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New CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General makes familarisation visits
New CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration (TEI) Mr. Joseph Cox visited key Institutions and Departments during a visit to Barbados. Mr. Cox, a Jamaican, joined the management team at the CARICOM Secretariat at the start of this month. ASG Cox also visited Compete Caribbean ASG Cox also visited Compete Caribbean, a private sector development program that…
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Trinidadian company assists St. Kitts-Nevis Police
The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) has had its crime-fighting capacity beefed up with the donation of a master of biohazard evidence collection forensic kit donated by Amalgamated Security Services Ltd (ASSL) of Trinidad and Tobago. During a brief ceremony at Government Headquarters in the parliamentary lounge on September 11, Dr. Maurice Aboud, Chief Forensic and Criminalistic…
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UN agriculture agencies to strengthen rural employment opportunities for Caribbean youth
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to tackle the growing level of youth unemployment in the Caribbean through a youth employment programme called FAO/FIDA-Youth Caribe. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD, or FIDA by its Spanish acronym) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of…
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Caribbean achieves key Millennium Development Goals – ECLAC
Two weeks before the 193 member-states of the United Nations approve the sustainable development agenda for 2030 in New York, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved several key objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). “Although these goals were formulated in a limited way, their results are the…
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Climate ‘Ripe’ for Caribbean Investment, says PM Christie
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of The Bahamas the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie heralded the theme that the time is right for Caribbean investment, and that “good news” is on the horizon, with respect to the state of affairs of Caribbean economies. “This year, there has been more resilience seen in those economies in the region with rebounding tourism,…
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PAHO Helps Dominica Cope with Health Impact of Tropical Storm Erika
PAHO/WHO is coordinating with health officials in Dominica to mitigate the impact of Tropical Storm Erika, which struck the island on August 26, causing widespread damage. Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, dropped nearly 13 inches of rain on the island in a 12-hour period. Landslides and flooding resulted in 11 confirmed deaths, 39 missing, and…
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Americas region free of rubella
The Americas region, which includes the Caribbean, has become the first region in the world to be declared free of the endemic transmission of rubella. The declaration of the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) was made by the International Expert Committee for Measles and Rubella Elimination in the Americas during a recent meeting of the Pan American…
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“Discourage the consumption of products with high sugar, trans fats and salt” – SG on Caribbean Wellness Day
As we observe this year’s commemoration under the theme “Love that Body – Eat Healthy, Live Longer”, we must encourage more Member States to adopt the measures recently taken by two of our Member States to discourage the consumption of products with high sugar, trans fats and salt content. These measures will not be without resistance from industry but evidence…
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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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