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High Level Advocacy Forum headlines week of statistics activities in Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The quest to place statistics frontally before the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues later this month with a high level engagement of stakeholders in St. George’s, Grenada. The High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, planned for 26 May, is the second such event to be coordinated by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from its international…
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Implementation of CSME to be examined through gender lens
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Social Services from Montserrat, Hon. Colin Riley and is being hosted with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN…
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CARPHA’s New Laboratory Promises Faster Detection and Response to Control Disease Outbreaks in the Caribbean
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 14, 2014: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is now better equipped to perform faster and safer detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks in the Region. Thanks to the Government of Canada’s Global Partnership Programme (GPP), which donated a fully equipped Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory to CARPHA, the first of its…
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Remarks By Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General, Human And Social Development at The opening Ceremony of The Twenty-Sixth Meeting Of (COHSOD) 14 – 15 May, 2014, Georgetown, Guyana
It is a distinct pleasure to welcome you to this Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) convened under the Theme of Labour and Gender. I would like to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the ILO, the UN Women and the Caribbean Development Bank, for their support of this event and their on-going dedication…
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Equal and equitable gender participation under CSME should be ensured – Secretary General LaRocque
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ability of men and women to participate equally and equitably in all aspects of life under the CSME must be ensured. Those were sentiments expressed by Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday as he addressed the opening ceremony for the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and…
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Grenada PM concerned about slow growth of ICT in CARICOM
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) — Grenada’s prime minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, has expressed concern about the slow growth in information and communications technology (ICT) within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) compared to the rest of the world. Mitchell said, while ICT is growing in the region, it is yet to seriously impact on regional economies. Mitchell, the prime minister responsible for…
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St Lucia Government Planning to Enact Creative Industries Bill
St Lucia will move to enact a Creative Industries Bill for the country during the upcoming parliamentary session, according to St Lucia Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy. The bill would follow the lead set by Barbados, which led the region in enacting its landmark Cultural Industries Development Bill. “This is an important vehicle for generating employment for young persons as…
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Branson’s Carbon War Room, Invest Caribbean Now To Put The Spotlight On Renewable Energy
Sir Richard Branson (3rd from l.) and Caribbean leaders following the Carbon War Room’s ‘10 Island Renewable Challenge on Feb. 10, 2014. (CWR image) CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. May 12, 2014: Strategies for Caribbean governments to transition to green energy will be put in the spotlight this June 4th at the Harvard Club in New York City as…
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH ON VERGE OF RAPID HIV TESTING
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 09, 2014 (SKNIS): The St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Health is on the verge of offering Point of Care (POC) Rapid Testing as a means of scaling up prevention and early detection of HIV. The National AIDS Secretariat in the Ministry of Health has informed that Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) Providers are currently in…
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Caribbean sports journalists are making good on a promise to form an umbrella organisation
Plans to form an umbrella organisation for Caribbean Sports Journalists have been applauded by sporting confederations and former sporting icons. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) have congratulated the initiative by a group of sports journalists,…
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