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The Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Nassau, The Bahamas, from 7-8 March 2008. The Right Honourable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, presided. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Baldwin Spencer; the Prime...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, along with other leaders of the Caribbean region will be heading to Port-of Spain, Trinidad in April to continue discussions on a number of critical issues that continue to confront the region. The issues up for further discussions include the rising oil prices, price increases, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the tourism industry and the issue...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he wants to see Caribbean companies coming together in joint ventures because each country acting independently will not be able to penetrate the European markets nor be able to achieve the levels of efficiency that will allow each country to get into that market and to dominate it. He is of the view that the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, along with other leaders of the Caribbean region will be heading to Port-of Spain, Trinidad in April to continue discussions on a number of critical issues that continue to confront the region. The issues up for further discussions include the rising oil prices, price increases, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the tourism industry and the issue...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he wants to see Caribbean companies coming together in joint ventures because each country acting independently will not be able to penetrate the European markets nor be able to achieve the levels of efficiency that will allow each country to get into that market and to dominate it. He is of the view that the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, has lauded the two-day consultation on reducing the impact of small arms and light weapons on children and their communities as a timely discussion. He said the forum is another step in helping to ensure that the society is rid of violence against children. "I wish to put...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, has lauded the two-day consultation on reducing the impact of small arms and light weapons on children and their communities as a timely discussion. He said the forum is another step in helping to ensure that the society is rid of violence against children. "I wish to put...

Government is taking a comprehensive look at its diplomatic missions across the world, in order to penetrate new markets abroad so as to increase exports and to bring investors from those countries to establish and expand business opportunities in the island. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, who is in Nassau, Bahamas as part of...

Government is taking a comprehensive look at its diplomatic missions across the world, in order to penetrate new markets abroad so as to increase exports and to bring investors from those countries to establish and expand business opportunities in the island. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, who is in Nassau, Bahamas as part of...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for local government reform, Robert Montague has informed that there are plans to construct a new building for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) "You cannot have a disaster response agency that the first thing they worry about is if the headquarters is going to...

The 14th Annual International Diabetes Conference, aimed at increasing awareness of diabetes and seeking solutions to the challenges presented by the disease, is presently underway at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay. The conference, which is being held from March 6 to 9, is organized by the University Diabetes Outreach Programme (UDOP). Hundreds of local and regional health...

The fourth staging of an islandwide series of consultative workshops hosted by the Office of the Children's Advocate in Spanish Town on March 5 is being hailed as "very successful" by Children's Advocate Mary Clarke. Mrs. Clarke says that in fact, several issues that were unearthed during the workshop will be discussed at a meeting to be held with the...