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GUYANA: Outcome Statement of the Agri-Investment Forum and Expo — May 19 to 21, 2022 

05/21/2022 – 9:00 pm

DPI Guyana – 21 May 2022

Caricom Headquarters
Georgetown. Guyana.

A representative group of CARICOM Heads of Government from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Montserrat and Trinidad and Tobago and other high-level representatives from The Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and regional and international institutions met in Georgetown, Guyana at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on May 19 and 20, 2022 as participants in the “Agri-Investment Forum and Expo: Investing in Vision 25 by 2025”, organised by the Government of Guyana in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat.

The Group took the opportunity of the important and timely Forum to discuss the current grave global situation of the shortages and high prices of imported food; the shortage and increased prices of fertilizers and other agricultural inputs; and the severe problems affecting transportation and supply.        Continue reading →

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Cricket: Guyana will host countries for the 14th edition of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in 2022

11/27/2021 – 12:09 am

Guyana to host U19 World Cup in 2022

Providence will be hosting matches during the ICC Under-19 World Cup in January
Providence will be hosting matches during the ICC Under-19 World Cup in January
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Guyana has been named as one of the host countries for the 14th edition of the ICC Under-19 World Cup next year.

The tournament will run from January 14 to February 5 with Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as Trinidad and Tobago confirmed as other venues. A total of ten venues will be used for the 48-match tournament.

The National Stadium in Providence will host the matches while Everest Cricket Club will be used as a warm-up venue only.              Continue reading →

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TRAVEL: LIAT can be restructured in 90 days – Antigua’s PM Gaston Browne

07/22/2020 – 12:02 am

Demerara Waves – by: Denis Chabrol in Business, News July 21, 2020

Prime Minister, Gaston Browne.

Antigua and Barbuda looks set to surge ahead with plans to restructure Liat after the governments of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados Monday night agreed to sell their shareholdings for $1.

Prime Minister Gaston Browne made that disclosure on Antigua’s OBSERVER on Tuesday morning (July 21, 2020) after revealing that his regional counterparts have backed his plans to reorganise the ailing carrier.

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Barbados To Begin Issuing Licenses For Marijuana Cultivation Next Month

01/16/2020 – 12:28 am

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (CMC) – The newly-established Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority should be ready to begin issuing licences next month, Agriculture Minister, Indar Weir, has said.

But Weir has hinted at the possibility of Barbadians having to be prepared to make “heavy investments in order to get going” into the new industry, under which the government will allow the cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Weir told the online publication, Barbados TODAY, while he is “happy to report that the authority is established, and they are ready to work”, he is hoping that the first of the licences would be ready to be issued, before February, but no later than the end of that month.  Continue reading →

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CARICOM: CSME Member States Sign on to Contingent Rights Protocol

03/11/2019 – 12:08 am

Caricom Headquarters
Georgetown. Guyana.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Monday March 4, 2019 – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States that are participating in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) have all signed on to the Protocol on Contingent Rights and most of them are prepared to immediately begin provisional application of the Protocol.

The Protocol covers the rights of persons moving to another country under the free movement of skills regime, as well as the spouses and dependents of those who move to another country.    Continue reading →

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The Caribbean honours its overlooked WW1 soldiers – BBC News

11/10/2018 – 1:20 am

The Caribbean honours its overlooked WW1 soldiers

By Gemma Handy  – St John’s, Antigua – 7 November 2018

Ex-servicemen in Antigua think the contribution of Caribbean soldiers to WW1 has been overlooked

Ask ex-servicemen in Antigua and Barbuda about their country’s contribution to World War One efforts and the response will be delivered with ample pride and a touch of pique.

This Remembrance Sunday at 11:00, as they do every year, they will join their counterparts around the world and gather at the nation’s Cenotaph to commemorate their fallen, but overlooked, heroes.

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Strengthening Justice Delivery In The Caribbean

01/24/2018 – 12:29 am

Strengthening justice delivery in the Caribbean

January 23, 2018 – : Caribbean News Now

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Antiquated systems have long been the bane of legal practitioners in the Caribbean, contributing to severe case backlogs, expensive legal services and debilitating delays.

In 2016, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) established APEX as a not-for-profit agency to deliver capacity building and technology-based solutions to improve justice delivery for Caribbean courts, law offices and related agencies.   Continue reading →

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Citizenship in the Caribbean: The five citizenship-by-investment programmes

11/23/2017 – 12:15 am

Citizenship in the Caribbean: The five citizenship-by-investment programmes

Map of the Caribbean  – click to enlarge

By Yulia Kozhevnikova

: A review of citizenship-by-investment programmes in the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia
 By Yulia Kozhevnikova

Hurricanes Irma and Maria, two of the strongest Atlantic storms in history, caused massive destruction in the Caribbean. To support recovery efforts, Caribbean governments have already begun raising funds. In September, St Kitts and Nevis approved a new citizenship-by-investment programme. From 23 September 2017 to 31 March 2018, investors will be able to get citizenship by donating $150,000 to the Hurricane Relief Fund.     READ MORE

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The Story Within The Story…Irma: A few deadly hours – By Leonard Gildarie

09/10/2017 – 12:30 am

The Story Within The Story…Irma: A few deadly hours

Sep 10, 2017 – Kaieteur News – By Leonard Gildarie

This past week, one of the world’s strongest hurricanes, Irma, started up and on its path to

Leonard Gildarie

Florida, USA, battered parts of the Caribbean, leaving a trail of destruction that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars of rebuilding, monies that many of the small states don’t have. Many Guyanese live in the affected areas.

At least 13 persons are dead in the Leeward Islands zone alone, it was reported. Along its way, the US and British Virgin Islands have taken damage. So did Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda and Puerto Rico.

In Florida, all commercial flights from Miami Airport for yesterday and today were cancelled ahead of Irma’s landfall. Overhead images showed traffic backups after authorities ordered mandatory evacuations.     Continue reading →

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UN: Caribbean leaders warn of region’s economic collapse

10/03/2016 – 12:04 am

Caribbean leaders warn of region’s economic collapse

Caribbean News Now!- caribbeannewsnow.com – September 26, 2016

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Photo: Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 71st session. UN Photo/Cia Pak

NEW YORK, USA — Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday September 24, 2016 that, along with climate change and lingering indebtedness, Caribbean islands face another existential threat from the withdrawal by global banks of correspondent banking relations to their financial institutions.

In the global campaign against money-laundering and terrorist financing, very strict penalties have been imposed on banks by regulatory bodies in North America and Europe for any infringement of the stringent regulations.
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