Year: 2016
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‘Don’t disappoint Region’s youth’ – Assistant Secretary-General Slater
Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater, has implored Directors of Youth across the Region not to disappoint the youth. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Meeting of the Directors of Youth Affairs hosted at the CARICOM Secretariat on Wednesday. Dr. Slater made reference to a recently concluded youth forum where…
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Deputy PM Richards Weighs In On CARICOM Youth Development Agenda
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 02, 2016 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Shawn Richards, and CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) Dennis McCall Jr. are in Guyana for a series of meetings that will help to shape the youth development agenda back home and across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The first meeting ran from February 29 to March…
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Belize to host Caribbean Growth Forum Meeting
Next week, representatives from 14 Caribbean countries will come together in Belize City to take stock of key lessons learned from the hundred reform actions implemented through the Caribbean Growth Forum, and announce a Communique to move forward on their pro-growth agenda. Belize is proud to host this meeting. This is an extraordinary opportunity for Caribbean nations to build on…
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Germany and CARICOM take the Cooperation in Energy to another Level
The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP) is handing over the baton to the Renewable and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance project in March 2016. The CREDP started in February 2003 and ends on March 31, 2016. CREDP was a Regional Cooperation Programme between the Government of Germany and CARICOM Member States and the Dominican Republic. CREDP aimed to remove…
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Barbados PM writes Britain on reparation on behalf of CARICOM
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have sent a formal letter of complaint to Britain seeking reparation for slavery. The letter, which was written by Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, and sent to the British Foreign Office, calls on London to formally acknowledge the region’s demands for payment for the transatlantic slave trade. CARICOM has said it will not release…
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Agricultural Sector Is A Vital Economic Pillar Of St. Kitts And Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 01, 2016 (SKNIS): The Agricultural Sector in the Federation is vital for sustained economic growth, stated Jeanelle Kelly, Quarantine Officer at the Department of Agriculture, during a recent address to agricultural stakeholders. Ms. Kelly noted that agriculture will be transformed. “By 2016, agriculture will be innovative, resilient and sustainable, supporting food and nutrition security,…
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Regional youth forum stresses need for restorative justice
The connection of crime and violence to drugs, legal and illegal; the need for “restorative justice” and understanding the dynamics at the community level to ensure targeted interventions, formed part of the discussions at the Regional Forum on Youth Crime and Violence now underway in Georgetown, Guyana. The discussions were held during the Session on Youth Gangs and Violence which…
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Safety, security in Regional aviation to be harmonised- Guyana sets stage for robust sector
Matters pertaining to security and safety in the aviation sector for the Caribbean Region are currently being discussed as the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System’s (CASSOS) Board of Directors holds its 17th Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana. CASSOS is the Region’s aviation oversight organisation. It is aimed at facilitating the growth and development of aviation through training, resource sharing,…
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Craft a culture that makes youth assets – Minister Ramjattan tells Regional Youth Forum
Guyana’s Minister for Public Security, Hon. Khemraj Ramjattan, called for the crafting of a culture that makes youth assets rather than liabilities. The Minister made this call at the Official Opening of the two-day Regional Forum on Youth Crime and Violence which opened today, 29 February 2016, in Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme: Youth Crime and Violence; Breaking the Cycle…
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Guyana to get regional help to meet global civil aviation standards
Guyana is among several Caribbean countries expected to receive assistance from the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) to help reach a year-end deadline set by the global aviation watchdog agency to meet certain conditions. Speaking with Demerara Waves Online News following the opening of the 17th CASSOS Board meeting at the Marriot Hotel, CASSOS Chairman Nari-Williams Singh…
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