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Indigenous food systems should be on the development menu
ROME, Feb 23 2015 (IPS) – Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in the 21st century no longer means simply increasing the quantity of available food but also the quality. Despite numerous achievements in the world’s food systems, approximately 805 million people suffer from chronic hunger and roughly two billion peoples suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiencies while, at the same time,…
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First conference of CARICOM and German Foreign Ministers opens in Berlin
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Region’s Foreign Ministers on Monday began a two-day conference with German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany. This first Conference of the Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community and Germany has high on its agenda energy and energy efficiency, climate change and the environment, development policy and the fostering of closer commercial…
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Communiqué Issued Following The Conclusion of the Twenty-sixth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Nassau, The Bahamas, 0n 26-27 February 2015. The Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Right Honourable Perry Christie, chaired the proceedings. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and…
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Promising prospects for CARICOM Customs harmonisation process
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have further developed guidelines for improvements in customs procedures; the goal of which is to boost the Region’s Five days of discussions on regulations for a harmonized regional customs framework were held, this week in Antigua and Barbuda, at a forum which brought together customs officials, legal…
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CARICOM heads agree to focus on sports tourism and cultural industries
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM heads have decided to place emphasis on developing cultural and creative industries and a sports sector to boost their economies. The announcement was made at the closing press conference for the two-day 26th Inter-sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government on Friday afternoon by Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government and…
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Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations: Prime Minister Stuart
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart. Prime Minister Stuart, who Chairs the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Reparations, addressed the issue at the closing press conference for the just-ended 26th…
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Regional Seismic and Tsunami Risk Workshop
Bridgetown, Barbados, March 2, 2015 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in association with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Jamaica and with the support of the Governments of Chile and Spain under the Chilespana triangular cooperation, will host a Regional Seismic and Tsunami Risk Workshop from March 3rd -4th, 2015 at ODPEM''s Office in…
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Regional initiative to tackle banking threat
CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to establish a Committee of Finance Ministers to work with the Caribbean Association of Banks on a plan to deal with the region being unjustly labeled a high-risk area for financial services. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie made the announcement during the closing press conference of the 26th…
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Caribbean writers, animators create appealing children’s stories
Caribbean writers and animators have taken up the call for creating their own stories using tools and media that appeal to children. The newest product in the market is the series about Magnus the Mongoose. Even though the series is aimed at children aged 3-6, older children will also be able to appreciate the content. Magnus the Mongoose is the…
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Fighting climate change with community action
FONDES AMANDES, Trinidad, Feb 18 2015 (IPS) – Not far above Trinidad’s capital, Port-of-Spain, in a corner of the St. Ann’s valley in the Northern Range, the community of Fondes Amandes has come together since 1982 to respond to climate change. For several years, bush fires reduced their forested surroundings to burned grass and charred tree stumps. Locals have also…
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