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World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday that the international financial institution was committed to partnering with Caricom to help the region build sustainable and inclusive growth.
Mr Zoellick, who was in Dominica for Caricom’s 28th inter-sessional summit of heads of government, said the talks held with the leaders of the regional grouping were useful, [...]
There is a heightened sense of anticipation and pride in Dominica as the country prepares to host for the very first time a major CARICOM event – the Twenty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community(CARICOM).
Current Chairman of CARICOM, Dominica’s Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit will officially welcome [...]
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) led the agenda when the Caribbean Community’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) met in Georgetown, Guyana in early February. Ministers examined a report on the state of implementation of the CSME, which found the need for greater coherence among Member States. The report highlighted the need [...]
The Government and people of Dominica are making a significant contribution to the people of Haiti in the aftermath of devastating earthquake which struck the country on January 12th 2010.
As of Friday, January 29, 2010, the Government and People of Dominica had contributed in excess of 1,300 cases of bottled water and more than 1,700 [...]
The death of Professor Ralston Milton ‘Rex’ Nettleford, Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the UWI on February 2, 2010 has resulted in an irreparable void for the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the people of the extended Caribbean region. His outstanding work in academics, education, teaching, the creative arts, his extensive publications and his [...]
It is with a great sense of distress that I have received news of Tuesday’s catastrophic earthquake which has rocked Haiti.
Initial reports suggest that the quake, registering 7.3 on the Richter scale, has not only devastated buildings and infrastructure but has resulted in significant injury and human casualty.
With this crisis still unfolding, we in CARICOM [...]
New CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said he will communicate with the various heads to discuss humanitarian aid to Haiti, following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the island on Tuesday.
Skerrit described the earthquake as a gut wrenching situation. “All of us know of the dire situation which has existed in Haiti and [...]
Dominica is expected to join other members of the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) which will sign unto the Economic Union Treaty at 5pm today.
The treaty, which is expected to be signed in the Kittian capital of Basseterre, was established to create a single financial and economic space in the sub-region grouping.
Prime Minister [...]
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, will confer an Honorary Degree on The University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of Cave Hill Campus, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles at a Special Congregation in the Great Hall of the University on Friday November 27, 2009.
Sir Hilary has stated that [...]
On 15th February 2008 Attorneys acting on my behalf in my capacity as Director General of the OECS filed action in the High Court of Saint Lucia against Timothy Poleon – Talk Show host of “News Spin,” and Radio Caribbean (1982) Limited as Defendants – for defamation of character. The defendants have agreed to issue [...]
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