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CSME Workshop identifies gap
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE gaps that exist between media practitioners and their audiences concerning education on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), as well as the need for clarity on the subject matter, are two of the driving forces behind a two-day workshop being held at the St. Kitts Marriott. The workshop is being held under the auspices…
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CARICOM Competition Commission stresses healthy diets in fight against NCDs
Healthy diets consisting of foods high in nutritional value must be the first step to remedying the problem of NCDs in the Caribbean, the CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) said. In a statement to mark World Consumer Rights Day observed on 15 March, the CCC said that given the high prevalence of NCDs in the Caribbean, it was only fitting that this year’s…
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CARICOM Secretariat hosts workshop on enforcement of environmental agreements
The CARICOM Secretariat will host a workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Guyana March 24 – 26. The seminar is being delivered under the Project for Capacity-Building related to in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries in partnership with the Guyana Revenue Authority. It is expected that there will be approximately 35 participants from the Customs Department, Ministry of Environment,…
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Six Caribbean countries to benefit from new energy initiative
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Six Caribbean countries will benefit from an US$500,000 energy statistical capacity-building initiative that is being spearheaded by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). Jamaica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Suriname are included in the initiative that seeks to provide reliable and up-to-date data for the energy planning process as well as allow for analysis of the…
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PM Browne calls for Establishment of Group of Leaders to broker dialogue between Venezuela and the USA
Statement by the Hon Gaston Browne MP Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda at Meeting of ALBA Leaders in Caracas, Venezuela Tuesday 17th March 2015 My government is troubled by the escalation of antagonism between two very important member states of our Hemisphere – Venezuela and the United States of America. We are concerned that the government of the United States of America has unilaterally…
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Announces State Visit By United States President Barack Obama
The Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is pleased to announce that His Excellency Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, will pay a State Visit to Jamaica on 9th April 2015. President Obama and Prime Minister Simpson Miller will hold bilateral discussions on a range of issues of mutual interest. During the visit, Jamaica will…
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Grenada revolution holds lessons for Caribbean development – PM Skerrit
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 17, (CMC) – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the 1979 Grenada revolution that brought Maurice Bishop to power marked the most decisive fracture in the Anglophone Caribbean with the political and constitutional status quo. “The greatest tragedy of that historical episode is that we have failed to learn the lessons of that experience and even…
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Kenny Anthony: CARICOM Stalled In Crossroad Of Indecision
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 11, 2015 (AMG) —While the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepares to observe its 42nd year of existence, St. Lucian Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony, has expressed what he calls an increasing view that the development of the region is being held hostage by member countries not willing to commit. “It is my view, and I am…
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Vybzing Issues Spoken Word Challenge To St. Kitts And Nevis’ Youth
Young adults across St. Kitts and Nevis are being encouraged to put pen to paper and share their vision for youth in the creative industry in this year’s VYBZING Spoken Word Challenge hosted by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Focusing on the topic, “Creative Industries and Youth: Unleashing Potential and Growth,” residents of St. Kitts and Nevis ages 16-35, have…
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Ancient DNA reveals origins of Caribbean slaves
CALIFORNIA, United States, Monday March 16, 2015 – In 2010, the skeletons of three African-born slaves who had died more than 300 years before were unearthed during a construction project in Philipsburg, St Martin. No written records were available, and the names and precise ethnic backgrounds of the long-dead Africans remained a mystery. At the time of the discovery, scientists could…
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