News Releases

14 August 2017
“HARMONIZATION OF THE SINGLE TRANSPORT DOCUMENT (STD) FOR GOODS IN THE GREATER CARIBBEAN” WORKSHOP
Custom authority representatives from the ACS Member States met on 2nd August 2017 in Panama City, to share the results of the consultancy developed by consultant Alvaro Sarmiento with the view of carrying out the implementation process for the prospective customs information exchange system. This prospective information exchange system is aimed at contributing to the Trade Facilitation process in the Greater Caribbean. The Deputy Director General of the National Customs Authority of Panama (ANA) - Mr  José Gomez Núñez,  General Administrator of Customs of Mexico- Mr Ricardo Treviño Chapa, CEO/ Commissioner of Customs of Jamaica, Mrs  Velma Ricketts Walker,  as well as Mrs. Sofía Hurtado Epstein, Deputy Director General of Economic Development and Infrastructure at AMEXCID, all participated in  the aforementioned meeting, financed with resources from the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) within the framework of the International Trade in Goods (TIM) Project. Also in attendance were high level officials from the following participating Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,  Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.  The ACS was represented by the Director of Trade, Alberto Duran Espaillat, and the Directorate’s team, comprising Veronica Gonzalez, Advisor and Kafi Nicholas, Secretary.
28 July 2017
ACS at International Seminar of Caribbean Studies
ACS at The 13th International Seminar of Caribbean Studies
31 May 2017
The 61st UNWTO Commission for the Americas
The ACS, through its Directorate of Sustainable Tourism, is participating in The 61st Meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The meeting is being held in San Salvador, El Salvador and Roatan, Honduras on May 30th – June 1st, 2017. The Meeting of the Commission will be followed by the International Seminar on New Technologies Applied to Tourism.
12 May 2017
South Korea Puts US$4M into Caribbean Coastal Erosion Rehab
ACS South Korea embark on multi-million dollar project to save Caribbean coasts...
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3 May 2017
ACS at First Tourism Education Congress
ACS at First Tourism Education Congress
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12 April 2017
2017 - The Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
It's the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development... See how the ACS is commemorating it.
10 March 2017
Opening Remarks: SG Dr. June Soomer at the 22nd Ordinary Meeting of the ACS Ministerial Council
[Allow me to begin by expressing our deep appreciation, President Castro, for making the time to be with us, the extended Caribbean family of Cuba. It is truly an honour and pleasure for the ACS] Allow me also to join Minister Rodriguez in paying tribute to another great son of the Caribbean whom we lost on 3 March, 2017- H. E. René Préval, twice President of the great Republic of Haiti. The ACS joins the people and governments of the Caribbean in expressing its deepest condolences to the bereaved family and nation of this loved and respected man.
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8 March 2017
OPENING REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ACS TO THE INAUGURAL COOPERATION CONFERENCE
It is my pleasure to join the distinguished Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, Ms. Ileana Nunez, on this International Women’s Day, in bidding you all a warm welcome to this, the Inaugural Cooperation Conference of the Association of Caribbean States.
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