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  • Photo of NAP Managers and CSOs urged to use COVID-19 as an opportunity to advance the   HIV gains for the Caribbean

    NAP Managers and CSOs urged to use COVID-19 as an opportunity to advance the HIV gains for the Caribbean

    Monday, 22 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,  convened a virtual three-day meeting of National AIDS Programme (NAP) Managers, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Key Partners, 16 – 18 June 2020 to discuss the…

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  • Photo of Jamaica State bus company to launch mobile supermarket:  CARICOM BUSINESS

    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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  • Photo of Journey to Juneteenth: Caribbean Solidarity

    Journey to Juneteenth: Caribbean Solidarity

    STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF THE CARICOM REPARATIONS COMMISSION, SIR HILARY BECKLES, ON THE OBSERVATION OF JUNETEENTH As you, our African American compatriots, rise to recognise and celebrate the legal ending of the chattel bondage of our ancestors, we, your brothers and sisters from ‘your islands’ downstream Mississippi are standing with you in joyous remembrance of the journey. We have always…

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  • Photo of Redesigning Education: Conversation Around Educational Leadership – June 26, 2020

    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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  • Photo of 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

    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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  • Photo of Visitors to Jamaica and Antigua to be tested for COVID-19: CARICOM BUSINESS

    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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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretariat Official urges sustainable use of marine ecosystems as Region reopens

    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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  • Photo of INNOVATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CARIBBEAN REALITY – CONSIDERATIONS FOR A REGIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE STRATEGY

    INNOVATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CARIBBEAN REALITY – CONSIDERATIONS FOR A REGIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE STRATEGY

    Tuesday, 16 June 2020 10.30 am – 12.00 pm (EST) on the Caribbean Renewable Energy Community (CAREC) Platform Antecedents In anticipation of a surge in electric vehicle (EV) deployment, in 2018, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat convened the Regional Electric Vehicle Working Group as a forum through which governments, worked alongside leading regional and national actors to share experiences, lessons…

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  • Photo of Redesigning Education: Conversations Around Educational Leadership

    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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  • Photo of CCRIF offers 31% discount for hurricane insurance: CARICOM BUSINESS

    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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