CARIBBEAN-AVIATION-LIAT introduces security charges

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, which is in the process of acquiring a fleet of new aircraft, Wednesday said it was increasing the cost of its tickets to include a security surcharge. A statement from the Antigua-based airline said that the surcharge on tickets i...
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GUYANA - POLITICS- Guyana restates foreign policy

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 U...
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EU: T&T manufacturers to benefit from EPA

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 ...
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Seize this moment

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 Equatoria...
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Employers’ group seeks higher Caricom status

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 t...
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PM wants think tank on regional security

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...
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If Caricom is not to miss the boat… again

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...
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Caricom marks its 40th anniversary

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...
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