JAMAICA-TOURISM-Tourism Minister announces four major projects

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Tourism Minister Dr. Wykeham McNeill says funds are place to implement the transformational development projects slated for the resort towns of Ocho Rios, Montego Bay and Negril, as well as Port Royal in Kingston. At Wednesday's weekly Jamaica House press briefing, McNe...
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IICA head endorses ILO rural economy plan

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) Victor Villalobos is endorsing a decision by International Labour Organization (ILO) head Guy Ryder to pay greater attention to the “rural economy” in th...
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Guyana sending largest contingent to CARIFESTA X1

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - AS the days draw near to the largest single cultural event in the Region, the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA), Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, Frank Anthony, yesterday, announced that Guyana would be taking the largest delegation to the festival, and the...
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Grenada PM calls for Caricom free movement

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell is calling for the removal of aliens’ landholding requirements for Caricom nationals. Mitchell made the appeal during his address at Wednesday’s opening of the 34th Caricom Heads of Government Meeting...
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T&T PM wants think tank on regional security

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday suggested a “regional think tank” be established to examine multiple security threats facing the region. She was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 34th Caricom heads of Government conference at the Diplomatic Centr...
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As Chaguaramas Treaty re-signed

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - Leaders hope for unity After 40 years, the Treaty of Chaguaramas, signed in 1973 to create Caribbean unity but still largely unsuccessful, was signed again yesterday by 15 Caricom prime ministers at the same place it was initially signed—the Conve...
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-Regional leaders re-enact treaty

Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Thursday paid glowing tribute to the founding fathers of the regional integration movement insisting that CARICOM has a major role to play in the socio-economic development of the region. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Mille...
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-CARICOM celebrates 40th birthday

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thursday marked its 40th anniversary boasting of being the longest surviving integration grouping among developing countries. In a message to mark the occasion, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin la Rocque said that 15-member groupi...
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After CARICOM’s encouraging consultations

KINGSTON, Jamaica - ONE OF the encouraging aspects of the just concluded 34th CARICOM Summit was the structured high-level consultations with special guests, among them heads of government and top officials of international and hemispheric organizations such as the United Nations and the Organ...
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