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Caribbean Export Explores Technical Management Unit To Support Regional Trade
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Following the successful hosting of a business forum in the Cayman Islands, for private sector firms, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) explored the establishment of a technical management unit (TMU) to assist exporters from the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) states that are interested in entering the French Caribbean…
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GHESKIO Opens New Tuberculosis Hospital in Haiti
In a major advance in the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis, the Haitian Study Group on Opportunistic Infections and Kaposi's Sarcoma, or GHESKIO, has opened a state-of-the-art hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to treat patients suffering from the disease. The hospital's opening comes five years after a catastrophic earthquake crippled Haiti's infrastructure and destroyed the five major TB hospitals in the capital city,…
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Tech entrepreneurs head for training in Jordan
Three local start-up technology companies have been selected to benefit from a US$90,000 ($10.3 million)-investment and a trip to Jordan-based accelerator company Oasis500. Last year, Oasis500 inked a deal with the Government and the World Bank to invest up to US$30,000 in the tech entrepreneurs under the Youth Employment in Digital and Creative Industries (YEDCI) project. The three start-up projects,…
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister joins UN Secretary-General to remember victims of slavery – Flashback
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (2nd right) participates in the unveiling of the “Ark of Return” – the Permanent Monument to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade at the UN Visitors Plaza, New York on Wednesday, March 25. With the Prime Minister are (from left) Architect and Designer of the monument, Haitian American Rodney Leon;…
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Commission committed to eliminating HIV stigma
The National HIV/AIDS Commission is actively working towards the goal of having an AIDS free, HIV stigma and discrimination free generation by 2020. Director of the Commission, Jacqueline Wiltshire Gay says they are hoping to make significant progress during the next strategic period, which will be guided by the National Strategic Plan 2014-18 for HIV: Investing for Results. Wiltshire Gay…
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Caribbean Export Awards €700,000 to Agri-business and Handicraft Firms in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has awarded €700,000 to 31 firms and Business Support Organizations (BSOs) in Haiti and the Dominican Republic via the Binational Grants Programme, as part of the Haiti/Dominican Republic Binational Programme, Commerce Component, funded by the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The announcement was made at the launch and reimbursement workshops…
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World Bank funds ICT workshops
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Mar. 26, CMC – The World Bank is funding a series of training workshops intended to strengthen St.Lucia's information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The workshops are part of a wider Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP), project run by the ministry of public service, information and broadcasting, in collaboration with the ministry of education. They will…
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ECLAC, UNAIDS sign agreement to support regional response to HIV-AIDS
SANTIAGO, Chile, Mar. 26, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Latin America aimed at promoting and facilitating cooperation on matters related to the regional response to HIV/AIDS. The MOU signed by ECLAC’s executive secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and César Núñez, regional director…
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Dietary Guidelines For Jamaica Established
KINGSTON, March 25, 2015 – Jamaica has joined six other Caribbean countries in implementing its own dietary guidelines with the aim of improving the nutritional well-being of citizens. The Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Jamaica, form part of efforts by the Government to provide nutrition and health-related recommendations to promote healthy eating habits and lifestyle in the population. The guidelines are…
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Ministry of Agriculture to Set Up Plant Health Clinics
KINGSTON, March 26, 2015 – The Ministry of Agriculture is to establish several plant health clinics islandwide as the Government ramps up efforts to address the issue of pests and diseases affecting crops. The initiative comes under the newly launched “Plantwise” programme, which is being co-ordinated by the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (CABI). Twenty plant doctors are to be trained…
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