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Priority Areas Coordinating Committee (PACC) Convenes Virtual Meeting to Discuss the Continuity of HIV Services during COVID-19
Wednesday, 24 June 2020 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic continues to examine strategies to sustain the HIV and AIDS response in the Caribbean region despite disruptions from the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The 39th Meeting…
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Jamaica State bus company to launch mobile supermarket: CARICOM BUSINESS
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Limited will continue to pursue a number of initiatives aimed at increasing operational efficiencies, despite a 30% drop in revenue due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). One of the most ambitious proposals from the company is a plan to convert one of its buses into a mobile supermarket, geared at serving elderly and disabled…
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Redesigning Education: Conversation Around Educational Leadership – June 26, 2020
This forum provides an opportunity for education leaders to have a conversation about their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – their successes, their challenges, their recommendations for moving forward, and the opportunities that this COVID-19 pandemic provides for their growth and development. Target Audience: Educational leaders across all levels of the education system, including leaders in Special Education, Technical, Vocational…
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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON RECEIPT OF THE REPORT OF THE CARICOM OBSERVER TEAM ON THE RECOUNT OF THE GUYANA GENERAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS 2 MARCH 2020
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Monday 15 June, 2020 received the Report of the CARICOM Observer Team which observed the recount of the General and Regional Elections held in Guyana on 2 March, 2020. The Team was led by Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West…
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Visitors to Jamaica and Antigua to be tested for COVID-19: CARICOM BUSINESS
The Government of Jamaica has announced that as of June 15, 2020, all tourists and nationals arriving in the island will be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking at a virtual media briefing. “All visitors and locals alike who are coming in as of the 15th (June) will be tested.”…
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CARICOM Secretariat Official urges sustainable use of marine ecosystems as Region reopens
The CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, Dr Douglas Slater, has urged the Region to use coastal and marine ecosystems in a sustainable manner, as it emerges from the collective COVID-19 lockdown. Speaking on Tuesday June 9th to environmental and biodiversity stakeholders, Dr Slater said the Region must harness the same levels of integration and innovation it did…
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Redesigning Education: Conversations Around Educational Leadership
Educational Leaders across all levels of the education system are invited to register for this Forum (see poster below). It provides an opportunity for education leaders to have a conversation about their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – their successes, their challenges, their recommendations for moving forward, and the opportunities that this COVID-19 pandemic provide for their growth and development.…
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CCRIF offers 31% discount for hurricane insurance: CARICOM BUSINESS
The Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) has announced that all of its member countries have renewed their parametric insurance coverage for over $1 billion. The policy covers tropical cyclones, excess rainfall, earthquakes and fisheries and the coverage this year represents an 8% increase over years past. “The European Union under its global COVID -19 response has…
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St. Kitts-Nevis Elections results reflect will of the people: CARICOM Observers
The CARICOM Election Observation Mission to the 5 June 2020 General Elections in St. Kitts and Nevis has concluded that the results of the elections reflect the will of the people. The Mission, in a Preliminary Statement, said its assessment of the Election Day activities was that the voters were able to cast their ballots without intimidation or fear. The…
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Statement by the Chair of the Caribbean Community The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados on Elections Result in St. Kitts and Nevis
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulates the Honourable Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis and his Team Unity on the resounding victory in the general elections on 5 June 2020. The overwhelming nature of the triumph at the polls indicates the scale of confidence that the people of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis…
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