Dominica’s PM calls for removal of artificial barriers to trade

May 20, 2022 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14166" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit[/caption] GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has called for the removal of “fictitious” imposition of barriers to intra-regional trade, especially within the agricultural sector, urging also that agricultural workers be allowed free movement within...

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CARICOM to vote separately for Commonwealth Secretary-General

May 19, 2022 in Regional

Antigua and Barbuda other CARICOM member states have been told that they will each have to vote separately for a candidate of their choice when Commonwealth leaders meet in Rwanda next month. This, as CARICOM appears to be divided over the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General The...

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Guyana receives US$81M in royalty payments for two years but gives away US$657M in taxes in one year

May 18, 2022 in Regional

For the period April 28, 2020 to January 27, 2022, Guyana received US$81 million in royalty payments, scraped from the two percent deal it signed with US oil major, ExxonMobil, back in 2016. When converted to local currency, this amounted to just over $16 billion. This was...

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CARPHA receives support to address infectious disease surveillance in the Caribbean

May 17, 2022 in Regional

The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is receiving funding assistance from the Republic of Korea to strengthen laboratory systems and networks in the Caribbean Community (Caricom). CARPHA said that the US$656,743 grant will also assist in strengthening human resources capacities in health sectors to accurately...

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Regional health ministers to discuss lessons learnt from COVID-19

May 16, 2022 in Regional

Caricom health ministers will join their counterparts from the Commonwealth to discuss the lessons learned from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and recovery efforts The ministers will meet virtually from Tuesday for their three-day annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM) that will be held under the theme...

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