIV TESTING
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 09, 2014 (SKNIS): The St.
Opening Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque Secretary-General Caribbean Community At The Thirty -…
From the outset I want to thank Minister Baptiste for so graciously accepting to chair this meeting at short notice.
Cultural Heritage tourism a fast growing niche for countries
Barbados must move with haste to cash in on the benefits to be made from the fast-growing cultural heritage tourism niche.
Caribbean sports journalists are making good on a promise to form an umbrella organisation
Plans to form an umbrella organisation for Caribbean Sports Journalists have been applauded by sporting confederations and former sporting icons.
CCJ orders Guyana to repay Surinamese beverage company US$6 million in environmental tax
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday ordered Guyana to repay a Surinamese beverage manufacturer more than US$6 million in environmental tax that had been levied on non-returnable bottle
Guyana and Suriname participate in Arab-South America culture meeting
By Ray Chickrie
Caribbean News Now contributor
Haiti takes new step toward organizing crucial elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's President Michel Martelly issued on Tuesday an executive order to appoint a new provisional electoral council as provided by a political agreement signed i
IDB to launch new online tool for agriculture policy analysis in the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will launch on Thursday, May 8 the Agrimonitor Producer Support Estimate (PSE) Agricultural Policy Monitoring System, an online tool f
COTED engages private sector
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will hold discussions with the Region’s private sector on