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Adoption of healthful habits…improves quality of life, reduces future health costs: CARPHA on Caribbean Wellness Day
Recognizing the threat posed by NCDs, in the Declaration of Port of Spain, CARICOM Heads of Government outlined key strategies to prevent, control and reduce NCDs through the life course. This year, 2015, attention is on the ageing population. In many of our Caribbean countries, older adults make up one of the fastest growing groups. In 1980, one in fifteen…
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Dominica gets maximum payout from CCRIF for flood damage
The CCRIF SPC, formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, has made a payment of EC$6.5 million (US$2.4 million), the maximum payable under the policy, to the government of Dominica under the Facility’s Excess Rainfall Programme, as a result of rains that occurred during Tropical Storm Erika on August 27, 2015. CCRIF will also, following consultation with the government, provide additional…
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Grenada, China Sign MOU on Air Transport Cooperation
China and Grenada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on air transport cooperation on September 11, according to a statement on the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)'s website. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, visited the Chinese aviation regulator after he attended the 7th World Economic Forum, also known as the Summer Davos Forum, which was launched in Northeast…
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Belize donates to Dominica recovery programme
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize is pleased to inform that the Government of Belize will make a cash contribution in the sum of US$125,000 to the Government of Dominica for its relief efforts. Press Release, Belize Foreign Ministry See full release: Belmopan. September 9, 2015. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize presents its compliments to the Ministry…
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Caribbean Fishing Industry Moves to Close Food Safety Gaps, Expands Markets
The Caribbean region's ability to cash in on a potentially lucrative, international export trade in fish and seafood is being held back by huge gaps in measures to protect food safety and animal health, experts say. But the experts, who are investigating food handling policies in CARIFORUM countries, are set to propose a new regime for sanitary and phytosanitary –…
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REETA Project donates US$1,000 towards the CARICOM Secretariat Staff Association Back-to-School Supplies Drive for Dominica
The Staff Association of the Caribbean Community Secretariat‘s initiative to assist the students of Dominica was given a boost with the contribution of US$1,000 towards the Back-to-School Supplies Drive. Mr. Andreas Taeuber, Head, REETA Project in presenting the contribution to Ms. Mignon Bowen–Phillips, President, Staff Association also took the opportunity to applaud the manner in which the staff of the…
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CARICOM Chairman arrives in storm-hit Dominica – met by PM and SG
CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of Barbados Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart arrived in Dominica this morning for a first hand assessment of the areas affected by Tropical Storm Erika. Prime Minister Stuart was met on arrival by Dominica’s Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit; CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque who is in Dominica for his own personal assessment of Erika’s damage and…
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CDB, Agri Ministry in drive to boost aquaculture
THE Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) recently hosted a workshop for staff of the Ministry of Agriculture as it seeks to support the advancement of the aquaculture sector in Guyana. From August 17 to 21, 2015, CDB conducted a workshop on aquaculture farm management techniques for ministry employees – a training initiative that aims to revitalise the sector and improve the…
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Barbados Prime Minister – CARICOM Chair congratulates new TnT PM
Prime Minister-elect of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to the newly elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley. The full text is as follows: “On behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, I would like to congratulate you and your party, the…
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