Year: 2014

  • July 21, 2014
    681

    CARICOM and Japan to Hold First Summit

    CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet with Japanese Prime Minister His Excellency Shinzo Abe in the first ever CARICOM-Japan Summit on 28 July 2014 in Trinidad and Tobago. Since 1993, CARICOM and Japan have enjoyed friendly relations and this summit signals a quantum leap in their engagement as it is…

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  • July 17, 2014
    1,162

    Haiti, Turks and Caicos Close to Signing MoU on Migration Issues

    The Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti are close to signing a memorandum of understanding to deal with the continued problem of irregular migration from Haiti to the TCI, according to Minister of Border Control and Labour Ricardo Gardiner. Speaking at the 2014 budget address, the Minister said the two sides had produced the final draft of a memorandum of…

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  • July 16, 2014
    1,067

    Caribbean Export Awards €2.9 Million to Firms

    Caribbean news. Bridgetown, BARBADOS, July 14, 2014.  The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has announced the awarding of BBD 8,081,874.06 (€2,992,287) to firms and Business Support Organisations (BSOs) across the region via their flagship programme the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme (DAGS) as part of the Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP) funded by the European Union under the 10th…

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  • July 16, 2014
    556

    Statement By The Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin Larocque On The Palestinian/Israeli Conflict

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)      The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) condemns the killing of three Israeli teenagers and the revenge killing of a young Palestinian.  The Community is deeply concerned by the resulting escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinian territory of Gaza with the continuing Israeli bombardment of Gaza and the firing of Palestinian rockets targeting Israeli cities.…

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  • July 16, 2014
    1,966

    Address Delivered By Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman Of The Caricom Reparations Commission, House Of Commons,  Parliament Of Great Britain, Committee Room 14, Thursday, July 16,  2014

    Madam Chair, the distinguished member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Diane Abbott, other distinguished members of the House of Lords, and House of Commons, Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corp, colleagues at the head table, Ladies and Gentlemen.   I speak this evening, in this honourable chamber of the House of Commons, as Chairman of the Caricom Commission…

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  • July 16, 2014
    504

    Migrant Awareness Raising Sessions Held in Guyana

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The first of a series of training sessions intended to heighten awareness of risk factors affecting mobile and migrant populations in Guyana was held here on 24 and 25 June 2014.  The participants of these sessions include those who interface with migrant populations—healthcare workers, immigration officers, members of the police force and military, staff…

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  • July 15, 2014
    658

    PAHO and UNAIDS Convene Meetings in Georgetown

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youth across the region was a major agenda item when the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) convened a three-day meeting in Georgetown last week. The meeting also…

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  • July 14, 2014
    1,269

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Visits Haiti, Dominican Republic

    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Monday, the world body announced. Ban is set to meet with senior government officials and “get a first-hand look at programmes designed to improve health and reduce poverty,” according to a UN statement. The Haiti portion of Ban’s trip is to include a visit…

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  • July 14, 2014
    962

    Caribbean nationals urged to reduce salt intake

    UNITED NATIONS, CMC — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has urged Caribbean nationals and others in the Americas to decrease salt intake to help reduce hypertension – the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. “Salt reduction is recognised as the most cost-effective intervention for population-based prevention of hypertension, and it is one of the WHO (World Health Organisation) best…

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  • July 14, 2014
    997

    Barbados Developing Intellectual Property Strategic Plan

    Barbados’ government has formulated a national intellectual property strategic plan, it said this week. The plan, which is being developed with the assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization, aims to make the country’s economy “more competitive globally,” the government said. According to Heather Clarke, registrar of Barbados’ Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office, “such competitiveness could only be achieved…

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