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IICA and the European Union will support the development of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in…
During the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, currently underway in Guyana, an agreement to benefit agricultural trade and production was signed by 15 nations in the region.
EU, IICA sign deal to strengthen Caribbean food standards
The European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have signed an agreement which will see the regional bloc providing some 11.7 million euros to boost C
CCJ judgement will shift way business is conducted in Community - CARICOM Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has called on CARICOM M
IMF warns that polictical showdown in the US could damage global economy
WASHINGTON, USA -The International Monetary Fund warned Washington that the political showdown over the budget could damage the global economy, as it cut its US growth forecast.
US Supreme Court hears arguments in Stanford class action suits
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the federal securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their a
Lawmakers Give Nod To Decriminalisation Of Ganja
KINGSTON, Jamaica - LAWMAKERS YESTERDAY gave the nod to a private member's motion calling for the decriminalisation of ganja following two weeks of rigorous debate which saw members on the govern
Regional countries urged to abolish death penalty
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter- American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday urged Caribbean countries that still have the death penalty to abolish it or at least to impose a moratorium on
Barbados would not be the same without the UWI
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- No one today can imagine Barbados without the UWI.
Concerns over rising exchange rate for US currency in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former finance minister Audley Shaw Tuesday called on the Jamaica government to implement a number of measures aimed at slowing or reversing the exchange rate of the loca
IMF warns of tourism pain
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A top official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says tourism in the Caribbean and Barbados could be hit hard if the shutdown of the United States government, now in
Arnaldo Ventura Appointed To CARICOM Committee
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Dr Arnoldo Ventura, professor at The Mico University College, has been invited by the Prime Minister responsible for Science and Technology in CARICOM, Dr Keith Mitchell, Prim
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - A conservation group says it has secured fund to revive an area in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) where a failed
Minister urges youth to reject ‘agropreneurs’ label
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr.
Regional agriculture ministers to meet in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Agriculture ministers from four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to meet here later this week to discuss ways of procuring agricultural inputs at a reduced cost,
Stakeholders make ‘concrete and constructive suggestions’ for regional coconut industry
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -Stakeholders in the Caribbean coconut industry say they have come up with some “concrete and constructive suggestions” geared at creating a shared vision and roadmap for
Guyana Minister lauds role of women in ensuring food security in the region
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana’s Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, says women’s empowerment must be seen as a catalyst for growth and diversity of CARICOM econom
CARICOM says funding strategy needed to achieve MDGs
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has called for the adoption of a "strong funding strategy" that is vital in the attainment of the United Nations Millennium Development Go
Lawyers suing United Nations over cholera outbreak in Haiti
NEW YORK, CMC – Human right lawyers are seeking extensive financial damages from the United Nations following the 2010 cholera outbreak in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countr
The reality—after CCJ ruling
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE ripple effects of the landmark ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case of the Jamaican Shanique Myrie vs the Barbados government, should shake the
Dominican Republic: President to Find ‘Solution’ for Haitian Migrants
President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina met yesterday with activist groups fighting against a court ruling, that strips citizenship from thousands of people born to undocumented migrant

