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  • UN Major Group of Children and Youth Selects SIDS Youth Focal Points

    At the end of March, the UN Major Group of Children and Youth announced a list of young people who were selected to serve as Focal Points for Small Island Developing States for the period of 2014 – 2016. The UN Major Group for Children and Youth is the space within international negotiations on Sustainable Development for Children and Youth.…

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  • CARICOM approach needed to consumer protection, says Barbados minister

    There is a need for greater co-operation and coordination of action of regional bodies with regard to the issue of protecting the health and safety of consumers. Barbados industry minister, Donville Inniss, who is also responsible for consumer matters, expressed this view as he gave remarks on Thursday at the opening of a consultation on the CARICOM Rapid Alert System…

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  • Government signs $36M agreement with China

    Antigua & Barbuda has signed a $200 million RNB or US $36 million agreement with the Chinese government, officials report. It follows Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s official visit to the Asian country. Part of the deal is for financing the Deep Water Harbour Development Project, which includes a cruise ship section, hotel and museum. An interest-free US $4.8 million loan…

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  • OAS Permanent Council Urged Haiti to Hold Overdue Elections and Convened a Special General Assembly on Strategic Vision

    The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today adopted a Declaration calling on the three branches of government of Haiti to comply with the agreement knows as El Rancho and to call legislative and municipal elections by the end of 2014, and also convened a Special General Assembly on the Strategic Vision for the Organization to be…

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  • St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force Capt. Graduate from Guyana Course

    Ten Officers, including one from the St .Kitts and Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF), have graduated from the Guyana Defence Force Senior Command and Staff Course (SCSC) Number 13. Having successfully completed the course. St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force Capt. P. Kayode Sutton and his colleagues are now equipped to command Units and Sub-Units and perform Staff duties at senior levels of…

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  • CARIBBEAN-POVERTY- UNDP says poverty on the decline in the Caribbean

    EL SALVADOR, Aug 27, CMC – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says poverty is on the decline in the Caribbean and Latin American. In launching its latest report here to complement global analysis on vulnerability and resilience that was presented in Japan, the UNDP said more than 56 million people have been lifted out of poverty in Latin America…

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  • CXC expanding

    The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has outgrown the region. “We have been in the Caribbean for many years. We have expanded as much as we can within the Caribbean. We need now to share our experiences beyond the Caribbean into other areas, into other countries and in the Diaspora and so on,” stated Acting Registrar of the CXC Glenroy Cumberbatch.…

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  • SIDS leaders should attend conference, says PM

    PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart says it is important that leaders of Small Island Developing States attend the upcoming Third International UN SIDS Conference in Samoa. Speaking ahead of his departure for the September 1 to 4 meeting, Stuart stated: “We need to be a part of the conversation in Samoa. We cannot stay at home. We must go and articulate…

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  • Risk of Ebola in the Caribbean “Low”

    Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, August 06, 2014: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the risk of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) being imported to the Caribbean is low. Executive Director of CARPHA, Dr. C. James Hospedales said “There have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in the Caribbean, and overall, the risk of becoming infected with the Ebola virus…

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  • Compromise to secure food

    In an era where food security is paramount, there has to be a compromise in how land is used in this island. Making it clear that competition will always exist between agriculture, housing and tourism for land, representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Barbados, Ena Harvey, nevertheless emphasised that citizens must get back to the…

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