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SVG to provide EC$1.5 million in fertiliser subsidy
St Vincent and the Grenadines is expecting to provide some EC$1.5 million in subsidies for the 4 shipments of fertilizer expected to be delivered between April & year-end.
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WASHINGTON DC, June 7, 2021 - Having concluded its 2021 Article IV consultation with Belize, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund says the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Belize hard, and following a successful containment of the first wave of the pandemic, the country experienced a second wave starting in June 2020.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 11, 2022 - Demerara Waves - President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has decided on the financing and operational model for a regional passenger and cargo ferry service aimed at solving the decades-long sea transportation constraint that has dogged regional agriculture.
AMBERGIS CAYE, Belize, March 2, 2022 - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says In the wake of concerns by the Caribbean Private Sector Organisation (CPSO) about whether Guyana’s local content legislation is breaching CARICOM Single Market rules, Heads of Government have agreed to consider what the amount of local content should be and over what period.
BELMOPAN, Belize, March 1, 2022 - Outgoing Chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne, has called for a shifting of gears to close implementation gaps associated with the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
BELMOPAN, Belize, March 1, 2022 - CARICOM Secretary General Carla Barnett says as CARICOM approaches its 50th anniversary milestone, the Regional organization should seize the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation’s “Twenty-five by 2025 Initiative,” which aims to reduce extra-regional agri-food imports by 25% by 2025, in response to a mandate given by the Heads of Government.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 26, 2022 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will gather on San Pedro in Belize for their Thirty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting on 1-2 March 2022 to deliberate on several major issues, including the Region’s post-pandemic economic recovery and the possible economic impact of the Russian Federation's unprovoked invasion of the territory of Ukraine.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica August 12, 2021 - Dr Carla Natalie Barnett, a native of Belize and the first-ever female CARICOM Secretary-General, is expected to assume office on Monday August 16, 2021. She was unanimously selected by the CARICOM Heads of Government in May and succeeds Ambassador Irwin LaRocque who has been in the office for ten years.
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana March 2, 2022 – The government of Belize is pioneering a coral transplantation and beach reclamation effort in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, located in the southern part of the island.
