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Caribbean observes international women’s day
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 8, CMC – Caribbean countries Tuesday joined the international community in observing International Women’s Day with various messages urging support for women, even as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicating that the gender wage gap remaining “an obstacle to women’s economic autonomy and to overcoming poverty and inequality in the region”. ECLAC…
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Jamaica now second Caribbean country certified to test for all diseases
Jamaica is now the second country in the English-speaking Caribbean to have an internationally accredited laboratory with the full capabilities to test for any type of disease that may pose a threat to public health. On Monday, the newly upgraded Virology Laboratory at the University of the West Indies (UWI) was unveiled. Located in the Department of Microbiology, headed by…
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Customs Officers get training – under CARIFORUM–EU agreement
Several local customs officers, as well as stakeholders in the public and private sector benefitted from a customs and trade facilitation capacity workshop, conducted today at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA.) The workshop, held in the agency’s Training Room, at Camp Street, forms part of a slew of capacity building initiatives being implemented across the region, under the Caribbean Forum…
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Empowering Women And Achieving Gender Equality Are Top Priorities For St. Kitts And Nevis, Says PM Harris
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 08, 2016 (SKNIS): Empowering women and achieving gender equality are top priority issues for St. Kitts and Nevis, said Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, in a statement made in observance of International Women’s Day, today, Tuesday, March 08, under the theme “Pledge for Parity” to promote gender equality. Prime Minister Harris quoted statistics “where,…
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CSME Events Seek To Educate The Public On Free Movement Of Labour
Two events to be held in St. Kitts next week have as their goal to educate the general public about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) with respect to the free movement of labour. The Ministry of International Trade has planned a CSME Free Movement of Labour Sensitization Workshop to run from March 10-11, 2016, at the Ocean Terrace…
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The Caribbean Consultative Working Group (CCWG) – Door is open for civil society in CARICOM processes
Devon Gardner, Programme Manager for CARICOM Energy, has said that civil society input is critical for the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) to deliver benefits to Caribbean people. In an interview with the Commonwealth Foundation, Mr Gardner stated that since “the objective of CARICOM is to improve the lives of citizens from the region, then you can’t necessarily improve the lives of…
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Prime Minister Says He Intends To Lead A Government Of Partnership
Newly installed Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he intends to lead a Government of partnership, as the “solutions to our problems do not rest with the Government alone.” “To achieve the vision of shared prosperity through inclusive growth and meaningful job creation, now more than ever, Government must lead, activate, empower and build real partnerships,” the Prime…
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Cost of crime and violence too high – CARICOM Secretary General
The social, psychological and economic cost of crime and violence in the Region was too high, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said on Thursday. He was speaking at the opening ceremony for the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) (Youth and Culture) at the CARICOM headquarters in Turkeyen Guyana. The Secretary-General said…
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The University of the West Indies to host Zika Symposium
The University of the West Indies will host a two-day symposium bringing together an interdisciplinary group of specialists to explore issues relevant to the control of the Zika virus in the Caribbean. The symposium takes place this Friday and Saturday – March 4 and 5 – at the Hilton Hotel in Bridgetown, Barbados with live broadcasts on Caribbean cable stations…
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Historic gender equality legislation passed in Bahamas Parliament
NASSAU, Bahamas, Mar. 4, CMC – History was made on Wednesday when Parliament passed four amendments to the constitution, removing the remaining vestiges of discrimination from the law books. Thirty-seven of the 38 legislators voted in favour of the bill. The other Parliamentarian – Hubert Chipman was absent due to illness. Last weekend, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson Q.C. said…
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