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Sorry mess at CAL

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The time has come for the Corporation Sole as represented by Finance Minister Larry Howai to step in and rescue the public interest from the politics and mismanagement a

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Caricom
Agro vision

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Dr.

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Caricom
EDITORIAL: Make it clear for Canadians

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The news that our offshore sector was recently severely criticized in the Canadian parliament is one more inconvenient truth that the Barbados economic policymakers will ha

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Caricom
PetroCaribe oil agreement remains beneficial

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced that it will continue to benefit from the PetroCaribe agreement.

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Caricom
Guyana preparing for SIDS conference

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana will host a multi-stakeholder consultation on Tuesday in preparation for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

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Caricom
A Brazilian WTO head: An opportunity to make trade work?

? KINGSTON, Jamaica - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is now set to appoint a new director general. He is Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, Brazil's long-serving ambassador to the organisation.

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Caricom
Paucity of Caribbean citizens in the top echelons

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Former Prime Minister P J Patterson, speaking at the launch of Ambassador Rudy Insanally's new book Multilateral Diplomacy for Small States, bemoaned the fact that people from

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Caricom
COFCOR And Community Council Meet In Port Of Spain This Week

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trinidad and Tobago will be the venue this week for two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Council meetings.

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SOME IMPORTANT DECISIONS BY ENERGY MINISTERS AT THE 41ST COTED ENERGY

In addition to the approval of the CARICOM Energy Policy and regional level targets for Renewable Energy (RE) contribution to electricity generation of 20%, 28% and 47% for years 2017, 2022 and 2

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Participants and hosts at APRE in Italy
ENEWABLE ENERGY R&D STUDY/ BUSINESS INNOVATION TOUR

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat received grant funding from the Inter-American Development Bank to support the development of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Sen. the Hon. Kevin Ramnarine, and Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Hon. Robert Persaud at the signing of the MoU on Cooperation in Energy related
T&T AND GUYANA ENERGY MINISTERS INK MOU ON COOPERATION IN ENERGY RELATED MATTERS

The Governments of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on 1 March 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding between both countries that seeks to promote gre

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Executive Development Program on Energy Planning

In March 2013, the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE ) commenced the Executive Development Program on Energy Planning (EDPEP) that targets energy professionals from Government and private

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Dr. Jerrol Thompson, Advisor on Energy to Prime Minister, St. Vincent and Grenadines (shown on screen) makes a point at the 3rd IRENA General Assembly Meeting
IRENA GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING

The Third General Assembly Meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was held on 13-14 January 2013 in Abu Dhabi, and the CARICOM Secretariat represented by its Programme Manag

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Section of the Meeting for Close–out of ADA Component of the CREDP-GIZ Project on 5 March 2103 in the Dominican Republic
Workshop held to Mark Close-out of ADA component of the CREDP-GIZ Project:

A workshop highlighting the main achievements of the Austrian Development Agency’s (ADA) support and to mark the end of the ADA Project component was held in the Dominican Republic on 5 March 201

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Csep-meeting
OAS CSEP Project Host Workshop on Energy Efficiency Designs for Office and Public Buildings in…

The Organisation of Amercan States (OAS) Secretariat through the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP) and the Energy Efficiency Working Group of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the A

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Caricom
ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES BENEFITING FROM SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE…

Member countries of the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are currently receiving additional technical support to complement their on-going initiatives toward establishing a cle

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Caricom
TRAVEL AND TOURISM STATISTICS FOCUS AT REGIONAL WORKSHOP

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Travel and Tourism statistics will be in focus this week in Roseau, Dominica, as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States continue

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Participants at the Workshop
OAS CSEP Project Host Workshop on Energy Efficiency Designs for Office and Public Buildings in…

The Organisation of Amercan States (OAS) Secretariat through the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP) and the Energy Efficiency Working Group of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the A

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CARICOM Secretariat's Programme Manager, Energy, Joseph Williams with Worldwatch Institute Program Manager, Mark Konold and Research Associates, Evan Musolino and Katie Auth
CARIBBEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ROADMAP AND STRATEGY (C-SERMS) AWARENESS WORKSHOP HELD IN TRINIDAD AND…

The overall objectives of the Workshop were to garner feedback and finalize the Study being done to establish Regional sustainable energy targets, as well as, to build awareness about the process

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T&T AND GUYANA ENERGY MINISTERS INK MOU ON COOPERATION IN ENERGY RELATED MATTERS

The Governments of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on 1 March 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding between both countries that seeks to promote gre

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