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SASOD Honoured with 2014 Red Ribbon Award
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Guyana-based Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) was honoured with the 2014 Red Ribbon Award for Advocacy and Human Rights at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, July 20, 2014. The Red Ribbon Award is the world's leading award for innovative and outstanding community work in the response to the HIV…
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PANCAP Shocked and Saddened by Loss of Colleagues on Flight MH17
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) says it is deeply saddened that a number of great friends in the fight against HIV may have been lost in the devastating crash of Malaysia flight MH17 last week. “I am deeply shocked by this tragic news. I pray for the family of our…
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UAE Investor Signs Agreement For $120 Million Hotel Project in Antigua
Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne has signed a memorandum of agreement with Sheikh Tariq bin Faisal Al Qassimi on a $120 million hotel project, the government announced. The agreement with the United Arab Emirates-based investor was signed on Sunday after negotiations following Browne’s trip to Brazil last week. Al Qassimi signed the agreement on behalf of Al Caribi Development, which…
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Haiti, Turks and Caicos Close to Signing MoU on Migration Issues
The Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti are close to signing a memorandum of understanding to deal with the continued problem of irregular migration from Haiti to the TCI, according to Minister of Border Control and Labour Ricardo Gardiner. Speaking at the 2014 budget address, the Minister said the two sides had produced the final draft of a memorandum of…
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Migrant Awareness Raising Sessions Held in Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first of a series of training sessions intended to heighten awareness of risk factors affecting mobile and migrant populations in Guyana was held here on 24 and 25 June 2014. The participants of these sessions include those who interface with migrant populations—healthcare workers, immigration officers, members of the police force and military, staff…
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PAHO and UNAIDS Convene Meetings in Georgetown
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youth across the region was a major agenda item when the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) convened a three-day meeting in Georgetown last week. The meeting also…
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Caribbean nationals urged to reduce salt intake
UNITED NATIONS, CMC — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has urged Caribbean nationals and others in the Americas to decrease salt intake to help reduce hypertension – the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. “Salt reduction is recognised as the most cost-effective intervention for population-based prevention of hypertension, and it is one of the WHO (World Health Organisation) best…
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Electronic Information Must Get Priority Security Treatment
It is important that we pay attention to the way we manage electronic data says Pierre Bowrin, ICT Policy Advisor, Department of Information Technology. Speaking at the end of a recent two-day workshop on information security, he pointed out that, “information is now the most critical resource of any company or organization, and we need to give it the priority…
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Guyanese and Trinidadian nationals win CARICOM Annual 10k
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trinidad and Tobago’s Tonya Nero won the women’s leg of the CARICOM 10K Road Race for the third time in a row, when the event came off in St. John’s, Antigua/Barbuda on Sunday June 29 2014. Nero made it to the finish line in just over 38 minutes to claim the winning trophy along…
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