PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Local manufacturers stand to benefit from the adoption of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Cariforum and the European Union (EU), Daniela Tramacere, head of the EU delegation in Port-of-Spain said in an e-mail to the T&T Guardian. Cariforum is comprised of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) plus the Dominican Republic.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says the relationship with the United States must be based on mutual respect, understanding and non-interference in each other’s domestic affairs.
President Donald Ramotar speaking at a reception marking the 237th anniversary of the Independence of the United States said Guyana’s policy should serve as a reminder to western nations about the way in which the country is constantly being perceived and lectured.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express - Forty years later, T&T is again privileged to welcome Caribbean leaders to commemorate the historic signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Notably, this time, the presence of three extra-Caricom leaders—from Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Equatorial Guinea—bears significance. Whatever else may be said about it, Caricom remains a valued regional grouping, with which it is clearly advantageous to signal friendly association.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says regional Small Island Developing States (SIDS) must place high on the agenda of next year’s SIDS conference, the issue of highly indebted countries being categorised as middle income countries.
Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister Robert Pickersgill, said that the classification, while indicative of progress, has limited the ability of small island states to access concessionary and development financing.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - The umbrella body for Caribbean employers is calling on Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders to begin according representative labour and employer organisations “similar” status with member states. The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) has not gone that far, but is insisting on the return of a seat among regional leaders at their annual summit and the re-establishment of a Labour Desk at the Guyana-based Caricom secretariat.
PORT OF SPAIN, 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 Centre, St Ann’s. Fourteen heads of government of the region are attending the conference.
Such an approach, she said, would also identify ways of improving cooperation between governments and law enforcement agencies in countering illicit activity in the hemisphere.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - IT is hardly necessary to say it, but for emphasis, the economic recovery of the Caribbean Community must be a priority among the myriad problems and issues on the agenda of the Caricom Heads of Government meeting taking place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
The national economies of Caricom as a whole have exhibited low rates of economic growth in recent years, both in real terms and compared with other regions, but particularly Africa, Asia and Latin America.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guyana Chronicle - THE opening ceremony for the 34th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM was held last evening in Trinidad and Tobago, at the St Ann’s Conference Centre, under the theme, “Celebration and Renewal”.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express - As Caricom marks its 40th anniversary today, its Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said last night there was much to celebrate and take pride in as an integration movement.
LaRocque, speaking at the opening ceremony of the 34th Caricom conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, noted that 40 years ago on July 4, 1973 the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed.
He said in that 40 years Caricom has built on that foundation and has created a base upon which a sustainable future can placed.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Barbados Advocate -
It is only in the context of a properly functioning integration movement that the Caribbean region, now more closely knit than ever, can rise about the daunting challenges it now faces.
This was the message sent by Prime Minister of Barbados, The Honourable Freundel Stuart, on the occasion of the 34th Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last night in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.