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Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago will hold talks with four countries and an international financial institution on the margins of the meeting which takes place in Port of Spain, from tomorrow. A CARICOM press statement quoted Secretary General Edwin Carrington, as [...]
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Trinidad and Tobago’s Caricom Stabilisation Fund to assist regional neighbours with development projects or during times of crisis amounted to US$79 million (TT$502.6 million) last year.
Newsday (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
THE GERMAN Government has signed an agreement worth approximately TT$45.7 million to support the fight against HIV/AIDS within the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
From the tobacco legislation to the carbon footprint post-CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, Coffeewallah asks: “Has everybody in this country lost their cotton picking minds'”
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Some 300 military personnel and 150 police officers from Caricom are expected to be in Trinidad and Tobago during the period of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), National Security Minister Martin Joseph said yesterday.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Barbados is the least corrupt among nine Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries surveyed by Transparency International (TI) in its Corruption Perception Index (CPI) this year.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Director-General of the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Gail Mathurin, says the region is satisfied with the first round of the CARICOM/Canada Trade and Development Negotiations that came to an end last week.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has unveiled a campaign to promote the region's collective position on climate change, ahead of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) scheduled for next month in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
With just one month to go before the much anticipated report on the situation of Caribbean youth is submitted to the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat has embarked on a series of national consultations to engage key stakeholders in discussions on the findings and recommendations of the draft report. Supported by [...]
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Following the decision taken by the Caricom Heads of Government in March 2009 to incorporate the then Caribbean Regional Negotiation Machinery (CRNM) into the Caricom Secretariat, a specialised department has now been formed. To this end, the disbanding of the CRNM unit has now made way for the Office of Trade Negotiation (OTN) headed by Jamaican [...]
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Nine of the 14 Caricom countries are reeling from the effects of the global economic downturn and recessions of their own, the latest available data on the region is showing.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 is the next place that Caricom countries will meet larger nations to discuss why they haven’t been getting their share of the financial pie.
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) which has its roots in the Grand Anse Declaration of Grenada more than two decades ago, still has issues that bedevil the process. Speaking to the media at the Caricom Secretariat, yesterday, Caricom Secretary General, Edwin Carrington, said that while he acknowledges the shortcomings of the CSME, there are [...]
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
-aiming for a million ducklings a year from NARI A lack of political will in some CARICOM states has seen the region-wide agriculture initiative being stalled, ...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
When the nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines vote in a national referendum on a new Constitution on November 25th, the polling will take place under the watchful eye of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) observer.
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