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Regional countries urged to abolish death penalty
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter- American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday urged Caribbean countries that still have the death penalty to abolish it or at least to impose a moratorium on its application. In a message marking International Day against the Death Penalty on Thursday, the IACHR said regional instruments for protection of human rights do not prohibit per…
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Concerns over rising exchange rate for US currency in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former finance minister Audley Shaw Tuesday called on the Jamaica government to implement a number of measures aimed at slowing or reversing the exchange rate of the local dollar against the United States currency. Shaw, who is seeking to take over the leadership of the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), said that the Portia Simpson…
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Arnaldo Ventura Appointed To CARICOM Committee
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dr Arnoldo Ventura, professor at The Mico University College, has been invited by the Prime Minister responsible for Science and Technology in CARICOM, Dr Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, to serve on the CARICOM Committee for Science, Technology and Innovation. The first meeting of this committee will take place in Grenada in January 2014 and will…
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A conservation group says it has secured fund to revive an area in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) where a failed marina project has devastated the marine ecosystem. The project in Union Island, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was abandoned almost 20 years ago and residents of the island as well as conservationists say…
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Minister urges youth to reject ‘agropreneurs’ label
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Tuesday urged young people involved in agricultural business to reject the “agropreneurs” label, a term used to refer to persons involved in agricultural enterprises. “I absolutely reject the notion that agriculture is for subsistence livelihood. Anybody who wants to push that, I say absolutely not!” he told the Caribbean Farmers…
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Regional agriculture ministers to meet in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Agriculture ministers from four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to meet here later this week to discuss ways of procuring agricultural inputs at a reduced cost, Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has announced. He said the meeting over the next few days would include his counterparts from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis and Dominica as…
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Stakeholders make ‘concrete and constructive suggestions’ for regional coconut industry
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -Stakeholders in the Caribbean coconut industry say they have come up with some “concrete and constructive suggestions” geared at creating a shared vision and roadmap for the sector. They met here over the past two days at a workshop titled “Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean: Towards a Shared Vision” as part of the weeklong activities marking…
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Guyana Minister lauds role of women in ensuring food security in the region
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, says women’s empowerment must be seen as a catalyst for growth and diversity of CARICOM economies. She told delegates attending the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) that women’s empowerment is a catalyst for developing any society, and more so in the Caribbean. “This is probably a…
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