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New learning apps for Caribbean preschoolers
‘Krik Krak One’ Apps, a series of Interactive Ebooks and apps that use traditional Caribbean stories to teach preschoolers about Science,Maths, and Technology will soon be introduced in the Caribbean. Adventure and humour are cleverly meshed with environmental and social education for kids to see science as fun. The series is loosely based on original stories of the Afro-Caribbean character Anansi. The project, implemented…
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Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) Regional Steering Committee Convenes In Grenada
High ranking officials from several Caribbean countries will assemble in Grenada next Monday March 16, 2015 to participate in the sixth Regional Steering Committee (RSC) meeting of the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP). During this meeting, the RSC is expected to provide oversight and policy guidance in the implementation of the CARCIP. The Committee would also review the project…
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Promoting Healthy Weights in the Caribbean: Safeguarding our Future Development
Roseau, Dominica, March 12, 2015: The Caribbean is in the midst of a childhood obesity epidemic, despite the fact that the health status of the Region’s children and young people has dramatically improved over the past decades. Statistics show that at least 1 in every 5 of our children carry unhealthy weights and risk developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes…
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CCJ hosts 7th Annual Law Moot tomorrow
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be hosting its 7th Annual International Law Moot this Friday 13th March, 2015, at its Headquarters in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Students from throughout CARICOM are set to participate in the competition which was established in 2009 to provide future law practitioners with the opportunity to further develop their research and advocacy skills in a real…
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Gender Affairs Identifies Pioneering Women
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 10, 2015 (SKNIS): One day ahead of the international observance, Cyndie Demming and Samantha Rochester were identified as pioneers and honoured by the Department of Gender Affairs in commemoration of International Women’s Day on March 07, 2015. At a classy breakfast ceremony, Ms. Demming was recognized for “Making It Happen” in the field of politics as an…
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New information channel promises timely updates to Dominicans on CSME developments
ROSEAU, Dominica — The ministry of trade, energy and employment in Dominica has launched the CSME Report Card, a bi-annually hosted press conference that will serve as a direct reporting mechanism from CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) touch-point agencies to Dominicans, in partnership with local media. The ambassador’s overarching message was that, with only one exception, Dominica has removed…
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Caribbean countries to benefit from EU funds
BRUSSELS, Mar 11, CMC – Caribbean countries are expected to benefit from funds being made available to the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) that has now come into full force. The European Commission announced the full entry into force of the EDF, regarded as a cornerstone of the EU's international cooperation and…
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CARICOM Foreign Ministers engage German interest groups
CARICOM Foreign Ministers held wide-ranging engagements with various interest groups in addition to meeting their German counterpart, 2-3 March 2015. The Foreign Ministers met with representatives of the German business sector in Berlin, representatives of the renewable energy sector in Hamburg on the morning of March 3, and with parliamentary representatives from the Latin American and Caribbean Commission of the…
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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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