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Regional Company Registrars Consider Integrated Online Registry

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A meeting to discuss the development of a complete online registry among 12 Member States participating in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will be held in Saint Lucia from 8 – 10 December 2014. The three-day meeting which was convened by CARICOM Secretariat, is funded by  the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) as part of the CSME and Economic Integration Programme.

Cuba pledges to maintain support for CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Cuban President Army General Raul Castro Ruz told Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Leaders that despite his country’s economic difficulties, “we will honour our pledge to co-operate and share our modest achievements with our sister nations in the Caribbean.”

CARICOM chair calls for an end to US embargo on Cuba

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgtown, Guyana)     Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda called on the United States President and Congress to end its “senseless embargo of Cuba now.”

Prime Minister Browne was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Fifth CARICOM Cuba Summit in Havana, Cuba on Monday.  He said that CARICOM’s solidarity with Cuba was manifested by the Region’s repeated calls “in every council in every part of the world” for an end to the embargo.

Dominica Elections: CARICOM Observation Mission’s Arrival Statement

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the invitation of the Government of Dominica, mounted a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Dominica to observe the country’s General Election which is due to be held on Monday, 8 December 2014.  The seven member Mission comprising members of several Member States of the Caribbean Community, and headed by Miss Lena Sahadeo of Trinidad and Tobago,  arrived in Dominica on 4 December 2014.

CARICOM Cuba Leaders to talk trade in Havana

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Economic and Trade Relations will be among the issues discussed at the Fifth Summit of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba which takes place in Havana, Cuba on Monday 8 December. The Summit will be preceded on Sunday by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers.

CARREX to be fully operational by year end

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Exchange of Information on Dangerous (non-food) Consumer Goods (CARREX) is expected to be completely operational at the national and regional levels by the end of 2014. Representatives from national standards bureaux in CARICOM are being trained at a Regional Workshop in Suriname on matters relating to the CARREX and consumer product safety.

Message from Sophia Martelly- World AIDS Day 2014

Monday on the occasion of World AIDS Day, Sophia Martelly, the First Lady of Haiti has issued a message of hope.

Message from Sophia Martelly :
"The World Day against AIDS is once again an opportunity to take stock of the HIV epidemic in Haiti and look it in the face, our achievements and challenges.

As First Lady of the Republic, I got involved from the start to make a plea for health in our country so that there is a real transformation.

SG says Private Sector Essential to CARICOM Growth and Development

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The involvement and commitment of the Private Sector are essential to achieving the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) growth and development agenda.

That was the message from CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque as he addressed the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association in Georgetown. Guyana on Friday night.

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