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WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE HON. ANTHONY P. WOOD, JP, MP AT THE 40TH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CARIBBEAN METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION HELD AT SHEBOURNE CENTRE ON THURSDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2000 AT 9.00 A.M.

Mr Chairman Principal of the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen. It is with extreme pleasure that I welcome you to this 40th Meeting of the Council of the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO). We in Barbados see the CMO as a truly regional o...
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CDERA AND WMO JOINTLY STUDY IMPACT OF EL NINO

The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), are jointly developing a study on the impact of El Nino, a global weather phenomenon, on the Region, according to Barbados' Minister for Agriculture and Urban Development, the Ho...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MR. LOUIS DANIEL, DEPUTY PROGRAMME MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS AT THE OPENING OF 40TH SESSION OF THE CARIBBEAN METEOROLOGICAL COUNCIL SHERBOURNE CENTRE, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 7 DECEMBER 2000

Mr. Chairman, Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Barbados, Mr. Anthony Wood; Other Ministers of Government, Delegates, Representatives of the media, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to this, the 40th session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council (CMC 40). ...
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FEATURE REMARKS BY THE HON. ANTHONY HYLTON MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, AT THE LAUNCH OF THE CARIBBEAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT REPORT 2000,  21 NOVEMBER 2000, ST. PHILIP, BARBADOS

As someone associated with the development of the Single Market and Economy, I most excitedly welcome the publication of the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report 2000. Empirical research has to be the foundation of meaningful policy-making, especially in our rapidly changing regional, hemispheric a...
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CARICOM FARES WELL IN GLOBAL FLOWS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) more than tripled between 1990-1999, according to the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report, 2000 which has just been released by the Economic Intelligence and Planning Unit of the CARICOM Secretariat. This relatively good perfor...
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FEATURE REMARKS BY THE HON. ANTHONY HYLTON MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, AT THE LAUNCH OF THE CARIBBEAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT REPORT 2000,  21 NOVEMBER 2000, ST. PHILIP, BARBADOS

As someone associated with the development of the Single Market and Economy, I most excitedly welcome the publication of the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report 2000. Empirical research has to be the foundation of meaningful policy-making, especially in our rapidly changing regional, hemispheric a...
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