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BAHAMIAN EDUCATORS LEARN EFFECTIVE METHODS TO TEACH SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LESSONS
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Bahamas and the Organization of American States (OAS) through its Department of Sustainable Development conducted a two-day teacher’s training workshop in New Providence from August 21-22, 2013. The workshop focused on the importance of teaching renewable energy, energy conservation, and the need for more advocacy of clean energy and sustainable energy…
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Establishment of Regional Renewable Energy Research Centre advanced in Trinidad and Tobago
A Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation on scientific, technical and policy aspects of energy efficiency and clean energy technologies through the exchange of ideas and information was signed between Trinidad and Tobago and the United States Department of Energy. According to Prime Minister of the Twin Island Republic, the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, “Energy security interdependence is a critical issue…
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Agriculture finally getting recognition it deserves – President Ramotar
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With renewed emphasis on agriculture to ensure food and nutrition security in the Region and to spur development, the sector is finally getting the recognition it deserved, His Excellency Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana said on Wednesday. He was at the time delivering the feature address at the opening of the Caribbean Week of…
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High cost of transportation must be addressed – ASG Slater
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The issue of the high cost of regional air and sea transportation was one of the areas that had to be addressed in the realm of agriculture, said Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary-General Human and Social Development, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2013, at…
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CARICOM appoints new Assistant Secretary General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat now has a new Assistant Secretary General in charge of Human and Social Development. The new appointee is former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Douglas Wilbert Slater. Dr. Slater said he has chosen this new career path because…
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Jagdeo Initiative high on COTED agenda
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Jagdeo Initiative is one of the key subjects that will be considered when Ministers of Agriculture gather on Friday for a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture. The Special COTED Meeting is a staple of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) which is being held in…
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`Believe in agriculture’ – rallying call at CWA 2013 opening
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2013 was formally opened on Wednesday evening with rallying calls for belief in the agricultural potential of the Region, and action, at all levels, to realize that potential. At the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, where activities of the twelfth edition of CWA are anchored,…
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REMARKS BY HON. JENNIFER WEBSTER, MINISTER OF HUMAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SECURITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE Women´s Forum, Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2013 OCTOBER 8, 2013
Colleague of the Cabinet – Hon. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, MP-Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Wilmot Garnett-IICA Representative to Guyana, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Visiting Delegates, especially our female delegates, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Media. Let me extend a welcome to all our overseas Guests who are visiting Guyana for the first time and to extend a special…
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Stakeholder Consultation to Examine Entry of CARIFORUM Entertainers in the EU Market
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Public and private sector stakeholders drawn from the Cultural Industry of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) are to participate in a Stakeholder Consultation on the Development of a Strategic Action Plan for the Entry of CARIFORUM Entertainers in the European Union (EU) Market, to be held in St George’s,…
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Remarks by Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat On the Occasion of the Opening of the Twelfth Caribbean Week of Agriculture, October 9, 2013,
I speak to you this evening on behalf of Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, the CARICOM Secretary-General who, unfortunately, is out of the country. Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) has come to be known as the premier agriculture event in the Caribbean and rightly so. After 14 years, CWA is increasingly becoming the ‘go-to’ event in which stakeholders from across the Region…
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