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24/10/2008 CARIFORUM Receives USD135m Cash Injection In EU Trade Initiative
14/10/2008 CARIFORUM EPA With EU Is Finally To Be Signed
03/10/2008 CARICOM Signs Cooperation MoU With Austria
01/10/2008 Latin American Governments Must Allow Businesses To Compete
31/07/2008 Grenada Attends 20th COTA General Assembly
23/07/2008 Caribbean Tax Administrators Meet In Belize
11/07/2008 Taiwanese Ambassador Presents First Instalment Of Grant To PM Of Belize
08/07/2008 29th Meeting Of Heads Of Caricom Takes Place
03/07/2008 Belize Telemedia Ordered To Pay Business Tax
27/06/2008 EU And CARIFORUM Countries To Deepen Integration On IP
26/06/2008 Barrow Speaks At New York Conference On The Caribbean 2008
27/05/2008 Belizean Delegation To Attend SICA-Brazil Business Forum
23/05/2008 2007 Saw Record Investment In Latin America And Caribbean
19/05/2008 Foreign Affairs Minister Returns To Belize After Caricom Meeting
16/05/2008 EPA Between EU And Caribbean To Be Signed In July
16/05/2008 CARICOM To Negotiate Trade Deal With Canada
14/05/2008 Belize Hosts Aviation Workshop
05/05/2008 Commons Report Finds UK Overseas Territory Risk Management Ineffectual
01/05/2008 UK Lawmakers Launch Offshore Inquiry
30/04/2008 Commonwealth Assistance To Boost Competitiveness Of Belize
29/04/2008 USTR Publishes Special 301 Report
24/04/2008 Belize To Enhance Competitiveness Of SME's
15/04/2008 Latin America and the Caribbean Region Resilient So Far, But Risks Ahead
08/04/2008 Belize PM Meeting With World Bank, IDB Representatives
04/04/2008 Paulson To Attend Annual Inter-American Development Bank Meeting
25/03/2008 Central Bank Of Belize Demands Money Back From Belize Bank
17/03/2008 Bush Announces Talks With Caribbean Leaders
11/03/2008 Caricom Leader Urges Members To Complete Single Market Reforms
27/02/2008 HSBC Launches Global Expat Survey
13/02/2008 Ashcroft Under Pressure To Clarify Tax Residence
13/02/2008 New Prime Minister Announces Cabinet In Belize
11/02/2008 New Government Announced For Belize
08/02/2008 Committee On Customs Co-operation To Be Set up Under EPA
04/02/2008 Beltraide Sees More Potential For Investment in Belize
21/01/2008 US To Issue Passport Cards For Trips To Neighbouring Countries
09/01/2008 Musa Names Belize Election Date
03/01/2008 World Banks Predicts 5.1% Growth For Caribbean And LatAm Economy
17/12/2007 IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation With Belize
13/12/2007 WIPO Hosts LDC Forum
13/12/2007 EU Finally Adopts EPAs For ACP Countries
29/11/2007 WIPO Seminar Discusses Economics Of IP
28/11/2007 Belize Government Signs Agreement For New ICT Operations
22/11/2007 EU-ACP Assembly Expected To Reach Interim Trade Deal
21/11/2007 WIPO SCT Meets
20/11/2007 World Bank Urged To Be Honest In 'Tax Haven' Study
14/11/2007 WIPO Meeting Discusses Criminal Enforcement Of IP Rights
09/11/2007 OECD Criticizes Latin American Countries' Tax Policies
06/11/2007 Italy Increases WIPO Contributions
06/11/2007 EU and ACP Battle Against Clock To Reach Trade Deals
02/11/2007 WIPO Conference Underlines Importance Of IP In Creative Industries
10/10/2007 WIPO To Host Conference On IP And The Creative Industries
09/10/2007 EU ACP Talks Unsuccessful
05/10/2007 WIPO And Mexico Sign Cooperation Plan
04/10/2007 Merger To Create Caribbean Banking Giant
03/10/2007 US Treasury Proposes To Implement US Internet Gambling Ban
03/10/2007 WIPO Member States Agree On Development Agenda
21/09/2007 WIPO And ASEAN Review Joint Cooperation Activities
18/09/2007 WIPO Examines Initiative To Increase IP Awareness Amongst SMEs
17/09/2007 Weak Dollar Means Real Estate Buying Opportunity, Says Adviser
13/09/2007 Italy Increases Financial Support For WIPO
31/08/2007 Belize Warns Of Unlicenced Online Gaming Operators
31/08/2007 WIPO Announces Life Sciences Symposia
29/08/2007 WIPO Hosting Seminar On Digital Rights Management
15/08/2007 ICANN Consults On New TLDs
13/08/2007 WIPO Report Reveals Highest Patent Growth In North East Asia
26/07/2007 BELTRAIDE Launches Belize Investor Guide
18/07/2007 WIPO IGC Recommends Mandate Renewal
10/07/2007 US To Invest In Caribbean And Latin American Infrastructure
10/07/2007 WIPO DG And Bulgarian President Hold Talks
10/07/2007 Caribbean Single Economy Given Green Light For 2015
06/07/2007 US Government Examines Caribbean Port Security Risks
04/07/2007 Caribbean Internet Providers Told To Lower Costs
28/06/2007 Indirect Taxes Paying For Global Corporate Tax Competition
28/06/2007 Paris MoU Unveils Black, Grey & White Lists
27/06/2007 WIPO To Continue Discussions On Broadcasting Piracy
25/06/2007 WIPO To Co-Host GI Symposium
22/06/2007 US And CARICOM Restate Commitment To Trade And Investment
21/06/2007 WIPO Welcomes Breakthrough On Development Agenda Proposals
19/06/2007 WIPO Chief Meets UN General Assembly President
14/06/2007 Rangel Backs Delay In US Passport Initiative
05/06/2007 Caribbean Islands Indemnify Against Future Hurricane Damage
29/05/2007 ACP Countries And EU Development Ministers Meet
28/05/2007 Musa Calls Meeting Of Belize Economic Council
01/05/2007 USTR Publishes Special 301 Report
27/04/2007 Belize Signs Cooperation Agreement With Central American Court
20/04/2007 St Kitts And Nevis Economy To Outperform Region In 2007, Says IMF
09/04/2007 ACP Spurns EU's Trade Offer
06/04/2007 State-Of-The-Art ICT Centre To Open In Belize EPZ
23/03/2007 WTO Agrees To Hear Ecuador's Banana Gripe
21/03/2007 Expats To Remit $100bn To Caribbean And Latin America By 2010
15/03/2007 Fitch Assigns 'A' Rating To Belize Bonds
09/03/2007 CARICOM And Central American Countries To Forge Trade Links
07/03/2007 Belize Budget Foreshadows Further Tax Reform
01/03/2007 CARICOM Pushes Free Trade With Central America
23/02/2007 Belize Successfully Closes Debt Restructuring
20/02/2007 2006 A Good Year For Caribbean Economies, Says CDB
20/02/2007 LandAmerica Opens Central American Escrow And Title Service
19/02/2007 IDB Approves Regional Strategy For CARICOM
16/02/2007 Moody's Raises Belize's Ratings After Successful Debt Swap
12/02/2007 CSME On Track For 2008 Launch, Says Arthur
09/02/2007 New Website To Monitor Corruption In Central America
07/02/2007 New Cable To Improve Caribbean Internet Communication
02/02/2007 Success For Belize Bond Swap
02/02/2007 IDB Grant To Boost Venture Capital Industry In Caribbean, Latin America
18/01/2007 The Americas Lead World In Economic Freedom
12/01/2007 Caribbean's Digicel Posts Record Growth
11/01/2007 EU Funds To Help Caribbean Economic Integration
05/01/2007 2006 Was A 'Banner Year' For Offshore Investment, Says Walkers
29/12/2006 CIBC Buys FirstCaribbean International Shares From Barclays
27/12/2006 IMF Chief Discusses Economic Developments In Belize
21/12/2006 Lawmakers Approve Belize Bond Swap Offer
21/12/2006 SEC Acts Over Brokerage Account Hijacking
18/12/2006 CDB Approves Two Loans For Belize
13/12/2006 IDB Approves Loan To Help Belize Economic Reforms
11/12/2006 Belize To Restructure Debt As Ratings Downgraded To 'SD'
15/11/2006 Douglas Defends Caribbean Economic Integration
10/11/2006 Canada May Re-Start FTA Negotiations With CARICOM
08/11/2006 British Promise Subsidies To ACP Countries
24/10/2006 EU Faces The 'Aid For Trade' Conundrum
10/10/2006 US And Botswana Reach Conservation Deal
29/09/2006 Haiti Seeks To Modernize IP Regime, Will Receive WIPO Support
26/09/2006 Belize Close To Debt Default
08/09/2006 Panama To Join CABEI
16/08/2006 Belize Axes Stamp And Enterntainment Taxes
14/08/2006 Belize Government Bonds Tumble Amid Debt Default Fears
07/08/2006 Belize Seeks Debt Relief From Private Sector Lenders
01/08/2006 More Flag States Reach Paris MOU White List
11/07/2006 CARICOM Moots Bilateral Trade Deal With The USA
22/06/2006 Caribbean Tourist Group Urges US To Delay Passport Initiative
19/06/2006 CARICOM Chief Confident That Single Market Deadline Will Be Met
02/06/2006 Small Nations Still Face Uneven Tax Playing Field
01/06/2006 OECD Happy With Efforts To Promote Tax Transparency, But Urges More Action
20/04/2006 US And CARICOM Will Forward Free-Trade Talks
10/04/2006 Caribbean Braced For Another Hurricane Season
06/04/2006 CARICOM And The US Make Up Over Haiti
23/03/2006 Belize Budget Aims To Balance Government's Books
15/03/2006 CIBC Buys Barclays' Stake in First Caribbean International
08/03/2006 Many Jurisdictions Remain Vulnerable To Money Laundering, Says US Report
03/03/2006 CIMA Signs Updated MoU With Brazilian Central Bank
24/02/2006 Caribbean Real Estate A Hedge Against Cooling US Market
01/02/2006 Six Countries Sign Up To CARICOM Single Market
23/01/2006 Expert Calls For Single Caribbean Banking Regulator
11/01/2006 Digicel Announces Renewed Investment In Caribbean Telecoms
14/12/2005 CARICOM Single Market To Start In January
01/12/2005 EC Carries On Regardless Over Banana Import Tariffs
30/11/2005 Commonwealth Meeting Asks EU For Better Sugar Compensation
28/11/2005 EU Reaches Surprise Deal On Sugar Prices
28/11/2005 Caribbean Banks Under Pressure From US To Combat Money Laundering
24/11/2005 EU Agriculture Council Struggles To Agree Sugar Package
21/11/2005 Belize To Implement Fiscal Incentive Information Programme
21/11/2005 EU Makes New Banana Tariff Offer
16/11/2005 ACP Presents Its Own Sugar Proposal To The EU
08/11/2005 FTAA Still Unburied After Argentine Americas Meeting
24/10/2005 Belize Government Encourages Greater Participation In BTL Public Offering
17/10/2005 CARICOM To Allow Freedom Of Movement For Workers From 2006
12/10/2005 FirstCaribbean Bank Wins ‘Best Emerging Bank’ Award
04/10/2005 Belizean Government To Offer Shares In BTL To Public
29/09/2005 Belize Government Issues Long Term Forest Licenses
26/09/2005 Belize Tax Reform Committee Recommends New Tax
26/09/2005 IMF Predicts Stronger Economic Growth For Caribbean
13/09/2005 Caribbean ICT Experts Call For Regional Internet Taskforce
07/09/2005 ICC Goes Back To Miami Court After Favourable Appeal Court Ruling
06/09/2005 US Government Submits New Passport Rules For Comment
01/09/2005 CARICOM Initiates Regional Position On Internet Governance
22/08/2005 ICC Considers Next Step In BTL Case As Miami Court Favours Belize Government
19/08/2005 US Delays Introduction Of New Passport Measures For Visitors To The Caribbean
12/08/2005 Costa Rican Lawmakers Approve Caribbean Free Trade Deal
11/08/2005 Caribbean Court Of Justice Hears First Case
05/08/2005 IRS Warns Against Caribbean ‘Phishing’ Scam
28/07/2005 CTU Urges Caribbean Governments To Develop Common Standards In Telecoms Sector
08/07/2005 FirstCaribbean Tries To Improve Union Relationships
07/07/2005 Offshore Banking Supervisors Gather
04/07/2005 CARICOM Must Learn From EU Constitution Setback
27/06/2005 Legal Wrangle Over Belize Telecom Ownership Draws To A Close
09/06/2005 Bush Supports FTAA, CAFTA
09/06/2005 Belize And Guatemala Extend Bilateral Trade Talks
08/06/2005 Spain Cracks Down On Money Laundering
07/06/2005 New US Passport Security Measures 'Will Devastate The Caribbean Economy'
30/05/2005 CARICOM Deliberates Single Economy Framework
26/05/2005 Paris MOU Announces New ‘Black-Grey-White’ List
19/05/2005 Forecasters Predict Another Active Hurricane Season For The Caribbean
16/05/2005 IDB To Assist Caribbean Central Banks In IT Project To Track Expat Remittances
10/05/2005 Investment Action Plan Launched By Belize Development Service
09/05/2005 IMF Sees Robust Economic Growth In Belize
09/05/2005 Caribbean Negotiator Signals Possible Resumption Of FTAA Negotiations
06/05/2005 Bill Amending Tax Treatment Of Offshore CFCs Presented To Senate
03/05/2005 Belize Calms Down After Telecoms Riots
14/04/2005 CSME Is Not A 'One Size Fits All Approach' Says Senior CARICOM Official
11/04/2005 Belize Suffers S&P Credit Rating Downgrade
28/02/2005 WIPO And ECLAC Discuss IP As A Development Tool
23/02/2005 Caricom Heads Of State Show Support For Antigua & Barbuda In Internet Gaming Case
17/02/2005 Cayman Hosts Regional Banking Supervision Workshop
15/02/2005 Belize's Unions Call Off Strikes After Tax Measures Are Delayed
11/02/2005 Caribbean Economies Record Healthy Economic Growth For 2004
26/01/2005 Mitchell Urges Bahamas To Agree Position On CSME
25/01/2005 Belizean Government To Review Budget Measures
24/01/2005 Belize Goes On Strike In Protest Against Tax Plans
24/01/2005 FirstCaribbean International Launches E-Banking Service
19/01/2005 Belize Budget Proposes Increase In Business Taxes
11/01/2005 Caricom Ministers Make Preparations For Single Market
05/01/2005 Delays To Caricom Single Market Preventing Caribbean Economic Development
05/01/2005 Billionaire Plans Caribbean-Based Investment Fund
31/12/2004 Single Market Compliance Ceremony To Coincide With Opening Of Caricom HQ
29/12/2004 CARICOM Set To Open Its Doors In 2005
02/12/2004 Belize Chamber Forms Alliance With China-Hawaii Chamber of Commerce
15/11/2004 Caricom Members On Track To Implement CSME
29/10/2004 Caricom Members Improve Data Collection To Aid Trade And Investment
19/10/2004 Caricom Officials Agree ‘Aggressive’ ICT Development Strategy
14/10/2004 Database Developed To Track Skilled Workers Around Caribbean Region
12/10/2004 Barbados To Host Caricom IT Conference
07/10/2004 Belize Sets Up New Body To Smooth Transition Into CSME
05/10/2004 Caribbean Ratings Reflect Diversity of Creditworthiness, Says S&P
29/09/2004 Reinsurance Firms Braced For Substantial Claims For Hurricane Damage
24/09/2004 Talks To Begin On Gibraltar’s Constitutional Arrangements
07/09/2004 Taiwan Seeks Closer Economic Links With OAS
06/09/2004 CARICOM Requests Report On Status Of FTAA Talks
31/08/2004 Dark Economic Clouds May Threaten The Caribbean
19/08/2004 Seven Members Of Belize Cabinet Resign Amid Financial Controversy
11/08/2004 Belize Ratings Slip As Moody’s Points To Growing Debt Concerns
05/08/2004 IRS Issues Warning On Caribbean ‘Phishing’ Scam
02/08/2004 Belize Parliamentarians Approve Caribbean Court of Justice Bill
30/07/2004 Caribbean Economies Must Examine Alternatives To Tariff Revenue
27/07/2004 S&P Downgrades Outlook On Belize’s Currency Ratings
20/07/2004 WTO Reviews Belize’s Trade Policy
06/07/2004 Caricom Must Take More Pragmatic Approach To Regional Integration
01/07/2004 Antigua Leads Calls For WTO To Set Money Laundering Rules
29/06/2004 Snow Confident FTAA Deadline Can Be Met
17/06/2004 CSME Can Bring Growth, Says IMF
15/06/2004 FTAA Ratification Unlikely In 2005 Says Bahamas Trade Minister
03/06/2004 European Nations To Fund Central American/Caribbean Tax Study
14/05/2004 CTO Drops Plans For A Caribbean Cruise Passenger Tax
06/05/2004 USTR Publishes 'Special 301' Report
19/04/2004 EU To Forge Closer Economic And Investment Links With Caribbean
17/03/2004 Owen Arthur To Spell Out The Implications Of The CSME In The US
17/03/2004 Belize Gambling Firms Targeted In IRS Investigation
11/03/2004 Bolkestein Urges EU Ministers To Stick To Their Guns Over Savings Tax
09/03/2004 Belize PM Urges Caribbean Co-Operation Over Trade
04/12/2003 Caribbean Ministers Sign IP Development Agreement
21/11/2003 Bahamas Trade Minister Pessimistic Over FTAA Negotiations
09/10/2003 Antigua & Barbuda Spearheads Small Nations' Interests In WTO
07/10/2003 St Kitts Hosting CARICOM Heads Of State Conference
28/08/2003 Belize And Taiwan Agree Five Year Economic Arrangement
08/07/2003 Court Orders Online Gambling Sites To Bar Dutch Users
27/06/2003 Belize Stock Exchange Opens News Service To All
16/06/2003 Bermuda To Become Associate Member of CARICOM
16/06/2003 Moody's Downrades Belize Currency Ratings
02/04/2003 Caribbean And Latin America Face FDI Decline, Report Reveals
27/03/2003 ITIO Warns Over Erosion Of Level Playing Field
26/02/2003 CFATF Working Hard To Combat Money Laundering
24/02/2003 New Study Examines Regulation Of Shipping Registries
17/01/2003 Bear Stearns Launches First Central American/Caribbean Bond Index
12/11/2002 Michael Ashcroft Resigns From Tyco Board
18/10/2002 Bahamian Attorney General Assumes Leadership Of CFATF
17/10/2002 Costa Rica's Interim Tax Plan To Go Before Full National Assembly
16/10/2002 Cayman To Undergo Regulatory Review At CFATF Meeting
30/09/2002 International Finance Magazine Increases Barbados' Credit Rating
28/08/2002 Ashcroft Involved In New Tax Controversy, Report Suggests
12/08/2002 Lord Ashcroft Implicated In Tyco Investigation
07/08/2002 Cayman Islands To Host OECD Meeting
15/02/2002 ITIO Accuses OECD Of Double Standards
28/01/2002 Michael Ashcroft Takes His Revenge
31/12/2001 British Government Backs Down Over Ashcroft's Belizean Company
24/12/2001 Ashcroft's Tax Break Costs Belize Dear
17/12/2001 Belize, Costa Rica Strengthen Relations
11/12/2001 Belizean PM Presents Revised Budget
01/11/2001 Belize To Receive UK Funding After Hurricane Iris Disaster
25/10/2001 ITIO Calls For Consistency From OECD
15/10/2001 Belize Hard Hit By 145 Mph Hurricane
11/10/2001 Provident Bank & Trust First To Offer International E-Commerce Accounts In Belize
21/08/2001 Lord Ashcroft May Sell Belize Bank
01/08/2001 IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation With Belize
21/06/2001 Michael Ashcroft Launches Public Attack On UK Minister Clare Short
18/06/2001 Foreign Office Memo Exposes Political Campaign Against Ashcroft
06/06/2001 British Labour Party Attacks Belize In Election Ploy
18/05/2001 Caribbean Leaders To Discuss All-Encompassing Stock Exchange Again
05/01/2001 Belize Will Free Land Market But Will Impose Tax On Development Gains
05/01/2001 Belize Will Raise $25m From Privatisation Of Its Water Authority
15/09/1976 Foreigners To Pay More Departure Tax From Belize

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