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Caribbean Community

Type: Organization

Name: Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Caribbean Community

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNESCO meeting underlines urgency to address climate change impacts

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Stakeholders at a UNESCO Sub-regional session on climate change held in Nevis this week have agreed to take actions to address the impact of climate change within the next two years. The delegates from the Caribbean and St. ... [Published Winn FM - May 18 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cul..., Adaptation, Caribbean Community

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Jamaica Broilers Group Ltd

Local companies should follow Jamaica Broilers into Haiti

Haiti is, more often than not, dismissed as a viable market for exports from Jamaica and is usually not thought of as a possible opportunity for Jamaican companies to establish and do business there.The reasons voiced for ignoring Haiti are numerous, ... [Published Jamaica Observer - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Haiti, Jamaica Broilers Group Ltd, Caribbean Community, Jamaica

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Diplomacy and crime challenges for CARICOM

AS THE Caribbean Community$ seeks to cope with increasing challenges amid the rapidity of global changes, there are recurring calls, from various quarters, for the regional integration movement to move with vigour and vision to embrace new and relevant ... [Published Guyana Chronicle Online - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Caribbean Community, Crime, Winston Dookeran, Trinidad and Tobago

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Jamaica uncovers ‘scheme’ involving Petrotrin oil products

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton, above, told parliament the scheme was brought to the attention of the Portia Simpson Miller administration by the private sector.KINGSTON—Jamaica has imposed additional duties on lube oil product ... [Published Trinidad Guardian - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Jamaica, Caribbean Community, Trinidad and Tobago

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

UCJ pace slow, unacceptable

Dear Editor,I pen this letter to express my frustration at what I believe is an extremely long period for a decision to be made on qualifications pursued through distance learning/online.It has been well over six months since I visited the University ... [Published Jamaica Observer - May 18 2013]

Entities: Caribbean Community, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jamaica, Harvard University

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Has Caribbean Diplomacy Lost Its Mojo?

Economy & Trade, Global Geopolitics, Globalisation, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean, Regional Alliances, South-South, United Nations, WorldPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 18 2013 (IPS) - Whether by accident or coincidence, recent days have seen ... [Published Inter Press Service - May 18 2013]

Entities: Caribbean Community, Winston Dookeran, Trinidad and Tobago, Rudy Insanally

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Caribbean Community

Regional foreign ministers disappointed at position by Guatemala on border dispute with Belize

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 17, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers say they are concerned that “Guatemala is reneging on an agreement to hold a referendum” as part of the efforts to end the long running border dispute with Belize.The foreign ... [Published Antigua Observer - May 17 2013]

Entities: Guatemala, Belize, Caribbean Community

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Meeting concludes between Caricom foreign ministers

St. John’s Antigua- Foreign ministers of Caricom member states have pledged their support to Antigua & Barbuda as it prepares to assume the chairmanship of the United Nations General Assembly in September.The promise was made yesterday at the conclusion ... [Published Antigua Observer - May 18 2013]

Entities: Caribbean Community, Antigua and Barbuda, Anthony Liverpool, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Caricoms unfair call

THE CASE put forward over the last few months by St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves calling for this country to end its fuel hedge for national carrier Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) strikes us as misplaced on several fronts. ... [Published Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday - May 18 2013]

Entities: Caribbean Community, Ralph Gonsalves, Liat, Transportation, Trinidad and Tobago

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

We're all in the same boat

By ARINTHIA S. KOMOLAFEThe discussion about the new normal in the age of prudence and what has been termed an era of austerity has only just begun.As countries across the globe grapple with the new reality of slow economic growth and fiscal challenges ... [Published Freeport News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Jamaica, Bahamas, International Monetary Fund

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

COFCOR Meeting Ends on High Note

Today concludes the Sixteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations, COFCOR, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the Hilton Hotel of Port-of-Spain.Foreign Ministers discussed the Region’s relations ... [Published Government of Antigua and Barbuda - May 17 2013]

Entities: Caribbean Community, Antigua and Barbuda, Government of the Republic of Trinidad, Anthony Liverpool

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 4 reports

CARICOM Rejects Subsidies Harmful for Rum Industry

14 de mayo de 2013, 16:07Port of Spain, May 14 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin La Rocque, said today that the organization reaffirms its position against the subsidies of Diaego transnational because of ... [Published Prensa Latina - May 14 2013]

Entities: Caribbean Community, Diageo PLC, Bacardi, United States, Puerto Rico

Quotes

"All these elements will help secure financing assurances for a fund-supported program."

We're all in the same boat [Published Freeport News - May 18 2013]

...Sales volumes are just starting to pick up, believes Harry Manning, owner of real estate firm Harry Manning Associates. "It´s a very stable place – economically and politically – it has a familiarity to it for British buyers with low crime, good roads, hospitals and schools and excellent communication from US and Europe. It has a depth of culture which means buyers can winter there without going crazy" says Savills’ Caribbean director James Burdess

Barbados Boasts Property Market Stability [Published Nuwire Investor - May 17 2013]

Statisticians are observing 2013 as the International Year of Statistics under the theme ` "Statistics in Everyday Life; Let us Educate and Appreciate’. The over-riding goals of the Year are to: increase public awareness of the power and far-reaching impact of statistics on all aspects of society; promote and nurture statistics as a profession, especially among young people; and promote creativity and development in the sciences of probability and statistics."

Statisticians zone in on distinction between travel, tourism [Published CaribSeek - May 17 2013]

"The era of transition in which the Region finds itself is taking place also within the context of a dynamic and rapidly changing global environment. This is characterised by globalisation and its practical effects; major shifts in the balance of power; the management of shared problems in an increasingly interdependent world; balancing the often-competing forces of globalisation and regionalisation."

Secretary-General says survival in global market demands 'commonality' [Published Freeport News - May 16 2013]

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Local companies should follow Jamaica Broilers ... [Published Jamaica Observer - 12 hours ago]
Diplomacy and crime challenges for CARICOM [Published Guyana Chronicle Online - 20 hours ago]
Free yourself from mental slavery [Published Voice Online - 20 hours ago]
Jamaica uncovers ‘scheme’ involving Petrotrin o... [Published Trinidad Guardian - 20 hours ago]
UNESCO meeting underlines urgency to address cl... [Published Winn FM - May 18 2013]
UCJ pace slow, unacceptable [Published Jamaica Observer - May 18 2013]
Has Caribbean Diplomacy Lost Its Mojo? [Published Inter Press Service - May 18 2013]
Meeting concludes between Caricom foreign minis... [Published Antigua Observer - May 18 2013]
Caricoms unfair call [Published Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday - May 18 2013]
We're all in the same boat [Published Freeport News - May 18 2013]
Barbados Boasts Property Market Stability [Published Nuwire Investor - May 17 2013]
Statisticians zone in on distinction between tr... [Published CaribSeek - May 17 2013]
Regional foreign ministers disappointed at posi... [Published Antigua Observer - May 17 2013]
US lobbies Caribbean [Published Barbados Daily Nation - May 17 2013]
CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Regional foreign ministers d... [Published Caribbean News Agency - May 17 2013]
Concerned [Published Caribbean News Agency - May 17 2013]
COFCOR Meeting Ends on High Note [Published Government of Antigua and Barbuda - May 17 2013]
CARIBBEAN-RIGHTS-US lobbies Caribbean for posit... [Published Caribbean News Agency - May 17 2013]
Walking the ‘talk’ on diplomacy and battling c... [Published Barbados Daily Nation - May 17 2013]
Secretary-General says survival in global marke... [Published Freeport News - May 16 2013]
Multilateral Environmental Agreements Mainstrea... [Published CaribSeek - May 16 2013]
Not a Caribbean Man? [Published Caribbean360 - May 16 2013]
Jamaica uncovers scheme involving PETROTRIN oil... [Published Caribbean360 - May 16 2013]
LIAT to present legal opinion summary to Trinid... [Published Caribbean360 - May 16 2013]
Communiqué Issued At The Conclusion Of The Sixt... [Published CaribSeek - May 16 2013]
Haiti - Politic : Pierre Richard Casimir in Tri... [Published Haitilibre.com - May 16 2013]
Transport Ministers To Meet On Airline Issues [Published Winn FM - May 16 2013]
Project Aims to Increase Food Security in the C... [Published Prensa Latina - May 16 2013]
New diplomatic initiatives [Published Caribbean News Agency - May 16 2013]
Scholarship made my life possible, student tell... [Published Caribbean Camera - May 16 2013]

Blogs

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Priority: Supporting development in Belize [Published Inside government - Department for Internationa ... - Apr 26 2013] Issue Belize is the northernmost country in Central America, and has a population of around 320,000. Its economy is heavily dependent on bananas, sugar, and tourism, although it also exports petroleum. Belize benefits from DFID’s regional programmes that ...
How Effective Are Regional Organizations in Dis... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Apr 18 2013] Regional organizations are playing an increasingly important role in disaster risk reduction and management, but how effective are they? Leading up to our event on April 22 (Earth Day), I'll continue to share with you some additional interesting findings ...
How Effective Are Regional Organizations in Dis... [Published Brookings Up Front - Apr 18 2013] Regional organizations are playing an increasingly important role in disaster risk reduction and management, but how effective are they? Leading up to our event on April 22 (Earth Day), I'll continue to share with you some additional interesting findings ...
Al Sharpton Hypocrisy: Criticism of Mayor Bloom... [Published YID With LID - Mar 25 2013] Its incredible when non-Jews play the Antisemitism card as a way to attack their political opponents, its downright disgusting when its an Anti-Semite playing that card. This morning on the Morning Joe program, Mike Barnicle and Al Sharpton agreed that ...
Haitian Artist's “Soliloquy of Chaos” [Published Global Voices Online - Mar 08 2013] Haitian-American painter Sophia Domeville is starting to make waves in the art world. Last year the abstract impressionist (who earned a B.F.A. from the College of New Rochelle) held her first solo exhibition, “ Soliloquy of Chaos .” Right now Domeville ...

Press Releases

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New Impetus Needed to Complete a Canada-Caribbe... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - Jan 10 2013]