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FAO and CDB Sign Framework Cooperation Agreement
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement for the Bank to approve a grant of US$1.2 million for the FAO to implement a cassava project in Dominica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Titled: ‘Cassava Industry – Market Assessment and Technology Validation and Dissemination’, the project…
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Seriously re-examine cricket recommendations – PM Mitchell
Outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, is calling for a serious re-examination of the recommendations of the Governance Review Panel on Cricket. In his address to the opening of the Twenty-Ninth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on Monday in Haiti, the Grenada Prime Minister raised West Indies cricket as…
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Guyana signs CXC and MASA Agreements
Guyana signed the Revised Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and the CARICOM Multilateral Air Services Agreement (MASA) during the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Haiti, Tuesday. Foreign Minister Hon Carl Greenidge, who is heading the country’s delegation to the Meeting signed the Agreements. The Revised Agreement Establishing the CXC seeks to update the…
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The Bahamas signs CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty
The Bahamas signed the CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty during the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon Darren Henfield signed on behalf of his country. The CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty, already signed by some other CARICOM Member Countries, simplifies the procedure of returning fugitives to the country where…
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Montserrat signs two Agreements at CARICOM Inter-Sessional Meeting
Montserrat’s Minister of Education, Health and Youth Hon Delmaude Ryan, who is heading the island’s delegation to the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Haiti, signed two agreements during the second day of the meeting, Tuesday. Montserrat signed on to the Agreement establishing the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions, and the Agreement…
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Barbados Prime Minister signs Agreements at CARICOM Inter-Sessional
Barbados Prime Minister Rt Hon Freundel Stuart signed the CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty and the Revised Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), during the second day of the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, at the Marriott Hotel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. The CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty, already signed by some other CARICOM Member Countries, simplifies the procedure…
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Be proactive, reduce your risk of catching the flu – CARPHA
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 2018. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging persons to practice good personal hygiene in order to reduce the risk of transmission of influenza and other respiratory viruses. Influenza (flu), a contagious respiratory illness which affects thousands of people in the Caribbean each year. Typically, the Flu season in the Region occurs between…
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PM Skerrit calls for “collaborative approach” for first climate resilience nation
Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has said a collaborative approach is needed to realize the government’s idea of making Dominica the first climate resilient country in the world. Speaking at a government-organized National Rebuilding and Economic Partnership Consultation on Monday, Skerrit said the government cannot do it alone. “Maria has placed even sharper focus, not only on the need to build…
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CARICOM Business News
Please see the latest edition of the CARICOM Business newsletter which comprises information culled from news entities in the Caribbean and beyond and includes a Foreign Exchange Summary, a Stock Exchange Summary and International Oil Prices. CARICOM Business 16 Feb 2018
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Building standards at forefront of UNDP Carnival Band
Roseau, Dominica, 15 February, 2018— In keeping with its mandate to support the government’s effort to build back better, following the devastating effects of category 5 Hurricane Maria, the UNDP Dominica Project office capitalised on the large audience at the 2018 Carnival Monday parade as team members promoted Dominica’s building standards with an aptly themed float. The group, which also…
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