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Caribbean open to business – CARICOM Chair tells Commonwealth Business Council
he Caribbean is open to business! That was Prime Minister Freundel Stuart’s clear message today in Malta, as he addressed a Commonwealth Business Forum which focused on investment in the Caribbean. He was joined by the Prime Ministers of St. Kitts and Nevis, Timothy Harris; and Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley. Mr. Stuart told his audience that CARICOM states offered a wide…
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UNAIDS: Caribbean can accelerate progress to end AIDS as public health threat
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday November 25, 2015 – The Caribbean is being told it can build on the gains of its HIV responses to end AIDS as a public health threat, if it follows a new strategy created by the United Nations’ Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). A new global HIV report released yesterday ahead of World AIDS Day, ‘Focus…
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AIDS deaths down by 61% in Caribbean
In the last ten years alone the Caribbean achieved a 61 per cent reduction in Aids-related deaths, according to a report, titled Focus on location and population: Fast track to end Aids by 2030, which was released from UNAids World yesterday. December 1 marks World Aids Day. The report said since 2000, new infections in the region had declined by…
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CARIBBEAN: HIV/AIDS elimination by 2030
The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) initiated a Justice for All program in September 2013, that was designed to achieve broad based goals for ending AIDS in the region. The goals included enhancing family life and focusing on those in need; increasing access to treatments and affordable medicines; reducing gender inequality and violence against women and girls;…
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today is being observed as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. From 25 November to 10 December, there will be a 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence initiative aimed at raising public awareness and mobilizing people everywhere to bring about change. This year, the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign invites you to “Orange the World,” using…
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Commonwealth Declaration can demonstrate that Guyana is not alone – President David Granger
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – (November 25, 2015) President David Granger, this morning departed for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be held in Malta from November 27-29, 2015. With the President set to once again deliver a strong message on the security of small states, particularly in light of the resurgence of Venezuela’s aggression,…
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IICA says Latin America and Caribbean Need new Strategies to Deal with EU Reforms
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Nov 25 2015 – The Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says the development of regional strategies could be the key if Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are to meet the challenges posed by the latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU). IICA said its experts have…
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3 ways to support sustainable energy development in Latin America and the Caribbean
What is the importance of having a goal of sustainable development specifically dedicated to energy (SDG 7) as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2016 to 2030? Representatives of the Ministries of Energy of 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Tarija, Bolivia on October 29, 2015 to discuss exactly this issue and to…
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CARICOM Ready for COP21
Saint Lucia will lead the CARICOM delegation to COP 21 in Paris and will make a case for the survival of small island states at the talks. With less than a fortnight left before the 'make or break' climate talks, Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says he is pleased with the country's work towards a CARICOM position on…
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Govt, regional leaders meet to discuss strategy Sargassum still ‘grave problem’
As the sense of urgency continues to grow regarding the Caribbean region’s response to the appearance of the sargassum seaweed which litters the nation’s beaches, the Government is very concerned that it is still negatively impacting this country’s economic, social and environmental development. This, even after the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) spent $5 million to clean up the beaches…
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