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June 22, 2015
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CYA attends UNESCO conference on youth and internet in Paris

The two-day event ,which was conducted in both English and French, brought together more than 250 officials, academics, policy-makers, youth NGO’s, experts and practitioners from a range of institutions and disciplines from across the world, to share experiences, highlight gaps and explore options in reducing the internet as a tool for youth extremism and radicalism. The conference highlighted the need for…
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June 22, 2015
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Experts meeting to discuss options for renewable energy

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, CMC – A three-day meeting bringing together some of the world’s leading renewable energy experts considering options for renewable energy development in the Caribbean and on the numerous islands scattered around the globe is taking place here. Organisers say the Martinique Conference on Island Energy Transitions, being held under the theme, ‘Pathways for Accelerated Uptake of Renewables’, will…
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June 22, 2015
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Shaping the Caribbean SDGs priorities to be responsive to the needs of women and men

As we get set to embrace a new global development roadmap, what will this mean for the Caribbean? What must our priorities be and how will we make them known to ensure that the Caribbean needs are given high visibility and programmed for action and finance? Effective and real development can only be achieved where all members of society have…
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June 22, 2015
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Youth Parliament Debate on CARICOM

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Press Release (No.05) 22 / June/ 2015 As part of Government’s outreach programme to sensitise the public about the importance of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and regional integration, a debate for youth will be staged on Friday, June 26, in the Lower House of Parliament from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The Youth…
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June 22, 2015
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Economist says Regional education systems must be refocused

An economist is calling for an overhaul of the education system in the region in order to bolster development. Head of the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness, Indera Sagewan-Ali said while regional governments have been good at setting up learning institutions, they have failed to ensure the schools are functional and fulfilling their mandate. She said institutions are resourced “then we…
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June 22, 2015
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CHTA proposes Caribbean Basin Tourism Initiative

The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) yesterday called for the establishment of a Caribbean Basin Tourism Initiative (CBTI) to address the Caribbean's socioeconomic challenges and stimulate greater regional trade, travel, and investment, as Cuba gets poised to take a considerable share of the region's U.S. visitor market. In a press release issued yesterday, CHTA President Emil Lee said that…
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June 19, 2015
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Celebrating four decades of progress and prosperity

For 40 years, Regional integration has been driven by the central aims of improving economic and social wellbeing for all. While the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can look back with pride at the progress it has made since them, it is time to increase the pace towards greater prosperity Athe start of the 1970s, in the early days of the Region’s independence from European…
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June 19, 2015
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New approaches to managing disaster focus on resilience

UNITED NATIONS, Friday June 19, 2015, IPS – Natural disasters have become a fact of life for millions around the world, and the future forecast is only getting worse. From super typhoons to floods, droughts and landslides, these events tend to widen existing inequalities between and within nations, often leaving the poorest with quite literally nothing. In 2013 alone, three times…
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June 19, 2015
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CARICOM workshop on financing for biodiversity

The Caribbean Community, under the EU-funded Project for Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries held a workshop in Antigua and Barbuda on resource mobilisation and sustainable financing for biodiversity. The workshop was at the City View Hotel and was delivered in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Latin America…
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June 19, 2015
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What you need to know about the “new” STI in Jamaica

What is mycoplasma genitalium? Mycoplasma genitalium is a small pathogenic bacterium that lives in humans’ genital and urinary tracts. It may not have been identified in sufficient numbers in Jamaica before now, but the medical and research fields have know about its presence for more than thirty years. Four scientists first reported the existence of this “fastidious” bacteria in the…
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