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February 11, 2015
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Time is ripe to export Caribbean culture – lifestyle entrepreneur

Caribbean culture is ‘hot’ on the international market right now, says lifestyle entrepreneur Juliette Maughan. And with that, she says more creative persons should be looking to take their products and services to the world. The well-travelled consultant, who has done work in Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender and Youth Mainstreaming, as well as co-editing a recently published…
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February 11, 2015
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Haiti Tourism Ministry launches first US television advertising campaign

NEW YORK – February 11, 2015 – The Haiti Ministry of Tourism has today launched the country’s first-ever television advertising campaign aimed at attracting U.S. travelers. Developed in partnership with Cablevision, the fully-integrated campaign features :30 TV spots, a 24/7 dedicated destination channel – Haiti: Experience It! – located at Cablevision channel 650, and online exposure via News12.com. Haiti is taking a giant leap forward today toward recapturing her place as…
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February 11, 2015
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Sustainable Energy Incubation & Development Fund in Support of Business in Bio & Renewable Energies in the Caribbean

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) is organizing a two-day International Workshop on Sustainable Energy Incubation & Development Fund in support of business in Bio & Renewable energies in the Caribbean, which will be held at the Creole Beach Hotel in Guadeloupe from the 20th to 21st of January 2015. Many times,…
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February 11, 2015
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Caribbean Export Supports the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions (C-NSC) towards strengthening the Region’s Services Sector

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) facilitated the planning session for the 2015 work programme and annual general meeting of the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions last week at the Marriot Hotel, Barbados. The meeting which gathered representatives from the fifteen (15) CARIFORUM States spent 4 days developing the work programme for Year 2 of the 10th European Development Fund…
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February 11, 2015
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CKLN Urges More Caribbean Participation in International R&E Network Activities

With C@ribNET the Region's only research and education network (REN) fully established, the emerging national research and education networks (NRENs) and their respective member institutions should be aware of the activities of partner REN's across the world. With C@ribNET the Region's only research and education network (REN) fully established, the emerging national research and education networks (NRENs) and their respective member…
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February 10, 2015
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Record tourist arrival and earnings for Caribbean – CTO

More than 26 million visitors and over US$29 billion in earnings in 2014 ~ The Caribbean welcomed a record 26.3 million tourists in 2014, a 5.3 per cent rise over the previous year. These visitors spent US$29.2 billion, itself a record. The Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Richard Sealy, and the secretary general, Hugh Riley, along with the…
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February 10, 2015
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St Kitts-Nevis voters head to the polls to elect new government

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Monday February 16, 2015, CMC – Voters in this twin island Federation are casting ballots to elect a new government with Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas urging them to ensure that his 20-year-old administration is returned to power for another five year-term. Douglas, 62, is seeking to become the first head of government in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to win five consecutive…
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February 10, 2015
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CICAD And CARICOM explore opportunities for deepening cooperation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Organization of American States (OAS), through the Executive Secretariat (ES) of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) and the Organization of American States (OAS) Office in Guyana, met with the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana. The two organizations explored cooperation opportunities on the multifaceted aspects of the drug…
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February 10, 2015
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Lesson plans on CARICOM Single Market coming to Guyana schools

Close to fifty secondary CXC-level teachers have been trained to integrate information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) into their school’s curriculum. The two-day training, which opened on Thursday February 5, is part of the CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP) Component 300 that seeks to widen the scope of participation by stakeholders and beneficiaries in the process of…
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February 10, 2015
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Dominica Adopts CCJ as Court of Final Appeal

RUSSEAU – The government of Dominica announced Tuesday that the Caribbean Court of Justice, or CCJ, will become the country’s court of final appeal starting this month. “Certainly, as we indicated last year, this is an historic opportunity for Dominica. It would mean allowing more ordinary citizens to have greater access to the judiciary system,” Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said…
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