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Children affected by HIV/AIDS to benefit from $8-million programme
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Over 100 children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS will benefit from psychological, educational and social support under a J$8 million (US$70,000) grant assistance programme. The grant is being provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with World Learning, and will support a four-month initiative that will be carried out through three…
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Guyana’s agriculture sector gets US$40,000 boost from APP – to develop small ruminant industry in Guyana.
GUYANA’S livestock sector last Wednesday received a further boost of US$40,000 from the Agricultural Policy Programme (APP) with the signing of an agreement between the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) to support targeted actions in production, nutrition and value addition of the small ruminant sub-sector. Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, and Ambassador of the Delegation…
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Sacha Cosmetics is Caribbean Exporter of the Year
Sacha Cosmetics, a well-known beauty brand founded in 1979 in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has been named the Caribbean Exporter of the Year at the recently held inaugural Caribbean Exporter of the Year Awards. The family-owned business claimed the top accolade from a field nine nominees drawn from across the region as the curtains came down…
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Strong CARICOM presence as Exposition Milano 2015 opens
The CARICOM Standard flutters prominently during the Opening Ceremony for Exposition Milano 2015, in Milan, Italy on Friday 1 May. The CARICOM Secretariat, as well as individual CARICOM Member states – Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname – are participating in the six-month exposition. Expo Milano 2015 is utilising the Cluster…
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CSME Facing Uphill Battle – Political Will Still Lacking, Many Say.
THE quest to make the CARCOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) become something that the region’s people recognize as a “living, breathing thing” and not just a theory, was the crux of a major two-day workshop held in Trinidad last week. The workshop was hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat with the assistance of the European Union 10th EDF, and targeted…
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Caribbean MicroFinance Alliance works on promoting responsible lending
AS the Caribbiance (CMFA) prepares to make its presence felt on a regional basis, it is working to promote “responsible lending” according to chairman of the CMFA, Ramesh Persaud. The CMFA is an advocate for effective microfinance services in the Caribbean, and wants to make “the entire lending process more transparent, so that clients can be fully informed”, Persaud told…
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Vision for Region in 2050 needed: UWI St. Augustine Principal
MUCH of the Caribbean is now struggling economically and so the region must create a vision for where it wants to be by the year 2050, advised University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine principal, Prof Clem Sankat. He was speaking on “The Role of Higher Education” at the media launch of [this week’s] “Forum on the future of…
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Congratulations Jamaica: World Relays 2015
JAMAICA added three more medals, including two gold on last night's second and final day of the 2nd IAAF World Relay Championships at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in the Bahamas and went a far way to redemption after just two silvers on Saturday's opening session. The men's 4x200m team without World Record holder Usain Bolt retained their title while…
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Post-quake Haiti project ‘a work in progress’
By Jacqueline Charles, jcharles@MiamiHerald.com While visiting this one-time bean field in Haiti’s northeast region, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared it was a new day. “We had learned that supporting long-term prosperity in Haiti meant more than providing aid,” Clinton told a roomful of star-studded investors at a luncheon celebrating the opening of the United States’ largest post-quake…
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Forum on the future of the Caribbean shaking up the Caribbean
From May 5-7, a group of committed organisations come together to present proposals to the Caribbean for a new approach to developmental challenges. The University of the West Indies, the United Nations, the Commonwealth, CARICOM, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, the OECS and a host of others have teamed up to host a Forum on the Future of the…
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