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CXC moving to Electronic Testing
Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) electronic testing is coming soon! Electronic testing will allow learners to take their CXC examinations on a computer or electronic device. This exciting, new initiative is in keeping with CXC’s commitment to observe global quality standards in the delivery of examination services and deliver enhanced learner experiences through the consistent use of technology. Electronic testing will…
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CSME exchange students meet Barbados’ Prime Minister
A group of university students from Barbados is now in Jamaica gaining first hand experience on the practical operations of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The visit is part of a project “Students Engaging the CSME through Field promotion”, being executed by the CARICOM Secretariat and funded under the European Union’s 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The students…
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Region gets US$3 billion to support renewable energy efforts
NASSAU, Bahamas, Tuesday April 12, 2016 – Japan and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are partnering to invest US$3 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean to support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, as well as quality infrastructure projects related to energy savings. The agreement between the IDB and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) expands on the Co-financing for…
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Suriname and Guyana participate in Islamic Summit in Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Monday April 11, 2016 – Suriname and Guyana, the Western Hemisphere’s only two members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), are taking part in this week’s 13th Summit of the OIC from April 10 to 15 in Istanbul. Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse is being represented at the summit by foreign affairs minister Niermala Badrisingh, while Guyana’s president David…
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New project to create resilience culture in the Caribbean
BRIDGETON, Barbados (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) announced the project ‘Strengthening Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Capacities for Resilience in the Caribbean’, that is supported by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). The purpose of the project is reinforcing disaster risk reduction and creating a resilience culture…
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Consider key role of aquaculture – Guyana Agriculture Minister
Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, Mr. Noel Holder, wants stakeholders to seriously consider the role aquaculture has to play in the Region’s development, and particularly, its food and nutrition security thrust. Listen the Minister Holder as he gave the feature address the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday 7 April, 2016 Hon. Noel Holder,…
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Time to act against NCDs such as diabetes
In recognition of World health Day being observed today, Programme Manager, Health Sector Development at the CARICOM Secretariat , Dr. Rudolph Cummings, shared the following sentiments on diabetes and non-communicable diseases: Whilst the health gains of our Region have contributed significantly to increased life expectancy, these are now under severe threats from Non-Communicable Diseases. The recently completed study by the University…
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H.E. Dr. Thelma Phillip-Browne to Lobby for Support for Anti Crime Assistance
St. Kitts and Nevis’ chief diplomat to the United States will join other diplomats from regional countries in lobbying the US government to continue its support of youth at-risk programmes in the Caribbean. Her Excellency Dr. Thelma Phillip Browne, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Ambassador to the United States, said that the US Department of State gives humanitarian and other…
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Here’s what to do about diabetes – 4th leading cause of death in America
Think of 10 people close to you—family members, friends and coworkers. Chances are at least one is suffering from diabetes, though they might not know it. An estimated 10% of the population of the Americas—more than 62 million people—have diabetes, and more than half a million people die from it each year. That makes diabetes the fourth-leading cause of death…
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Regional fisheries experts meet today on emerging challenges
Belize City, Wednesday, 6 April 2015 (CRFM)–Fisheries experts from across the Caribbean region are traveling to Guyana this week for the 14th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum — the primary technical deliberative body of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). The Forum will be meeting in Georgetown on Thursday, 7 April and Friday, 8 April to undertake its annual…
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