Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
... 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.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
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.”
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
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.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
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.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
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.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 01/23/2008
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.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
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.
Green Bloggers Digest (Free subscription) | 09/28/2007
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,...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 09/12/2007
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.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 09/08/2007
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...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 07/13/2007
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.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/03/2007
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.
thegreenjournal.ca (beta) (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
