Year: 2014

November 3, 2014
1,333

CXC to launch online store

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in collaboration with Macmillan will launch CXC’s online commercial presence called the CXC Store at http://www.cxc-store.com on Friday 7 November during a concert in Jamaica. The launch will be held at Jamaica College auditorium starting at 10:00 am with over 350 students from schools across Jamaica in attendance. The CXC online store http://www.cxc-store.com, will be…
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November 3, 2014
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Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston A. Browne 33rd Anniversary of Independence Message 1st November 2014

Fellow Citizens and Residents of Antigua and Barbuda Happy Independence Day to you. At 33, ours is still a young star in the galaxy of older nations that form our world. Yet, already we have embedded in our society values and traditions that were achieved by others only after centuries of conflict, of protest, and of struggle. It is adherence,…
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November 3, 2014
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Former Prime Minister the Hon. Lester Bryant Bird to be confered the Honour of National Hero of Antigua and Barbuda on Monday

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 1st November, 2014….. Preparations are well advanced for confering of the National Honour of Knight Companion of the Most Exalted Order of National Hero on Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Parliamentary Representative of the St. John’s Rural East Constituency, the Hon. Lester Bryant Bird at the National Ceremonial Parade on Monday.…
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October 31, 2014
529

PANCAP to present Awards of Excellence at 13th AGM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Official Opening of the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) takes place at the Creole Beach Hotel, Guadeloupe on Monday evening, 03 November 2014. Deborah L. Birx, M.D., Ambassador‐at‐Large and Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally will deliver the keynote…
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October 30, 2014
1,023

BVI to host inaugural OECS environmental sustainability meeting

ROAD, TOWN, BVI — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) ministers responsible for environmental portfolios will meet in Road Town, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands this week for their inaugural meeting since the Revised Treaty of Basseterre came into force in 2011. The meeting, preceded by the opening of an exhibition on climate change on Monday, opens on…
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October 30, 2014
1,072

EU, Spain, IDB to help Caribbean develop renewable energy

NEW YORK, Sept 29, CMC – The Inter America Development Bank (IDB) says it is prepared to work with donor organizations and countries to avoid duplication on projects as the Caribbean seeks to reinforce collaboration in the field of renewable energy. “Our long and close relationship with the Caribbean has allowed us to gain extensive knowledge of the region’s current…
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October 29, 2014
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Remarks By Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign And Community Relations at The Opening Of The Thirty-Ninth Meeting Of The Standing Committee Of Caribbean Statisticians (27 -29 October 2014)

It is an honour for me to welcome you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to this week of meetings devoted to Statistics. Today’s Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) and Thursday’s Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC) will no doubt be the high points of your annual gathering.…
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October 29, 2014
1,136

Youth in Agriculture Farm Programme growing

For the first time in the three year history of the Youth in Agriculture Farm Programme, hosted by the Inter American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture, (IICA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, and The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council, there were 31 agricultural science students, from 9 Secondary schools, who were…
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October 29, 2014
1,236

Praedial larceny undermining agricultural sector

PRAEDIAL larceny has proven to be a constant disincentive to agriculture production, says CEO of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul. The BAS is therefore appealing to the authorities to move quickly in introducing legislation to address this issue. Furthermore, the BAS feels the legislative changes and enforcement initiatives being asked for, is needed not later, but now. According…
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October 29, 2014
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CARIFORUM and EU discussing projects for funding

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 28, CMC – The Steering Committees of the CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME) and CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Standby Facilities are considering proposals for eight projects for funding. The two-day meeting, which begins here on Tuesday, is being held at the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The Steering Committees comprise representatives of European Commission, The Guyana-based…
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