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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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INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

​There are five institutions established to facilitate implementation of the Agreement. They are as follows:

    - The Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council

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THE CARIFORUM-EU EPA IN CONTEXT

​A Momentous Step Towards a New, Transformed Relationship

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The Next Pandemic: Not if, but When

TERRIBLE new forms of infectious disease make headlines, but not at the start. Every pandemic begins small. Early indicators can be subtle and ambiguous.

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EDITORIAL: Need to reflect on our history

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - One of the inescapable incidents of man’s inhumanity to man is the need for reflection on events which some of us would rather forget.

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Bomb squad called to CAL’s Miami gate

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A Miami-Dade police department bomb squad was called out to check a suspicious package yesterday afternoon outside the gate of a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight at Miami I

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CAL offers luxury seating to public officials

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Accompanied by their spouses, political figures, a present and former state enterprise chairman, two directors and a television personality are among the passengers who we

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Royalties dilemma

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The placement of Barbados on a United States watchlist of intellectual property rights violators is being seen as a double-edged sword.

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Haiti welcomes JetBlue

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti is welcoming plans by the US-based carrier, JetBlue Airways to begin offering daily non-stop flights to the impoverished French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARI

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Ex-Haitian leader criticizes gov’t over poverty

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emerged from months of seclusion for a second straight day and took several swipes at the current government.

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Former Haitian President Aristide makes rare court appearance

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday held a three-hour, closed-door audience with a Haitian investigative judge, as part of the ongoing murder i

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Dominica warns against threats to banana industry

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica has launched a scathing attack on countries and companies seeking to destroy the local banana industry as the European Union launched an EC$54 million (One EC dolla

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Much more agriculture investment needed, says expert

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IN the context of what he says is increasing unemployment and poverty in Barbados; high incidences of non-communicable diseases; the current contracting of the economy; and a

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EDITORIAL - What, really, are agro-parks?

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Agro-parks must be good things. Roger Clarke, the agriculture minister, talks about them a lot. So, too, does Peter Phillips, the finance minister.

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Jamaica, US to sign agreement on FATCA

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaican Government and the United States (US) are expected to sign an agreement by July aimed at endorsing a new hegemony tax act called the Foreign Account Tax Compliance

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Post-IMF ‘hard work’ and challenges

KINGSTON, Jamaica - When Dr Peter Phillips announced the approval of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal as he wrapped up the annual Budget Debate last week, many in the House and across the

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Island not ready for Category 3, 4

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Prepare for an active hurricane season.

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Grenada and Trinidad agree on a number of areas of cooperation

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.

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PM Anthony challenges CARICOM senior public officers

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC - Prime Minister Dr.

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