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CARICOM and Germany renew commitment
At the Conference of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers and Germany, held on 2-3 March 2015, in Berlin, representatives renewed their commitment to further strengthen existing fields of cooperation and to explore new areas for interaction. The Conference, held at the invitation of the government of Germany, “noted with satisfaction the steady and continuous progress in… relations”, between Germany and…
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PANCAP and the Dominican Republic Commit to Strengthening the Partnership
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — Population Services International (PSI), Domincan Republic, organised a press conference this morning to share the work PANCAP is supporting in the Dominican Republic. Dereck Springer, Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), explained that the mission this week is to foster closer collaboration between the PANCAP and the Dominican Republic at the…
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PANCAP and Haiti to Foster Closer Collaboration
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Mr Dereck Springer, Director of the Coordinating Unit of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) visited Haiti last week, 2- 5 March, to strengthen relationships with various stakeholders. Early in the week, Mr Springer met with Haitian Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr Florence Duperval Guillaume and other members of the Ministry as…
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Initiatives To Facilitate Building Of Cultural Industries Are To Be Announced
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says the Government will shortly be making announcements in relation to the introduction of initiatives to facilitate the building of cultural industries here. He made the disclosure during a News Conference on Tuesday, as he provided the media with an update on the issues discussed at the 26th Intersessional Meeting of Caricom, held in the…
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Swedish Ambassador to CARICOM pays courtesy call on PM Harris
Basseterre, St. Kitts – Sweden’s Ambassador to CARICOM, His Excellency Claes Hammer, paid a courtesy call on St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris on Monday, 9 March at his office at Government Headquarters. Ambassador Hammer presented Prime Minister Harris with a congratulatory letter from his Government. Discussions were held on the way forward towards greater cooperation between Sweden…
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CARICOM Member States participate in OAS Cyber Security Training Course
The Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday began a training course on Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) aimed at technical staff responsible for the development and management of CSIRTs from Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The opening of the event, organized by…
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Dominica PM wants more debate on marijuana issue
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he is not completely sold on the idea of decriminalising small amounts of marijuana as regional countries debate the issue. Speaking on the state-owned DBS radio, Skerrit asked what would be done with the “excess” if the authorities agree to enact legislation allowing for the use of small quantities of the…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines civil society, media personnel commend CSME training
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Fifteen-newly trained representatives from civil society organizations and three journalists have praised a capacity building programme that recently concluded in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Among primary objectives of the training was knowledge building on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as an institution; on the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) and the arrangements and regimes that form the…
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Caribbean Labour Ministers commit to strengthening social dialogue … while focusing on youth employment and the greening of the economy
PORT OF SPAIN (ILO) – The 9th International Labour Organization (ILO) Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers concluded on March 4, 2015, with a commitment to strengthen social dialogue further both at the national and regional levels, and with renewed impetus to focus on creative solutions to the problem of youth unemployment and the greening of the economy. The Meeting, themed…
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The Document and Workflow Management System
The Document and Workflow Management System (DWMS) is a crucial component of the larger initiative to make the rights under the CSM more accessible and to ensure a higher level of efficiency and effectiveness in the processing of these rights. The system will contribute to the achievement of the full integration of the national markets of Member States of the…
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