The sub-region has a new Regional Association for Heritage Protection as six OECS member states and two French Departments of the Americas launched the Regional Heritage Association (RHA) on January 29, 2008 at the Rex Resorts Hotel in St. Lucia. The RHA is a non-profit, non governmental organization. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica: In his address at the launching of the year-long programme of public dialogue on the OECS Economic Union, Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit explained the objective for the creation of an Economic Union among OECS member states as well as some of the provisions in the draft treaty. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica: Amid much fanfare, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States took a major step towards the goal of deepening their integration movement with the formal launch in Dominica on April 23 of the public dialogue on an OECS Economic Union, to be held throughout the nine OECS Member States. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The OECS Secretariat has announced that on April 24 the Secretariat communicated to the Lord High Chancellor, Jack Straw, a recommendation for the appointment of Justice Hugh Anthony Rawlins, to the position of Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia:Greater collaboration in promoting the sub region, presentation of an OECS theme at CHA Marketplace 2009 and preparation for the CARICOM Summit on Tourism in July were among the key focus issues at the 7th meeting of the OECS Council of Tourism Ministers. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica: Just as Basseterre in St. Kitts will forever be remembered as the city where the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) was born, the city of Roseau in Dominica will create its own history on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, when the next phase of the OECS integration process begins. read more...

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Recent calls inviting Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago to join the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are akin to a batsman losing sight out of the ball in a crucial cricket match. The objective of the game of regionalisation, which the 15-member Caribbean Community and Common Market is playing... read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The people of Union Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are enhancing efforts towards reducing unsustainable livelihood practices as well as negative impacts on an environmentally sensitive area identified as the Tobago Cays Marine Park (TCMP). read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: “Being 34th among the world’s top 100 is not good enough!” This was the recurring sentiment at a recent OECS Trade and Investment facilitation workshop in St Lucia. Alluding to the World Bank ranking of OECS Member States among the top 100 best places in the world for doing business, read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent: Some of the Eastern Caribbean’s leading film and music practitioners wrapped up a two day conference on the creative industries Friday, with agreement to work together, through the coordination of the OECS Secretariat, to make the sector a major pillar of economic development. read more...

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CASTRIES St Lucia: OECS member countries plan to focus attention on the creative energies, talents and challenges of the region’s youth in the second OECS Human Development Report, (HDR) due by the end of 2008. Director General Dr Len Ishmael, said the youth focus will take centre stage. read more...

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KINGSTON, St Vincent: People in the OECS involved in the film and music industries are getting an opportunity to put the development of these sectors on a structured and comprehensive development path. The OECS Secretariat is bringing together the region’s film and music practitioners. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica: The OECS Export Development Unit (OECS-EDU) in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Hub and Spokes Project, the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Consumer and Diaspora Affairs examined issues... read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: Director General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean (OECS), Dr. Len Ishmael has called on Members States to make better planning and investment decisions in order to reduce the risk of future natural disasters. Ishmael was speaking at the launch of the Vulnerability Benchmarking Tool. read more...

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BRADES, Montserrat: The government of Montserrrat has received the backing of Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt for the proposed setting up of an OECS Climate Change Center on Montserrat. The Dominica leader has visited the site at Silver Hills in the northern safe area of Montserrat. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: As part of plans to better prepare the OECS Secretariat to operate in a changing geo-political environment, staff at the Secretariat received training in Diplomacy and Protocol by experts from Protocol institutions in Puerto Rico during an intensive workshop, February 18 to 21 in St Lucia. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): The OECS Bar Association is advocating a policy that makes it mandatory for all practicing lawyers to become members of their respective Bar Associations and has called on member countries to implement the Legal Profession Bill, which was among the agenda items.... read more...

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CASTRIES, St. Lucia: OECS Member Countries celebrated another milestone achievement on Friday 8th February, 2007, with the launching of a book entitled “Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court-Model Regional Court”, which documents the Court’s growth and development over the past 40 years. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is moving along with plans to construct a new headquarters in St Lucia. OECS leaders welcomed the developments related to plans for the construction of a new headquarters building and expressed its gratitude to Venezuela. read more...

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BASSETERE, St Kitts (CUOPM): During the recent meeting of the 46th Meeting of the OECS Authority in Roseau, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas was among OECS Heads of Government appointed to a sub-committee to refine the Economic Union work programme. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): Eastern Caribbean leaders have expressed concern about the high cost of external representation for individual Member States and have commissioned the St Lucia-based Secretariat to undertake a comprehensive review of the costs and locations for current external representation. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): The number two man at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pleased with the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) governments’ commitment to fiscal consolidation, with important reforms to place fiscal balances on a firmer footing underway in many countries. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): Functional cooperation between the police and prison services in the Eastern Caribbean nations were discussed at the just concluded OECS Authority Meeting in Dominica. The prison project is designed to coordinate functional cooperation among institutions in the region. read more...

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ST GEORGE’S Grenada: Grenadian Member of Parliament Nazim Burke, the opposition National Democratic Congress shadow Minister, says it's in the interest of OECS countries to work together as a group to discuss the delimitation of maritime boundaries with Venezuela. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: On Thursday, representatives from consuming and producing states in the OECS met in St Lucia to discuss arrangements for the pricing and supply of flour. Representatives from the producing entities provided information on the upward movement of wheat prices. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: On Thursday, representatives from flour consuming and producing states in the OECS are expected to discuss and negotiate arrangements for the pricing and supply of this commodity in light of escalating prices. The one day meeting is being convened by the OECS Secretariat. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: On Friday January 11, 2008 the OECS Secretariat in Castries hosted a briefing session for seven students from Saint Lucia and Dominica, six of whom who left on Sunday January 13 to study in the French West Indies with a full scholarship, as part of the FORPROCARIB programme. read more...

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CASTRIES, St. Lucia: OECS Heads of Government will meet in Dominica, January 17 and 18, with deeper economic integration of the sub-region high on their agenda. This forty-sixth meeting of the OECS Authority precedes the launch of a major public consultation exercise on a draft Economic Union Treaty for the OECS. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: Dominica overcame tough competition from favourites Grenada and hosts St Lucia to capture the OECS 2007 Amateur Boxing Title on December 2. The men of the “Nature Isle”, urged on by supporters who joined the mission from Roseau, snatched the title with 16 points overall. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The Policy Advisory Committee for the 2008 OECS Human Development Report (OECS HDR) has been urged to incorporate within its plans, the plight of Youth in the OECS, particularly in the area of male under-achievement. The Director General of the OECS referred to the declining percentage of male graduates. read more...

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