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Member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have appointed Dr. Efrain Vazquez-Vera as Honorary Consul to Puerto Rico.Dr. Vazquez-Vera’s appointment follows the opening of an OECS Puerto Rico Office, in October 2006, which...
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The OECS Technical Mission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), working with the Small Vulnerable Economies group, has won a symbolic victory for small States. This victory has been realised with the General Council endorsing a package of proposals that...
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Member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States now have an Office at their disposal in Puerto Rico to be used as a base for stimulating trade, tourism and investment promotion. The OECS Office, with consular attributes, was officially op...
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The 4th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Tourism from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has expressed disappointment and dismay with the news that January 6th 2007 has been confirmed as the date by which U.S. citizens traveling ove...
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The fourth Meeting of the OECS Council of Tourism Ministers ended in Puerto Rico, Friday October 6th with several decisions geared towards enhancing joint marketing, achieving greater benefits from cruise tourism, improving security for the yachting secto...
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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat will host its first regional conference on Youth, Crime and Violence from October 10-11, 2006.The OECS Secretariat will host its first regional conference on Youth, Crime and Violence from Oc...
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OECS Member States hope to use their growing ties with Puerto Rico to tap into the island’s well developed and diversified tourism market. ...
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A senior Methodist minister in Anguilla has told members of the legal fraternity the law is not so much for punishment as it is for redemption. ...
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OECS health ministers have re-affirmed their commitment to honour their financial obligations to OECS/PPS; this is among several conclusions emanating from the 20th OECS/PPS Policy Board meeting, which was recently convened in Anguilla....
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The OECS Secretariat is mounting a workshop for Ministers of Foreign Affairs and senior technical officials who would form part of a state’s negotiating team. The workshop, to focus on OECS maritime cooperation arrangements, takes place September 26th...
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Dominica’s Minister of Trade Charles Savarin has saluted the recent release of the OECS Secretariat publication “Understanding International Trade: I think that it’s very important for the people of the region to understand the issues that we are in...
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Anguillians, led by acting Chief Minister Mr. Victor Banks, gave strong support to the fourth in the series of OECS 25th anniversary lectures, held at the Teachers Resource Centre in Anguilla, August 31st....
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OECS Trade Ministers and officials wrapped up a one day meeting in St. Lucia last Friday with agreement on the need for a strategic approach to the important Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union. Trade Specialist Dr. ...
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The 4th meeting of the OECS Council of Tourism Ministers is to take place in Puerto Rico....
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The fourth in the series of lectures to commemorate the OECS 25th anniversary takes place on Thursday, August 31st in Anguilla.The focus then will be on culture, and one of the Caribbean’s leading researchers on the calypso and other cultural art-fo...
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“I plan to continue the hard work for the people of the OECS”.Francis Burnett, Managing Director of the OECS Secretariat’s Pharmaceutical Procurement Service, OECSPPS describes as “a pleasant surprise” his recent accolade from the Caribbean Asso...
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OECS Ministers of Trade will review an impact assessment of the pending Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union at a meeting on Friday September 1st in Castries. The draft impact assessment of the reciprocal Economic Partnership Agreement w...
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In a move designed to increase understanding of trade issues among secondary and tertiary level students, business people and the general public, the OECS Secretariat has published a new booklet on international trade.“Understanding International Trade...
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OECS Member Countries are experiencing an increasing rate of attrition among persons living with HIV and Aids. (Attrition speaks to the gradual wearing away of morale and the powers of resistance by persistent attacks.) Dr. James St. Catherine, Coordinato...
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The OECS Secretariat is moving closer towards facilitating the provision of Anti-Retroviral drugs, pledged by the Government of Brazil, to persons in the OECS with HIV and Aids. This follows a recent series of negotiations at the OECS Secretariat, with re...
