Tag: Caribbean Community (Caricom)

• Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 07:49 UTC

  Caribbean countries hold for fifth consecutive time OAS Permanent Council chair

  

  The Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the Organization of American States (OAS), Neil Parsan DVM, MBA, CACM, RFC, was inaugurated on Thursday as Chair of the Permanent Council of the hemispheric institution, a position he will hold for the next three months and in which he follows the Ambassador of Suriname, Niermala Badrising.

• Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  US moves into the Caribbean to replace Venezuela as cheap gas supplier

  

  The United States Monday rolled out a new initiative for Caribbean countries to ensure energy security in a move widely seen as distancing the Caribbean from Venezuela for their oil and energy needs.

• Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

  Guyana dismisses warning of Commonwealth action for suspending Parliament

  

  Guyana's ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) dismissed a warning from Britain that Guyana risks being referred to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group after the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country suspended Parliament in November last year.

• Saturday, January 10th 2015 - 06:49 UTC

  Caricom countries want to use Chinese credit to restructure debt

  

  Caribbean Community countries (Caricom) want to use the three billion US dollar concessionary facility announced by China last year for debt restructuring and refinancing among other initiatives, CARICOM Chairman Perry Christie has said.

• Monday, November 24th 2014 - 07:44 UTC

  IMF monitoring impact of Venezuela's economic stress for Caribbean islands

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is monitoring the potential impact any changes to PetroCaribe, Venezuela’s oil alliance with several Caribbean islands will have on regional economies.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 08:01 UTC

  Japan's PM Abe at CARICOM summit pledges development support

  

  Heads of Government of the fourteen Caribbean Community (CARICOM) “were heartened” by their Japanese counterpart’s Shinzo Abe positive response to a number of issues raised during their one-day summit in Guyana.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2014 - 08:52 UTC

  Caribbean Community moving closer to decriminalization of marihuana

  

  The Jamaica government is being urged to enact legislation that would decriminalize marijuana as well as establish a medical marijuana industry. The Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Taskforce said Jamaica would significantly benefit from a regulates medical marihuana industry.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2014 - 23:44 UTC

  Several Caribbean BOTs listed in the US 2014 narcotics control strategy report

  

  The United States has named several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries as major money laundering states whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from international narcotics trafficking.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 21:35 UTC

  Mercosur calls special meeting in November to consolidate trade proposal before the EU

  

  Mercosur will be holding a special meeting of foreign ministers next 15 November in Caracas to consolidate “Mercosur presentation before the European Union”, according to a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:29 UTC

  Argentina expands political relationship and cooperation with the Caribbean

  

  Argentina pledged to strengthen its relationship with the Caribbean Community (Caricom) saying that it was also looking to develop new areas of integration with the Caribbean under the paradigm of south-south cooperation, reports the Jamaica Observer from Georgetown Guyana.