Culture
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Message From CARICOM Chairman On the 186th Anniversary Of The Abolition Of Slavery
THE 186th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE CARICOM MEMBER-COUNTRIES WHICH WERE COLONISED BY BRITAIN BY DR. THE HONOURABLE RALPH E. GONSALVES PRIME MINISTER OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) On August 1, 2020, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) commemorates the l86th anniversary of the abolition of the enslavement of Africans in…
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Antigua and Barbuda Still Committed to Hosting CARIFESTA in 2021
Antigua and Barbuda has assured that it is still committed to hosting the fifteenth edition of CARIFESTA in 2021. Minister Daryll Matthew, Minister of Sports, Culture, National Festival and the Arts of Antigua and Barbuda gave this assurance while making brief remarks at the virtual opening of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Interim Festival Directorate (IFD), which was held by…
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Caribbean Leaders Urged to Diversify Creative Economy Post-COVID
Opinion piece written by Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director of International Trade and Commodities at UNCTAD (Loop Jamaica) The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of many economic sectors and for creative industries, this is no different. For many in the creative economy, several critical revenues streams dried up as the world made its best efforts to curb the spread of the…
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Antigua & Barbuda unveils logo for CARIFESTA XV
Antigua and Barbuda has unveiled the logo for CARIFESTA XV. Minister of Culture and National Festivals, Daryll Matthew said excitement is building as they prepare to host the regional festival for the first time. He told Loop News his ministry is extremely proud of the logo, which epitomises several of the islands national symbols. “The bird is our national bird,…
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CARIFESTA XIV tops agenda of Regional Cultural Committee Meeting
The hosting of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIV) in August 2019 in Trinidad and Tobago is at the top of the agenda of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) being held this week at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. Directors of Culture as well as representatives from various Regional Cultural stakeholders converged at the…
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