Month: June 2016
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Prepare for impact of Brexit but don’t panic, CARICOM told
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday June 30, 2016 – A University of the West Indies (UWI) forum held yesterday to discuss the impact of the UK’s pending exit from the European Union brought some advice for CARICOM – prepare for the potential fallout. At the same, there’s a suggestion that there won’t be any crisis. During the forum, the UWI Vice Chancellor…
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Security, economics high agenda issues at 37th Heads of Government Conference 4-6 July 2016, Guyana
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet for their 37th Regular Meeting on 4-6 July 2016, in Georgetown, Guyana, at the Guyana Pegasus Hotel. In the search for opportunities and regional solutions to challenges, the Meeting will advance matters pertaining to regional security – economic and otherwise; and the social well being of the approximately 16 million people who…
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CARICOM heads to hear rum industry’s woes
After years of failed attempts to find a resolution to the ongoing rum dispute in the Caribbean, the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) will be making another desperate appeal to Caribbean Heads of Government, at next week’s Caricom summit in Guyana. The United States ongoing subsidy to rum producers in the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico was…
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Building the CARICOM Communications Network
As efforts continue to develop a network of CARICOM Communications professionals, a sub-group mainly from Caribbean Community Institutions in Barrbados and the CARICOM Secretariat recommitted to closer collaboration during a recent lunch-meeting at CDB Headquarters, Barbados. The get-together was a spin-off from an earlier on-line meeting of professionals across the Community, in which the Communications operatives agreed, among other things, that: There…
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Contributions to Advancing Medical Tourism in the Federation And Advances in Human Health
Lower Bourryeau Estate, St. Kitts— The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation and I have provided advice for the development of medical tourism in the Federation and the development of new therapies that will eventually be available to people throughout the world. Neither the Foundation or I are participants, but we have provided advice to ensure that any experimental treatments are…
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Resuscitate civil society charter
— Caribbean Policy Development Centre Director urges regional Gov’t By Alva Solomon FAILURE by regional governments to constructively engage civil society undermines the legitimacy of social partnerships. This was the bold sentiment expressed by Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), Shantal Munro-Knight when regional civil society operatives met on Tuesday morning at the Ramada Georgetown Princess to…
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CARICOM 10K Meet gets underway: Differently able to be a part
The Spirit of CARICOM will come alive this Sunday, 3 July 2016, as the CARICOM 10K Meet gets underway at 6 a.m. Athletes from several CARICOM States will criss-cross the streets of Greater Georgetown to observe this annual CARICOM tradition, which takes place ahead of the Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government, usually in the host…
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Chilean President to be Special Guest
CARICOM Heads of Government will have an exchange of views with special guest, the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet at this Thirty-seventh Regular Meeting, 4 – 6 July in Georgetown, Guyana. Chile has been a longstanding partner of the Caribbean Community as a block, and to individual Member States, and both President Bachelet and her predecessor have worked closely…
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Agreement to improve Meteorological collaboration in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) and the Meteorological Service of France (Météo‑France) signed an agreement on 21 June 2016 to formalize the working arrangements between their two institutions. The Caribbean Meteorological Organization, which is a specialized institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), coordinates the joint scientific activities of the National Meteorological Services of its sixteen Caribbean Member States, provides, among…
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CARILEC Launches Renewable Energy Community to Drive Regional Collaboration
June 29, 2016, CASTRIES: This morning, the Caribbean Electricity Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) launched a renewable energy virtual community for utility engineers and energy practitioners called the CARILEC Renewable Energy Community (CAREC). The community features informative documents and training materials, monthly technical webinars and a real-time discussion board. The online platform enables members to connect with peers, learn from each…
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