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BVI's Ghiorse tunes up for OECS Championships with 40-mile race victory -- (Virgin Islands Daily News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:11:59 GMT

... to chase them back down." Ghiorse, Neil Thomas, Adamson and Blackmore will compete in Friday's OECS Championships and Sunday's 80-mile John T. Memorial. "It will be good to see where our fitness level is because the OECS race is always hotly contested and the John T. is always hotly contested," Thomas said. "It's a matter of what we want to focus on. It bodes well for us to focus...

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St Vincent PM blasts CARICOM (Caribbean 360)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:14:26 GMT

One of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) heads of government has given that regional body a tongue lashing for its ineffectiveness and failure to move forward with the integration process, and has urged the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), of which he is also part, to ensure it does not go down the same road.

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OECS Goes Proactive Regarding Fake Medicines (The Temas Blog)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:57:17 GMT

Temas Note: To understand better the threat posed by counterfeit medicines and what is being done by others to tackle it, check this prior Temas article. ________________________ From the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): OECS Secretariat launches proactive mechanism against Counterfeit Medicines Law enforcement and health officials from St. Lucia will meet on Thursday...

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World Bank Approves funds for regional E-Government project (Caribbean 360)

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:05:50 GMT

The World Bank Board of Directors has approved three zero-interest credits totaling US$7.2 million for three regional countries to implement an Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) regional e-government integration programme.

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OECS Economic Union moving ahead (Caribbean 360)

Mon, 26 May 2008 14:14:19 GMT

Heads of governments of Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member states are moving forward to establish an Economic Union.

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OECS group seeks expanded trade with Canada (Caribbean 360)

Fri, 23 May 2008 15:44:52 GMT

A high-powered group of economists and business experts from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will visit Canada next week to raise awareness of the manufacturing, business and investment opportunities offered by this growing financial region.

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OECS Authority set to meet (Caribbean 360)

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:31:34 GMT

The establishment of an Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union, OECS-Canadian interests and the cost of living in the sub region are among matters for discussion when the OECS Authority meets in St Lucia on Friday.

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EKOS Leads Project to Update School Curriculum in the Caribbean (thegreenjournal.ca (beta))

Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:10 GMT

The EKOS team are exceptionally pleased to have been awarded a contract with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to update secondary learning modules to include biodiversity conservation themes. The EKOS team will be complimented by several leading Caribbean authorities in curriculum design, including Dr. Joyce Glasgow, professor emeritus within the Faculty of Education at the...

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Nevisian chosen to take over top judicial post in OECS court (Caribbean 360)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:57:24 GMT

... and is a superior court of record for the nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).The functions of the Court are to interpret and apply the laws of the various member states of the OECS; to decide cases of both civil and criminal matters and hear appeals.

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Barbados, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago: OECS Invite (Global Voices Online)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:10:57 GMT

Barbados Underground reports that St. Lucia's Prime Minister has invited Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago to join the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and says: “We find the invitation to be interesting because the OECS is the only political union which has achieved some of level success in our region.”

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Flour price talks set for month end (Caribbean 360)

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:24:45 GMT

The conflict between Antigua and Barbuda and flour-producing countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is expected to be resolved by month-end.

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Antigua gets stay on flour price hike (Caribbean 360)

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:35:14 GMT

Antigua and Barbuda has for now been granted permission to import flour from outside the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) as it fights a looming increase in the price of the commodity.

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OECS urged to invest better to prevent disaster risk (Caribbean 360)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:41:07 GMT

The head of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean (OECS) is suggesting that better investment and planning decisions could help the region reduce the risk of future natural disasters.

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Development boom concerns OECS Director General (Caribbean 360)

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:44:07 GMT

OECS Director General Dr. Len Ishmael is expressing concern over the potential long term negative effects of the current boom in development in some OECS member states.

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Senior Eastern Caribbean Official Worried Over Sale of Land (Red Orbit )

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:00:26 GMT

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - The sale of land to foreigners is a matter of concern to the Director General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Dr Len Ishmael.

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OECS Needs to Get Serious About Environmental Management (Green Bloggers Digest)

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:50:00 GMT

TemasEtUnam Temas Foreword : The OECS is a collection of nine small island states (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat) in the Eastern Caribbean that cooperate in a variety of areas, including the environment (wastes, watershed management, environmental planning,...

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OECS: We owe much to Sir John (Caribbean 360)

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:25:16 GMT

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has saluted late prime minister of St Lucia, Sir John Compton, as an integrationist and for his steadfastness to create the OECS.

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OECS program to help upgrade drainage in Freeman's Alley -- (Virgin Islands Daily News)

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:02:48 GMT

By ANGELA BURNS PIPERTORTOLA - Residents of Freeman's Alley in Road Town, commonly called The Ghetto, will benefit from a drainage project to be administered under the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States' disaster and risk reduction program. The OECS selected the British Virgin Islands to benefit from the community-risk component of the program, which focuses on making improvements in communities...

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OECS trade ministers gamble with Antigua on fight with USA (Caribbean 360)

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:09:34 GMT

Trade ministers of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are also throwing their support behind Antigua & Barbuda, in the ongoing Internet gambling dispute with the US.

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OECS approves court division in BVI -- (Virgin Islands Daily News)

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:44:46 GMT

TORTOLA - The heads of government of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States have unanimously approved establishment of a commercial division of the OECS Supreme Court in the British Virgin Islands.

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