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Expect busy hurricane season
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean region is likely to experience major storms and hurricanes this year during what is expected to be a busy hurricane season.
ECLAC urges Caribbean to strengthen institutions to aid development
CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC - The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is urging regional countries to review and strengthen their institutions and instrumen
No blacklist, says French envoy
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - French Ambassador Jacques Sturm said yesterday that there was no “blacklist”. “What you have heard about is a list that comes from the France Development Bank (AFD).
Dookeran: Wrong to blacklist T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - There is no basis for the “blacklisting” of Trinidad and Tobago by France, Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Dookeran and Minister of Finance Larry Howai said yesterda
Govt looking at better energy deal with China
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Government will explore energy market expansion with the Chinese delegation which arrives in T&T tomorrow, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine has said.
China President visits Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – China’s President Xi Jingping arrives in Trinidad on Friday for a three-day visit during which he will meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders.
OECD: Europe remains threat to world economy
PARIS—The recession in Europe risks threatening the world’s economic recovery, a leading international body warned yesterday.
The regional trade, political and economic quagmire
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The debilitating state of CARICOM affairs echoes the increasing level of despair by its citizens who helplessly witness the official bungling by regional governments, who appe
St. Vincent PM Gonsalves calls for private sector investment in regional fast ferry service
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC -- Prime Minister Dr.
EPA Key to The Bahamas’ Value Added Trade Strategy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bahamas is pursuing a value added trade strategy.
Communiqué Issued At The Conclusion Of The Twenty-fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of The Conference…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) w
Statement to the Press by His Excellency Michel Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti and…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We have come out of a very frank but cordial session with the Vice President and we believe that today’s discussion furth
UN urges Caribbean to build on successes of decolonization
QUITO, Ecuador, CMC - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Caribbean countries to build on the successes of decolonization, saying they must also show statements of principle can be
Force not good tool of policy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LAST WEEK the insidious nature of terrorism raised its ugly head in Britain reaffirming the point that national security is going to be a constant challenge to most countries fo
Trinidad and Tobago accedes to 1980 Hague Convention
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago says it has acceded to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects on International Child Abduction.
Appeal Court denies stay of execution to Dominica government
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal (ECSC) has denied an application by the Dominica government for a “stay of execution” in the case brought by the main opposition U
St. Lucia PM receives one of Cuba’s highest honours
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuba has bestowed the Jose Marti medal of honour on St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony, who is on an official visit to the Caribbean Communist country.