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Another batch of civil servants from regional governments is in Martinique attending a six-week training course in French, concluding June 4 next. The training courses sponsored by the Government of France have been mounted annually since 1993 with 49 persons being trained so far. Funding for the pr...

The Second Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis on 13-14 May 1999.  The Ministers attending were: the Hon. Hilroy Humphreys, Minister of Trade, Commerce and Business Development, Antigua and Barbuda; the Honourable Bill...

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, the Rt Hon Sir James Mitchell will urge his colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) "to act soon to finalise proposals" to put forward to the European Union (EU) in respect of the changes to the EU's Banana Regime following ...

I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) for the honour of having selected me as its 1999 "Caribbean Roving Ambassador". This has confirmed what my wife has long thought of my perpetual travelling. On a more serious note, ...

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at the Sixth Special Meeting of the Conference held on 16th April 1999 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, reviewed the impact on the Caribbean Community of the rulings by the WTO Panel on the revised European Union Banana Regime. As a result of the ...