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October 13, 2015
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Communities have important role in emergency events – CDEMA Head

In the Caribbean, we have recognised that communities have significant local knowledge of the environment and climate, including changes which may have been experienced over a period of time and even why those changes have occurred. Communities also have knowledge about how they have been adapting to those changes. Even further, they have an important role to play in responding…
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October 13, 2015
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Today is International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13th 2015)

International Day for Disaster Reduction is being observed today under the theme ‘Knowledge for life’. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1989 designated the second Wednesday of October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. The International Day was to be observed annually during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-1999. In December 2009, the General Assembly decided to designate 13 October as…
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October 13, 2015
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Guyana, Jamaica retain positions on Regional Population and Development Conference

Guyana and Jamaica were re-elected as Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development. The second session of the conference took place in Mexico City, Mexico, 6-9 October, 2015. The first session was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, 12-15 August 2013. At the meeting’s first plenary last week, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States expressed gratitude to the presiding officers for the work they did in preparing…
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October 12, 2015
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Moko Disease Threatens Suriname Banana Sector

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 06 2015 – The banana industry in Suriname is currently facing a serious threat from the so-called Moko disease, which has affected nearly a quarter of the country’s 2,000 hectares of commercial banana plantations. Authorities here have called in the assistance of international experts in a bid to prevent a wipe out of the banana sector, which…
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October 12, 2015
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UNFPA Implements Strategic Framework Targeting Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health

A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in addressing adolescent pregnancy. The strategy is one of five elements outlined in a CARICOM/UNFPA Integrated Strategic Framework, aimed at reducing the number of adolescent pregnancies in each country of…
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October 12, 2015
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Grenada declares special day for Dominica

Having experienced the pains and devastation of Hurricane Ivan in 2004, the island of Grenada is expressing solidarity with Dominica as it too grapples with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Erika and as a consequence a special day has been declared on that island for of the people of Dominica. On Friday, Prime Miniser of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchel announced…
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October 11, 2015
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CTO gets first hand look at Montserrat’s tourism potential

Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) paid a visit to Montserrat on Friday October 9th, 2015. The Honourable Richard L. Sealy, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Barbados and also Chairman of CTO and Mr. Hugh Riley, Secretary General of CTO, visited with the Honourable Premier and Minister of Tourism, Mr. Donaldson Romeo. Main purpose of the visit was to understand Montserrat’s…
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October 11, 2015
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UNFPA implements strategic framework targeting adolescent sexual reproductive health

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in addressing adolescent pregnancy. The strategy is one of five elements outlined in a CARICOM/UNFPA Integrated Strategic Framework, aimed at reducing the number of adolescent pregnancies…
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October 10, 2015
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Mere acknowledgement insufficient – PJ Patterson to British PM on Slavery

“You have refused to apologize. Yet your Government has apologized to everyone else for horrid crimes. Are we not worthy of an apology or less deserving? “Mere acknowledgment of the crime is insufficient. The international community and international law call for formal apologies when crimes against humanity are committed. The UN has deemed slave trading and slavery as crimes against…
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October 9, 2015
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International experts head to Belize for regional tech conference

BELIZE CITY, Belize — A full line-up of international tech experts will gather in Belize from November 2 to 6, when Belize City plays host to a historic regional ICT development conference. Among the expert facilitators is Bevil Wooding, a founder and a director of the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG); Guillermo Cicileo, the security, stability and resiliency coordinator at…
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