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Jeremy Collymore receives CDEMA Council Award
Bridgetown, Barbados, (CDEMA) – Jeremy MacArthur Collymore received the highest award of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) at the Closing Ceremony, Awards and Gala Dinner of the 9th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management held on Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Melia Nassau Beach Resort, The Bahamas. The CDEMA Council Award was bestowed upon Mr. Collymore for his dedication and commitment…
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CARIFORUM states build public procurement capacity
Public procurement practitioners and policy-makers in Trinidad and Tobago will enhance their expertise in public procurement at a five-day CARIFORUM/EU training course, scheduled for 14-18 December, 2015 in Port-of-Spain. An output of the 10th EDF funded CARIFORUM/EU Capacity-Building Project, the training is one of several to be held throughout CARIFORUM member states, over the life of the project. Targeting current…
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Looking Towards Mexico for Foreign Direct Investment
Following a successful Caribbean Investment Summit in London during October, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) took the Summit to Mexico bringing several of the regions investment projects to the attention of Mexico’s investors. According to the World Investment Report 2015, Mexico is the second outward direct investor after Chile…
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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque chairs a CARICOM Caucus at COP 21
Please see video of CARICOM Secretary-General’s address to the High Level Segment of COP 21 at this link: http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop21/events/2015-12-08-15-00-conference-of-the-parties-cop-9th-meeting-conference-of-the-parties-serving-as-the-meeting-of-the-parties-to-the-kyoto-protocol-cmp-7th-meeting As the second week climate negotiations in Paris rolls on, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing to advocate for a legally binding Paris Agreement that limits long term temperature increase to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. CARICOM Secretary-General on Tuesday…
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Human Rights Day being observed today
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V), inviting all States and interested organizations to observe 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day. This year’s Human Rights Day is…
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Farmers praised for helping to reduce Jamaica food import bill
With the $5.014 billion dollar decline in the country’s food import bill, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Derrick Kellier is praising farmers in St. Ann, for their resilience and commitment, who, despite the drought conditions, successfully increased food production, which aided in the reduction of the country’s food import bill. Addressing farmers recently at the Frazer Church of God of…
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More Than 700 Girls To Engage In Computer Coding
More than 700 girls across the island will be engaged in computer coding simultaneously between Thursday, December 10 and Saturday, December 12. The programme, ‘Jamaican Girls Coding’, is designed to target females between the ages of 12 and 14. It aims to introduce young girls to the male dominated field of computer coding. During the three days, persons who are…
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United Nations Security Council adopts ground-breaking resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
New York – The United Nations Security Council has today adopted a ground-breaking resolution on Youth, Peace and Security which recognizes that “young people play an important and positive role in the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security”. This historic acknowledgement of the critical role of young people’s role in supporting durable peace will bolster the work of…
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CARPHA gets IDB funding to address tourism sustainability challenges
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved funding to the tune of US$800,000 for the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to address health, safety and environmental (HSE) threats that challenge the sustainability of tourism in the Caribbean. CARPHA, which has direct responsibility for the execution of the project will work along with the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Caribbean…
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Regional Spanish teachers training under CARICOM-Mexico Cooperation Programme
The teaching skills of 33 Spanish teachers from varying CARICOM Member States are expected to be strengthened with a training course that is being implemented by the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the government of Mexico. From December 7, two professors from the National Pedagogic University of Mexico, Professor Elin Emilsson and Dr. Victoria Villaseñor began delivering a two-week Spanish training course intended to provide the…
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