Year: 2016
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President Granger meets CARDI officials
President David Granger, in his capacity asCARICOM‘s Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Agriculture, on Thursday, met officials from the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) to discuss his vision for Caribbean agriculture. CARDI’s Executive Director, Mr. Barton Clarke, Technical Services Manager, Mr. Francis Asiedu and Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Noel Holder, attended the meeting which was held at…
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CARPHA Observes World Cancer Day
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 4, 2016. Cancers are the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean region. Breast cancer is the main cause of death among females, followed by cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable, yet it claims the lives of a large number of women in the Caribbean each year. The majority of…
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CARICOM Strengthens Consumer Protection in the CSME
As 2016 gets underway, the CARICOM Secretariat continues its drive toward a fully functioning single market with consumer protection training for CSME-participating Member States kicking off this month. This Monday, February 8, a week-long training exercise on consumer protection policy and competition law and policy takes place in Guyana. Government officials responsible for consumer and competition- related matters, non-governmental agencies…
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Regional Transportation Commission meets in Georgetown
The Regional Transportation Commission (RTRC) met at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, on February 1, to continue its work towards the provision of adequate, efficient and safe transportation services at affordable cost to the people of the Community. In July 2013, conscious that transportation services delivered in CARICOM had to address the needs of the travelling public and intra-Regional…
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‘Don’t panic’ – CTO, CHTA compiles FAQs on zika, travel to Caribbean
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) have compiled a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Zika virus and travel to the Caribbean. We hope you will find these details helpful. We implore you not to panic,” the tourism organisations said. The spread of the Zika virus in the Americas, with Brazil as…
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CSME consultation feeds into Regional Electronic Notice Board
Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 02, 2016 (SKNIS): Two consultations with the objective of discussing and negotiating a regional procurement regime, specifically pertaining to a regional electronic notice board for CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) member-states were held January 28 and 29 in St. Kitts. CSME Deputy Programme Manager, Philip McClauren, outlined that there has been consultation on the procedures…
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Jamaica Can Be Major Player In Animation Industry – Paulwell
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says, Jamaica has the potential to be a major player in the multibillion dollar global animation industry,Garfield L. Angus reports for Jamaica’s Information Service. He noted that the country has an educated, talented youth population, with an affinity for technology, “and “our cultural diversity and creativity have aroused the interest…
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Grenadian youth exposed to possibilities in Agribusiness
A group of youngsters from Grenada were recently involved in Youth in Agriculture Business Forum hosted by the Forum of the Caribbean Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Caribbean Community CARICOM. Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Ms. Yldiz…
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CARPHA to brief Heads of Government on Zika at CARICOM Intersessional
The Caribbean Regional Public Health Agency (CARPHA) will present a policy brief on the Zika virus at the Intersessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government on February 16-17 in Belize. To date, Zika has been confirmed in five CARICOM territories and other Caribbean jurisdictions have also reported Zika transmission. The brief will give policy recommendations for strengthening national and regional action in the…
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CARPHA Stresses the Need for a Coordinated Regional Response to Zika
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 2, 2016. On February 1st, 2016, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared that clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders potentially linked to the spread of the Zika virus (ZIKV) represents a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The need for the Caribbean region to continue its…
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