Areas of Work
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Young People Urged to Take Up Reparation Struggle
Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Professor Hilary Beckles, has charged young people across the Caribbean to take up the reparation struggle and carry on the conversation until the region has received justice. “This subject is going to go forward and we are going to have justice only when young people step up and play their role,” Professor Beckles said.…
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CARICOM youth ambassador delighted with youth participation in human rights consultation
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Sonia Boddie, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassador for the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, was a part of the youth contingent selected from across the region, to participate in the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and Aids (PANCAP) Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda, convened under the theme “Advancing Justice for ALL…
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CARICOM youth ambassador delighted with youth participation in human rights consultation
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Sonia Boddie, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassador for the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, was a part of the youth contingent selected from across the region, to participate in the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and Aids (PANCAP) Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda, convened under the theme “Advancing Justice for ALL…
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St Lucia Readies For First Shipment of PetroCaribe Fuel From Venezuela
St Lucia is readying for the first shipment of fuel under the island’s PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela. Officials from Venezuela’s PDVSA recently visited St Lucia to prepare the initial stages for the delivery, which follows St Lucia’s accession to the Venezuela-led ALBA Alliance and PetroCaribe. “They [were] here so that they can get more information and assist in establishing the…
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More large-scale marijuana cultivation discovered in Bahamas
FREEPORT, Bahamas — Just two weeks after a $16.8 million discovery in Grand Bahama, police in The Bahamas uncovered another cultivated marijuana field in the same area on Thursday, when officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit, along with US counterparts acting on information, went to another undeveloped area in East Grand Bahama. Upon arrival at the location, they discovered a…
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New therapy for advanced prostate cancer available in Trinidad and Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division of the Trinidad Tobago Ministry of Health approved the introduction of Abiraterone Acetate to the country, the first-orally administered androgen synthesis inhibitor (testosterone) medication for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Clinical trials have demonstrated that this new therapeutic resource for the standard therapy of patients…
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Smart Meters to be installed in St. Kitts homes by 2017
Residences in St. Kitts would soon be fitted with Smart Meters. The St. Kitts Electrical Company (SKELEC) said the new metering project begins next month and all residential meters should be replaced in 2017. Implement of the new metering project is designed to help consumers to better manage their electrical consumption. Prior to implementation, the utility will pilot the on-stream…
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PM Douglas outlines roadmap for post 2015 HIV/AIDS development agenda
The Caribbean’s lead spokesman on HIV/AIDS, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has outlined elements which could form the roadmap for post 2015 development agenda and removing the barriers in policies, laws, values and behaviour that are spoilers in the march toward social justice. He told a three-day consultative workshop in Jamaica, part…
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Regional HIV Consultation identifies steps to eliminate stigma and discrimination
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) After two days of dialogue, more than 75 delegates, representing Caribbean countries, regional institutions and development partners of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), arrived at approximately 15 actionable recommendations aimed at ending HIV-related stigma and discrimination over the next three to five years. The regional dialogue benefited from the charge…
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Results needed Prime Minister Douglas tells Caribbean Human Rights Consultation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “We need results. It is time for accelerated action”, says St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, and Chair of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS, the Rt Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas. The Prime Minister was speaking at the official opening of the Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda,…
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