Thursday, July 11, 2013
When the great adventurer George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Everest, he replied: “Because it is there.” It is with this attitude of exploration that an entrepreneur should launch a business. To achieve anything, you have to want to break new ground.
July 2013
PORT OF SPAIN July 5, 2013
As CARICOM marks its 40th anniversary today, its Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said last night there was much to celebrate and take pride in as an integration movement.
Barbados Today
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July 2013
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday July 8, 2013
Venezuela is offering assistance to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a number of areas including transportation, Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar said here Saturday.
by Peter Richards
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July 2013
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday July 8, 2013
The United Nations says the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is at an “important turning point” in its history.
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July 2013
June 26, 2013 Bridgetown, Barbados
The global economy is traversed by a network of constantly shifting economic/trade blocs, of which the 15-member Caribbean Community has been the second-longest running economic integration scheme, at 40 years old, counting from the 1973 Treaty of Chaguaramas.
(Barbados Today)
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June 2013
Thursday June 20 2013
The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, and the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility have announced a collaboration for the purposes of developing and disseminating Spanish-language knowledge products about microinsurance in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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June 2013
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday June 21, 2013 -
Are governments in the Caribbean killing the goose that lays the golden egg? This question relates to the number of taxes that governments are applying to the tourism industry and, particularly, to the cost of airplane tickets for flights originating in their countries.
Sir Ronald Sanders
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June 2013
June 20 2013
Entrepreneurship isn’t about selling things; it’s about finding innovative ways to improve people’s lives. Until recently, most people in business focused on products and services that would appeal to consumers, and this resulted in the creation of many great companies and a lot of jobs. But attitudes are changing. A new generation of entrepreneurs is using approaches from the commercial world and employing technology to tackle social and environmental problems - these areas used to be the exclusive territory of government agencies and charitable organisations.
by Richard Branson
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June 2013
Trinidad and Tobago Thursday June 20, 2013
Standard & Poors Rating Agency has placed Sagicor Life and Sagicor Finance on CreditWatch with negative implications because of the inability of the Barbados-based insurer Sagicor to reduce its property and casualty business by selling its U.K.-based subsidiary, Sagicor at Lloyd’s.
Business Guardian
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June 2013
Bridgetown, Barbados June 19 2013
Matters ranging from Caribbean nationals teaching abroad in refugee camps to cultural exchanges between small island states and African nations were among the areas discussed when Permanent Representative of the Republic of Djibouti to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Rachad Farah, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean.
Barbados Today
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June 2013
Bridgetown, Barbados June 19 2013
A National Procurement Authority will be established later this year once the legislation is passed in Parliament. This disclosure came today from Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler, as he addressed R.L. Mark and Company Limited’s 360 degree Solutions Showcase at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.
Barbados Today
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June 2013
Bridgetown, Barbados June 19, 2013
A top executive of one of this country’s leading construction companies is proposing a major lobby against a portion of the new Employment Rights Act, which he says has put the sector in a “very” difficult position.
Barbados Today
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June 2013
Bridgetown, Barbados June 19, 2013
It is always a privilege of Government to be associated with new products that can create new ways to achieve goals. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Chris Sinckler, made this observations today while speaking at R L Mark’s 360 degree Solutions Showcase at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.
Barbados Today
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June 2013
SANTIAGO, Chile, Thursday June 20, 2013
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the container throughput in Latin American and Caribbean ports remained sluggish in 2012, confirming the slowdown in the region's foreign trade over the past year.
(CMC)
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June 2013
France cleared the European Union to launch free-trade talks with the United States on Friday after fellow EU members accepted its demand to shield movies and online entertainment from the might of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
By Philip Blenkinsop and Robin Emmott
June 2013
(Reuters -Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.)
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June 2013
June 18 2013
Barbados says it will raise with the Caribbean Community Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) what it said was unfair competition involving the production of beers in the subregional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
CMC
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June 2013
WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Friday June 7, 2013
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) have signed an agreement to promote and support Central American and Caribbean public and private sector work in sustainable procurement, infrastructure, and project management.
(CMC)
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June 2013
June 6 2013
Much media coverage was given to the signing on May 28 in Trinidad of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) by US Vice President, Joseph Biden, and current chairman of the 15-nation Caribbean Community, Haiti’s President Michel Martelly.
June 2013
6 June 2013 Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
The world should aim to end extreme poverty by 2030, according to a report released last week by a UN panel tasked with advising on a post-2015 development framework. The report aims to advise on the direction of a global development agenda when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in two years’ time.
(ICTSD Reporting)
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June 2013
13 June 2013 Bridges Weekly Trade Digest
Agricultural production is expected to grow more slowly over the coming decade, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In another report, the FAO noted that government interventions, such as taxes or subsidies, may be useful in addressing nutritional needs.
(ICTSD Reporting)
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June 2013
13 June 2013 BRIDGES WEEKLY TRADE DIGEST
WTO members have agreed to extend the transition period for least developed countries (LDCs) to implement the organisation’s rules on intellectual property rights until July 2021, which was previously due to end next month. The news, announced on Tuesday, follows intensive discussions that kicked off earlier this year.
(ICTSD Reporting)
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June 2013
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Monday June 10, 2013
The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will maintain a relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) even after the Washington-based financial institution said the island had successfully completed a multi-million dollar Stand By Agreement (SBA) despite “considerable challenges”.
(CMC)
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June 2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Tuesday June 11, 2013
Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy Tuesday urged developing countries to ensure they have the necessary trade capacity to take advantage of a changing global environment.
(CMC)
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June 2013
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday June 12, 2013
Caribbean countries are looking to China to help develop their agricultural sector and are seeking to take advantage of a US$50 million fund established by Beijing.
(CMC)
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June 2013