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CARICOM

Creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, productivity key to growth – CARICOM SG

Caricom, WICB partner to boost schools

COTED to engage private sector on more continuous basis

CARICOM adopts 10-Point Action Plan to fight Ebola

Caricom Heads to Meet on Ebola & Chikungunya

CARICOM leads charge against Chikungunya, Ebola threat

OAS and CARICOM IMPACS Sign Agreement on Security Cooperation

Discussions on Agriculture at Third CARICOM-Mexico Summit build on triangular cooperation

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Important projects of Martinique for Caribbean

Barbados Signs PROCEER Memorandum

OECS Network of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Training and Education Project is Underway

Saint Lucia implements instruments to give effect to the free movement of people regime

Organization of American States

Statement of the OAS Secretary General on the Prorogation of Parliament in Guyana

OAS and CARICOM IMPACS Sign Agreement on Security Cooperation

OAS Preliminary Statement on Antigua Elections

ECLAC

ECLAC: Latin American and Caribbean Countries Agreed to Promote Regional Policies on Science, Innovation and ICT

ECLAC Predicts Latin America and the Caribbean will Grow by 2.7% in 2014

ACS

ACS convenes the XX Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council in Guatemala

Banking/ Finance

Communiqué of the 81st Meeting of the ECCB Monetary Council 24 Febrruary 2015

Kennedy Funding Financial Suspends Lending in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Saint Lucia’s Private Sector to Get a Financial Boost from Caribbean Export

Montserrat receives EC$14M from the EU for Budget Support

Bahamas Government Forecast Possibility of Debt Restructuring With Chinese Government

Turks & Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission to be Reviewed

Scotiabank to Cut 1,500 Jobs & Close Some International Branches

ECCB reports improved fiscal and debt positions in ECCU

Moody's downgrades The Bahamas

ECCB and Commercial Banks in the ECCU to Launch New Payment Transfer System

BVI; Gov’t plans to diversify financial services

Trinidad: Central Bank pumps US$30m into system

Inter-American Development Bank

IDB, UNDP, and ECLAC to Coordinate Efforts in Unique Partnership for Sustainable Energy for All in the Americas

Haiti: More than 230,000 Children to Benefit from Improved Schooling

IDB: New report details microcredit expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean

IDB, EU and Spain reaffirm commitment to renewable and efficient energy in the Caribbean

Remittance Flows Up in Central America and Caribbean, Down in Mexico and South America

IDB: Report Positions Latin America and the Caribbean as the Next Global Breadbasket

International Monetary Fund

IMF Statement at the End of a Staff Visit to Grenada

IMF Staff Concludes Review Mission to Jamaica

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation with Suriname

IMF Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Staff Mission to Jamaica

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation Discussions with the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Curaçao and Sint Maarten

Grenada: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Staff Mission to Grenada

IMF Executive Board Completes First Post-Program Monitoring for Antigua and Barbuda

Caribbean Development Bank

Statement by President Caribbean Development Bank at the Bank’s Annual Press Conference

CDB to host green economy and public private partnership seminars in Suriname today

CDB President to lead discussions on energy policy and energy security at CREF

Allen Stanford

CLICO

World Bank

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Computer/ IT

Jamaica to Set up Cyber Incident Response Team

70,000 Caribbean Island Residents to Receive Bitcoin in 2015

Cricket

WICB hails Windies, Gayle's landmark

Cricket: Gayle, Samuels shatter records in win

Cricket: Holder - Windies will keep spirits high

Caricom, WICB partner to boost schools

Cricket: Venues confirmed for Leewards matches

Cricket: Brilliant Taylor fails to fire Windies

Windies Women fall to fourth defeat

ICC condemns Windies players for abandoning Indian tour

Cricket: Impasse resolved, says media report, but parties mum

WICB announces England 2015 schedule

Cricket: Chanderpaul jumps to Number 2 in ranking

Bob Woolmer's Death

Cricket World Cup 2007

Crime/Security

InselAir tackles growing drug transhipment trend

Barbados Ratifies Transnational Crime Convention

UN Says Belize is Third Deadliest Country In the World

Turks & Caicos: Fraudsters target local bank accounts for alleged Grand Turk development

Jamaica: Assets in limbo - Gov't holds on to $1.2b in cash, property seized from criminals

Economy, Trade & Investment

Jamaica: BOJ Forecasts Inflation at 5.5 to 7.5 Per Cent for 2015

Trinidad & Tobago signs Energy MOU with IDB

CGI To Assist Marijuana Companies With Entering Newly Minted Jamaican Cannabis Market

63 millions € from European Outermost Regions for the Caribbean cooperation

St. Vincent Budget Address 2015

Turks & Caicos: Premier demands businesses give jobs to locals

Bahamas: PM Sees Near-Term Economic Outlook as Upbeat

CDB Projects Further Regional Growth for 2015

CDB President addresses economic issues in the region

Turks & Caicos: Government seeks $50 million surplus from 2016/16 budget

Avon to cease operations in 16 Caribbean territories

Crucial budget support talks between Montserrat government and DfID

Barbados: Review of Economy, Jan 13, 2015

Anitgua - Budget Speech 2015

Antigua: Government to fast track fuel price reduction

Antigua: Government to Borrow to Pay Salaries

Coke-Hamilton Sees Diversification In Agro-Processing, Cultural Industries

Jamaica on course to pass sixth IMF test, says EPOC

Bahamas: Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, September 2014

Saint Lucia: MOU green economy sector signing

Turks & Caicos: Gov’t seeks $5.4m boost

Latin America and the Caribbean should do more to facilitate trade in order to boost region’s exports

Haiti: Sunrise Airways opens new route to Cuba

Barbados' Economic Performance

IBIC 2015 International Business & Investment Convention, Barbados

Moody's downgrades The Bahamas

Canada Contributes to Increasing Food Security and Promoting Public Health in Haiti

Dominica: Multi-million dollar modern agricultural center to be opened

Belize: Standoff between Maya communities and US Capital Energy in the south

Bahamas: Central Bank Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, March 2014

IMF Executive Board Completes First Post-Program Monitoring for Antigua and Barbuda

BVI: Private sector to help shrink government

Financial Crisis/ Recession

Education

Haiti: More than 230,000 Children to Benefit from Improved Schooling

Barbados: Sustainable Economic Growth Through TVET

St. George's University and Niagara Christian Community of Schools in Canada Announce Joint Partnership

Caribbean Fisheries Officers off to Australia for Training

Tuition fees slashed for TCI students at UWI

Entertainment/Media

CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution receives major EU grant

$115m profit for One Caribbean Media

Books, Movies, Music

Trinidad & Tobago Musicians to be Spotlighted at World-Famous South by Southwest Music Festival

Bunji 2015 Cheers!

CaribbeanTales Film Festival 2014 shines spotlight on regional talent

Videos

Environment/Energy

IDB, UNDP, and ECLAC to Coordinate Efforts in Unique Partnership for Sustainable Energy for All in the Americas

Trinidad & Tobago signs Energy MOU with IDB

Grenada and New Zealand in Partnership to explore Geothermal potential

Vice President Biden to Host Caribbean Energy Security Summit

Barbados; Oil Exploration Licence Initialled

Jamaica: Oil search on... for another five years, at least

IDB, EU and Spain reaffirm commitment to renewable and efficient energy in the Caribbean

Signing Onto SIDS DOCK Should Reap Huge Renewable Energy Benefits For The Bahamas

Trinidad to Harness Wind Energy

Food & Oil Crisis

Government, Politics, Int'l Relations

Dr. Timothy Harris sworn in as New Prime Minister of St.Kitts-Nevis

The OAS/EOM in St. Kitts and Nevis Calls on All Actors to Respect the Official Results Announced by Electoral Authorities

St. Kitts: New Joint Federal Cabinet To Be determined

Statement of the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil L. Douglas Prime Minister, St. Kitts & Nevis following the official declaration of the Results of February 16, 2015 Election on February 17, 2015

Gonsalves congratulates Team Unity on ‘victory’ in St. Kitts

Montserrat receives EC$14M from the EU for Budget Support

OECS Media Statement on St. Kitts & Nevis Elections

Trinidad: PM: What's delaying the election result in St Kitts and Nevis?

Anguilla to Have International Election Observers at Upcoming General Elections

Opposition claims victory in St Kitts-Nevis general election

The Rise of China and Its Impact on the Caribbean to be Examined

Bahamas Government Forecast Possibility of Debt Restructuring With Chinese Government

Statement by the US President on Cuba Policy Changes

Statement of the OAS Secretary General on the Prorogation of Parliament in Guyana

Guyana: President Ramotar Suspends Parliament

Commonwealth Election Observer Mission issues final report on Montserrat’s 2014 polls

Montserrat Development Corporation: Annual Review of the MDC carried out by UK Department for International Development(DFID)

The Bahamas: Environment, Crime and Illegal Immigration are Country’s Top Priorities

Turkey Donates over Two Million US Dollars to Antigua and Barbuda

Montserrat Supervisor of Elections - Largest Number of Candidates for Sept 11 Elections

Jamaica to recieve £46 million in bilateral assistance

Guyana and EU sign 34M euros agreement

Commonwealth Observer team for Montserrat elections

Antigua: Government signs $36M agreement with China

TCI, Bahamas unite against illegals

OAS Preliminary Statement on Antigua Elections

Opposition ALP wins Antigua general election

Antigua & Barbuda: Historic Election Day

OAS and Antigua and Barbuda Sign Agreement to Observe the 2014 General Elections

Health/Medical

Turks & Caicos: Government to pay InterHealth Canada almost $1billion

Barbados Signs PROCEER Memorandum

PAHO Assisting Barbados With Ebola Action Plan

T&T to contribute US$100,000 to Ebola Fund

CARICOM adopts 10-Point Action Plan to fight Ebola

Caricom Heads to Meet on Ebola & Chikungunya

New Model for Low-Cost High-Quality Healthcare: The Cayman Islands?

Jamaica: Cuba to the rescue - Neighbour to help Jamaica in Ebola fight

Chik-V has not yet peaked, says C'bean health official

BVI: Government committee drafts National Ebola Plan

CARICOM leads charge against Chikungunya, Ebola threat

Barbados: Confirmed Chikungunya Cases Now At 40

Grenada confirms twelve(12) laboratory cases of Chikungunya

CARPHA says no case of Ebola in the Caribbean, but monitoring continues

Threat of Emerging Virus can be Stopped: Interim results of First Clinical Trial of Themis Bioscience's Vaccine Candidate Against Chikungunya Fever Prove Successful

Hurricanes/Natural Disasters

Antigua and Barbuda to benefit from EU grant funding

CCRIF to make First Payout on Excess Rainfall Policy to Anguilla after Hurricane Gonzalo Rains

Haiti Earthquake

Labor

Legal

Jamaica: Passage of Ganja Bill doesn't mean free-for-all

Barbados: Cultural Industries Development Act to be proclaimed

Impact Justice Project Heeds Heads of Government Call

BVI: Marriages to be allowed on ships

Manufacturing/ Engineering

People/Culture/Lifestyle

Trini set to make waves on US TV series

Dominica’s Indigenous People to be Renamed

Barbados: Changes Coming To Crop Over 2014

Real Estate

Sport (non cricket)

25th Edition of the International Schoelcher Nautical Week (Martinique) Victory of the St Lucian Devaux-Lovell in the category LASER RADIAL

25th Edition of the International Schoelcher Nautical Week (Martinique)

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Announce Agreement to Bring Copa America 2016 to the United States

Telecommunications

Cable & Wireless seeks to ease anxiety among Flow staff

Cable & Wireless Communications PLC to buy Columbus

Digicel

Travel/Tourism

St. Maarten: Consul General urges Govt to include Chinese language in online marketing

Turks & Caicos: Best Tourism Year Ever

Aruba Tourism Authority Reports 2014 Tourism Results

Bermuda Tourism Budget Cut by $1.4M; Hanbury optimistic

Nevis Attracts Added Airlift From Antigua; Tourism Official Pleased

Bahamas Tourism Minister: Greater Participation in Tourism by the Caribbean, and As One

BVI Wary of Cuban Competition in Tourism

Opportunities in Tourism Advanced During the Prime Minister's Trip

Bermuda: Air arrivals and visitor spending both go down

Turks & Caicos: Carnival Cruise Lines exempted from new tourism services tax

OECS Network of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Training and Education Project is Underway

Sale of British Colonial Hilton Signals More Jobs for Bahamians

The Bahamas Receives Grant to Enhance its Tourism Product

Nevis Tourism Authority CEO speaks to new initiatives

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

Summit of the Americas

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