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CEBO ‘ambassador’ in Silicon Valley for entrepreneurship summit
St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy PM Richards presents support to Ms. Elliott for her travel to Silicon Valley. (Photo courtesy the Department of Youth Empowerment)[/caption] St Kitts and Nevis entrepreneur Anastasha Elliott is in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, USA, where she will learn about and explore first-hand what the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) has to offer. While there, she will also…
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Regional programme launched to increase goat, sheep meat production
JAMAICA has endorsed a regional programme that seeks to improve the stock of sheep and goats in the country while training persons in animal husbandry, with particular emphasis on small ruminants. The Latin American Small Ruminants Programme and the Caribbean Small Ruminants Capacity-uilding Programme are funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, and the Government of New Zealand. Apart from…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines hosts first formal Regional Conversation on Marijuana in CARICOM
The first formal regional conversation around Marijuana in CARICOM got started here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday June 15. Earlier in the day, Members of the Regional Commission on Marijuana engaged in a series of Focus Group Discussions with a wide cross section of stakeholders including the youth, faith based organizations, non- governmental organizations and special interest groups.…
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CARICOM Marijuana Commission: T&T ‘not ready’ for consultation
The Caribbean Collective for Justice (CCJ) is calling for Government to uphold its promise to discuss the decriminalization of marijuana. The CCJ said it was informed by the head of the CARICOM Marijuana Commission, Professor Rose Marie Belle Antoine, that Trinidad and Tobago was to be the first country where the Commission would host its first national consultation, but the…
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Prioritising the Caribbean Creative Industry through the Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit (CCIMU)
Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD, June 17, 2016. The process of cultivating a buoyant and sustainable cultural and creative economy within the Caribbean is a step closer with the development of a business plan to establish the Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit (CCIMU). At the 26th Intercessional meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government held in February 2015, a recommendation was…
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OAS and private sector to boost digital connectivity in the Americas
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Organization of American States (OAS), several leading companies in the field of information and communications technologies (ICTs), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and a group of universities from across the region on Tuesday signed the “2030 ICT Alliance for the Americas” to expand connectivity in the region and to…
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OAS approves Declaration of Support for Belize and Guatemala
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Jun 14, CMC – The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) has approved a Declaration of Support for Belize and Guatemala in their ongoing efforts to find a peaceful solution to their border dispute. While no details of the declaration have been released here, the OAS has officially tweeted that the declaration was…
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Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Hosts Training Exercise on Competition Law and Policy
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 13, 2016 (SKNIS): The Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and CARIFORUM, embarked upon a training exercise on competition law and policy on June 13. Director of Trade/Research in the Ministry, Jasemin Weekes, stated that the ‘Level I Training in Competition Law and Policy’ is…
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The OECS Stands as a Beacon On The Hill To The Process of Regional Integration, Says Prime Minister Harris
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 13, 2016 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and recently-appointed Chairman of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has hailed the organization on its 35th anniversary as “as a beacon on the hill to the process of regional integration, touching lives not only through the creation of an…
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