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CARICOM an untapped business resource
By Andre Bagoo CARICOM and its treaty laws relating to economic integration are an untapped resource for civil society, including the regional business and banking sectors, Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) President Sir Dennis Byron, 71, says today as the court marks its tenth anniversary. In an interview with Business Day granted last week, the senior jurist called for civil…
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St. Kitts and Nevis CYA urges inclusion at PANCAP meeting
Georgetown, Guyana, April 17, 2015: Incoming Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Corps, Mr. Klieon John, made a strong appeal for Regional stakeholders to include youth in policy planning in the response to HIV/AIDS at a multilateral meeting in Guyana on Wednesday. The recommendation was made at the Twenty-Third Executive Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) which was…
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CARICOM Border Officials Learn New Detection And Interviewing Strategies
Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 17, 2015 (CARICOM IMPACS) – CARICOM IMPACS in collaboration with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will conduct training in Deception Detection and Eliciting Responses Training (DDER) during the period 20-25 April 2015 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The training is designed specifically for Member States participating in the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) which includes countries from…
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African Union Commission seeks best practices from CARICOM Secretariat
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has described as “important and historic” a working visit to the Secretariat’s headquarters by a team from the African Union Commission (AUC). The three-day visit, which began on Wednesday, forms part of a comparative study of various multilateral and inter-governmental organisations being conducted by the AU delegation. CARICOM is among integration…
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Incoming CYA Dean meets CARICOM SG
Georgetown, Guyana, April 17, 2015: Incoming Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Corps, Klieon John, from St. Kitts and Nevis, paid a courtesy visit to CARICOM Secretary General, His ExcellencyAmbassador Irwin LaRocque in Guyana on Wednesday, 16 April, 2015. Also present was Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development at the Secretariat, Ambassador Douglas Slater. Mr. John was at the CARICOM Secretariat to attend the Twenty-Third Executive Meeting of…
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Agriculture Project Sowing Seeds Of Youth Development
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 16, 2015 (SKNIS): The St. Kitts-Nevis Agricultural Youth Forum (SKNAYF) is making a push to spread greenhouse technology to farmers and provide them with opportunities to develop new leadership skills so as to make them more productive citizens. The group opened its two-day conference on Crime, Greenhouse Technology and Leadership at the UWI Conference Room on Thursday…
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G20 to integrate Caribbean into global value chain
WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2015 – Member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded their inaugural meeting with members of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) in Washington DC on Monday, and welcomed the implementation of DWG and other G20 commitments noting that this will strengthen the development outcomes from these initiatives. In a communiqué following the meeting, Participants underscored…
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Cultural agreement being worked out with Cuba
By Patricia Thangaraj A Cultural Co-operation Agreement is currently being negotiated between Barbados and Cuba. This was revealed by Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, who spoke at a press conference on the announcement of two young Barbadian artists, Ewan Atkinson and Alberta Whittle, who have been selected to participate in the Havana Biennial and the Venice Biennial…
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New PAHO/WHO network will monitor women and newborns in the Caribbean and Latin America
Brasilia (PAHO/WHO) — ON average, approximately 16 women die every day in the Caribbean and Latin America from complications of pregnancy or childbirth, while 250 babies die each day before having reached 28 days of age. To gather information on the causes of these deaths and contribute to policies for their prevention, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)…
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23rd Agricultural Open Day Promises Food, Education And Fun
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 16 2015 (SKNIS): Planners at the Department of Agriculture are busy making preparations for the 23rd annual Agricultural Open Day scheduled for Thursday April 30 and Friday May 01 at the department grounds in La Guarite. The theme of this year’s event is “Embracing Agriculture and its Partners” and is reflective of the vision for…
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