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  • Photo of Six Caribbean countries receive training on improved breed management and techniques for small ruminants

    Six Caribbean countries receive training on improved breed management and techniques for small ruminants

    As a result of the training, farmers from the region will be able to put more money in their pockets and more affordable, local food on the plates of Caribbean residents. Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, July 27, 2016.  The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Dominican Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Research (IDIAF) have joined together to…

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  • ILO signs MOU with CARICOM to provide assistance on a regional LMIS

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to provide technical support for the implementation of its Labour Market Information System (LMIS) Project for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) under the 10th European Development Fund. In particular it will customize the IT tool “.Stat” for CARICOM LMIS purposes. “.Stat”…

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  • Photo of Jamaica participates in clinical trials for Zikv

    Jamaica participates in clinical trials for Zikv

    Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica will shortly be participating in a number of clinical trials in the drive to find a vaccine to treat the Zika Virus (ZIKV). Addressing a Ministry of Health/Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) Parish Town Hall Meeting at the Sandy Bank Primary School in St. Elizabeth on July 21, the Minister…

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  • ECLAC calls for creation of Regional Center for Governance of natural resources in the Caribbean

    UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 24, CMC – The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented an initiative to create a Regional Center for Governance of natural resources in the region. “Greater and better governance of natural resources is necessary to fulfill the goals of sustainable development,” said ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, during a side…

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  • Photo of Dominica Takes Lead in Renewable Energy Use in CARICOM

    Dominica Takes Lead in Renewable Energy Use in CARICOM

    ROSEAU, Dominica, Friday July 22, 2016 – With renewables accounting for 28 per cent of electricity generation, Dominica is the CARICOM member which consumes the largest proportion of its energy from renewable sources, according to the newly released ECLAC study ‘Barriers to Identification and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Mechanisms and Enhancing Renewable Energy Technologies in the Caribbean’. In the wake…

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  • Photo of British overseas territories leaders meet in Turks and Caicos

    British overseas territories leaders meet in Turks and Caicos

    PROVIDENCIALES, TCI — Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Governor Peter Beckingham welcomed leaders from seven of the UK’s Overseas Territories for lunch at his official residence on Thursday. “I was delighted and honoured to have the opportunity to welcome to the Turks and Caicos Islands on 20 and 21 July the premiers, chief ministers and ministers from no less than…

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  • Photo of Nine per cent rise in new HIV infections in Caribbean

    Nine per cent rise in new HIV infections in Caribbean

    This was the view of the United Nations Secretary-General Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean, Dr Edward Greene who was speaking from Durban, South Africa, where more than 18,000 scientists, practitioners and members of civil society are meeting at the 21st International AIDS Conference. Dr. Greene was referring to the recent 2016 Prevention Gap report issued by the Joint United…

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  • Photo of UN chief launches first report to track Sustainable Development Goals

    UN chief launches first report to track Sustainable Development Goals

    19 July 2016 – Launching the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals report on the new global development agenda adopted last year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the 15-year undertaking is “off to a good start” but will require all parts of the UN family and its partners to work together. “We have embarked on a monumental and historic journey,” the Secretary-General told…

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  • Photo of Dr. Rowley Inducted into PM’s Park of Honour at UWI

    Dr. Rowley Inducted into PM’s Park of Honour at UWI

    Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, was inducted on Wednesday July 20, into the Prime Minister’s Park of Honour located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The park is used to honour UWI graduates who have been or are serving as Heads of Government.  The addition of Dr. Rowley’s…

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  • Photo of CARICOM joins OAS in calling for free and fair elections in Haiti

    CARICOM joins OAS in calling for free and fair elections in Haiti

    Haiti’s Foreign Minister Pierrot Delienne WASHINGTON, Jul 20, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries Wednesday said they remained optimistic that free and fair elections will be held in Haiti in October even as strategies are being discussed to strengthen the democratic process in the French-speaking CARICOM country. Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization of  American States (OAS), Ambassador…

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