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 TOKYO, Japan, September 1, 2010 - Foreign Affairs Minister Peter David on Wednesday met with his Japanese counterpart H.E Mr. Katsuya Okada as they discussed a wide range of issues including Climate Change, UN Security Council Reform among others.
The Grenadian Minister, who is in the Japanese capital to attend the Second CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting, took the opportunity to thank the Government of Japan for the assistance they have made available so far, especially in the Fisheries Sector, Human Resource Development through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programmes and in the area of Climate Change.
Mr. Okada said that Japan was pleased with Grenada’s leadership of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) particularly at the COP15 and looks forward to their continued leadership at COP16 scheduled for Cancun, Mexico in December. |
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BAJAN HOTELIERS LEARNING TO BOOST BUSINESS |
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Monday, 14 June 2010 |
Choice Hotels' Brian Parker and Jose Salvador Icaza visit Barbados on Wednesday, June 16
BARBADOS (June 12, 2010) - Generating business during a recession is what acclaimed American hotel executives will share with Barbadian counterparts next week.
One of the Choice Hotels executives, Brian Parker, vice president of emerging markets and new business development, visits Barbados on Wednesday, June 16 to help local properties find ways of boosting business during the recessionary environment.
Parker, who this year was named to Savoy magazine's "Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America," arrives in Barbados next week with Jose Salvador Icaza, Director of Caribbean Franchise Development, to identify hotel owners and investors in Barbados interested in exploring affiliation or franchising opportunities for mid to upscale properties. |
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SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP SCHEDULE |
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Friday, 11 June 2010 |
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Diaspora Bonds—Compelling Opportunity for Grenada and CARICOM Nations |
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Friday, 11 June 2010 |
The idea that Grenada may become the first CARICOM nation to follow the lead of Africa and Asia and issue a government guaranteed Diaspora Bond presents a compelling contract between the current government and the tens of thousands of its immigrants. Such an initiative could lead the way for Caribbean nations to find vast new sources of development funds.
While Grenada contemplates a Diaspora Bond, two other CARICOM nations, Jamaica and Guyana, appear better placed to issue these bonds potentially receiving two billion dollars and two hundred and fifty million dollars respectively from their overseas nationals. Without question, the financial impact of a Diaspora Bond to these three economies will radically alter the trajectory of their national development plans. |
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COMMITMENT OF BRIDGETOWN: PARTNERSHIP FOR PROSPERITY & SECURITY |
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Friday, 11 June 2010 |
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We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegation of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, the Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Republic of Suriname, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Secretary of State of the United States of America, meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 10, 2010, pledge to strengthen our cooperation in responding to the challenges we commonly face, in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect. |
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