Year: 2016
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Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016 in Cayman Islands
Organisers are putting the final touches on preparations for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to be held in the Cayman Islands later this month. The CWA, the Region’s premier agriculture event, will be held in Grand Cayman, 24-28 October, 2016, under the theme ‘Investing in food and agriculture’. This is the first time that an Associate Member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will…
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CARICOM Secretariat streamlining IT infrastructure with Indian Government support
The CARICOM Secretariat will be getting an upgrade of its IT infrastructure and associated software through a project funded by the Government of India. The project moved a step forward this week with a visit by an IT team from the implementing agency, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). C-DAC will implement the recommendations from an assessment of…
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Hurricane Matthew toll in Haiti rises to 1,000, dead buried in mass graves
By Joseph Guyler Delva | PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said on Sunday, as cholera spread in the devastated southwest and the death toll from the storm rose to 1,000 people. The powerful hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, slammed into Haiti on Tuesday with…
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Youth in Agriculture – Focusing on youth agri-preneurs at CWA 2016
The Youth and Agriculture Programmes at the CARICOM Secretariat are collaborating to have a Youth Pavillion during the upcoming Caribbean Week of Agriculture in the Cayman Islands, 24-28 October 2016. There will be ten youth entrepreneurs exhibiting at the Youth Pavilion during the CWA. Leading up to the CWA, we will highlight the youth who will be participating in the exhibition.…
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CDEMA offers operational support to Civil Protection Directorate in Haiti post Hurricane Matthew
Six (6) experts from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) drawn from the CDEMA Coordinating Unit and the Participating States of Saint Lucia and Jamaica are now stationed in Haiti to provide operational support to the Civil Protection Directorate (CPD) in response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. The experts are members of the CARICOM Operational Support…
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CARICOM fully engaged in assisting recovery and rebuilding post Matthew – Secretary-General
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed sadness with the loss of lives, homes and property during the passage of hurricane Matthew, and he gave the assurance that CARICOM is fully engaged in assisting affected countries with their recovery and rebuilding efforts. Haiti was the most seriously affected CARICOM Member State with more than 800 deaths, thousand displaced and widespread…
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Hurricane Matthew forces postponement of Haiti presidential elections
The presidential elections in Haiti, which were scheduled to be held on Sunday 9 October, have been postponed and an announcement is to be made on a new date next week. Category Four Hurricane Matthew pummeled Haiti earlier in the week leaving in its wake death, destruction and displacement of persons. Assessments and the mobilisation of assistance are now underway.…
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CCRIF Ready to Pay Haiti a little over US$20 Million Following Passage of Hurricane Matthew
CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is preparing to make a payout to the Government of Haiti as a result of the passage of Hurricane Matthew which triggered payments on the country’s Tropical Cyclone policy. Based on preliminary calculations, Haiti will receive a little over US$20 million – the largest payment ever made by CCRIF. This was…
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CDEMA deploys response teams to Haiti and The Bahamas following Hurricane Matthew
The islands of The Bahamas and Haiti suffered severe impact from the passage of Hurricane Matthew. In efforts to assist these countries in dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has deployed 2 sets of specialized response teams to Haiti and The Bahamas. At the request of the Government of Haiti and based…
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CARICOM Chairman appeals for help for Haiti and The Bahamas
Chairman of the 15-member regional integration movement, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Friday urged support for Haiti and the Bahamas, the two CARICOM countries severely affected by the passage of Hurricane Matthew earlier this week. At least 500 people were reported killed in Haiti, CARICOM’s only French-speaking country, as the Category 4 storm tore through the nation on its way to…
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