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Montego Bay's Mayor and his Delegation to Visit Atlanta ATLANTA - Chairman of the St James Parish Council and Mayor of Montego Bay, Jamaica Glendon Harris will pay an official visit to the city of Atlanta Georgia from Saturday, May 18 to Wednesday, May 22. Mayor Harris and his six-man delegation will be met on arrival by Jamaican honorary council to Atlanta and the chairman of Atlanta...Read More... Caribbean Foreign ministers discuss several issues during Trinidad meeting PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean Foreign Ministers have agreed to continue their relationship with Venezuela, reviewed ongoing cooperation with Mexico and the changing relationship with the European Union. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Patrice Nisbett and his regional colleagues at the 16th Meeting of the Council...Read More... Caribbean Foreign ministers end 16th COFCOR meeting in Trinidad PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - - St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Patrice Nisbett was among CARICOM Foreign Ministers who held productive exchanges with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic and New Zealand, as well as with the Special Envoy of the Government of Japan at the 16TH Meeting of the Council...Read More... OAS Secretary General Travels to Barbados BRIDGETOWN,, Barbados - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, travels today to Barbados, where he will meet with the Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, and other authorities of the Caribbean country. The OAS leader will be received in Bridgetown by Prime Minister Stuart; the Attorney...Read More... OAS Secretary General Meets with the President of the Transitional College of the Permanent Electoral Council of Haiti BARBADOS - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today met with the President of the Transitional College of the Permanent Electoral Council of Haiti, Emmanuel Menard, within the framework of a meeting on political financing being held in Barbados in which both are participating. Secretary...Read More... OAS Organizes Forum on Political Financing in the Caribbean WASHINGTON, DC - The Organization of American States (OAS) will organize, together with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), a Forum to Strengthen the Regulation of Political Parties and Political Financing in the Caribbean, May 8-9, in Bridgetown, Barbados. The event will bring together...Read More... New Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the OAS Presents Credentials WASHINGTON, DC - The new Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the Organization of American States (OAS), Elliston Rahming, today presented to the Secretary General of the institution, José Miguel Insulza, the credentials that accredit him to the hemispheric institution. During the ceremony, held in the Hall of Heroes at the OAS headquarters...Read More... OAS & UN Core Groups on Haiti Meet in Washington WASHINGTON, DC - The United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) Advisory Group on Haiti met with counterparts from the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC this week, to exchange information and review initiatives funded by Member States and executed in Haiti. The UN group, which is mandated to...Read More... Florida Democratic Party & Miami-Dade Democratic Party open new headquarters in Little Havana MIAMI - The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) and Miami-Dade Democratic Party are excited to announce the official opening of their new office in Little Havana. Headquartering the Party’s operations in Little Havana signals the Party's firm commitment to building on the 2012 gains with South Florida’s Hispanic voters. "In 2012,...Read More... Trinidad PM urges fresh effort in trade talks between Canada, Caricom JANET MCFARLAND THE GLOBE AND MAIL CANADA - Talks on a free trade agreement between Canada and a group of 15 Caribbean countries appear to have stalled and need to be reinvigorated to meet a year-end deadline to conclude a deal, says Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. In a meeting Friday with The Globe and Mail’s...Read More...   Next Last

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