Caribbean Community

One day all this will be gardening - Caribbean food vs LatAm producers

Nearly two decades ago, a former Caribbean minister with an unconventional background would try to shock those that he met into recognising that agriculture in the region was dying and that it was the services sector that...

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Barbados least corrupt, says Transparency International

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 18, 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. The...

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CARICOM unveils climate change strategy ahead of Copenhagen

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...

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Region prepares for round two of trade negotiations with Canada

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...

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CARICOM Chairman lobbies FAO to support the region's agriculture initiative

ROME, Italy, Nov 17, 2009 (Caribbean Net News - Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and president of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo wants the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support the...

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CARICOM observers for St Vincent Constitution referendum

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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A blueprint for Caribbean salvation

By Sir Ronald Sanders Government representatives of all the countries that now form the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), except the Bahamas and Haiti, were present at a meeting in Mont...

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Denied - Cement waiver killed, but Samuda still suiting up for battle

CARICOM has denied Jamaica an extension of the cement duty waiver, scoring a victory for Caribbean Cement Company and its Trinidad parent, TCL Group, but last night Industry and Commerce Minister Karl Samuda vowed to fight the...

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Jamaica becomes fifth CARICOM country to join Rio Group

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is now the 25th country, and the fifth Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member, to be accepted into the prestigious Rio Group. Prime Minister Bruce Golding expressed pleasure at the acceptance of Jamaica...

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Spanish suggested as second language for Jamaica

Jamaica's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, has suggested that Spanish be made a second language in Jamaica, in light of the shifting dynamics of the hemisphere.

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