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Caribbean Media Group Helps Trinidad School
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (March 6, 2015) – Students with learning disabilities in Trinidad recently received a helping hand from the Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) when the US-based nonprofit organization donated sporting equipment to Eshe's Learning Centre in Woodbrook. Basketballs, soccer balls and other sporting equipment presented by CMEx President Bevan Springer were gratefully received by Kitts Cadette, principal of…
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OAS Member States Receive Reports on the Negotiations for a Binding Global Agreement on Climate Change
The Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today received in an special joint session two reports on the results of the meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima in December (COP 20), and the status of the negotiations for the 2015 edition of the meeting (COP…
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Opinion: Bridging the gap – SDG Fund paving way for Post-2015 Agenda
UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – The countdown has begun to September’s Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with world leaders discussing the 17 goals and 169 targets proposed by the United Nations Open Working Group. The post-2015 development agenda will focus primarily on strengthening opportunities to reduce poverty and marginalisation in ways that are sustainable from an economic, social and…
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Regional Labour and Employers Organisations sign social dialogue project with ILO
A 1.7 million Euro (USD 2 million) Project, signed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the European Union in December 2014, was formally launched with the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) at last week’s 9th Caribbean Ministers of Labour Meeting in Nassau, Bahamas. The Project, which is financed under the 10th…
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Re-elected WICB President to meet Grenada PM
A meeting with Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell on cricket governance is among the first items of business for re-elected President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Mr. Dave Cameron. Jamaican Cameron defeated challenger, former Test cricketer Barbadian Joel Garner by 8 votes to 4 in elections during the WICB’s Annual General Meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus, on…
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Women leaders call for mainstreaming gender equality in Post-2015 Agenda
SANTIAGO, Mar 3 2015 (IPS) – Women leaders from every continent, brought together by U.N. Women and the Chilean government, demanded that gender equality be a cross-cutting target in the post-2015 development agenda. Only that way, they say, can the enormous inequality gap that still affects women and children around the world be closed. “We celebrate that there has been…
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Opinion: It’s time to step it up for gender equality
UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – If we look at the headlines or the latest horrifying YouTube clip, Mar. 8 – International Women’s Day – may seem a bad time to celebrate equality for women. But alongside the stories of extraordinary atrocity and everyday violence lies another reality, one where more girls are in school and more are earning qualifications than ever…
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Immigration supervisors given CSME free movement refresher
Using the now famous Shanique Myrie versus Barbados case, some 31 immigration supervisors drawn from Guyana’s immigration ports including the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Ogle Airport, Bartica and Moleson Creek, were Thursday last sensitized about their roles and responsibilities particularly with respect to facilitating the free movement ofCARICOM nationals under theCARICOM Single Market (CSM).The worksite meeting, conducted in Georgetown, formed part…
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Saluting CARICOM Song Writer/Singer
On this International Women’s Day 2015, we salute the writer/singer of the official CARICOM Song “Celebrating CARICOM” – Ms. Michele Henderson, a highly acclaimed recording artiste from the Commonwealth of Dominica. The CARICOM Song is the official, patriotic song of the Community, which celebrates the history, culture and identity of the people of the Caribbean. The Song was launched at the…
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CDB Statement on International Women’s Day
This year marks significant milestones in the global development agenda, including the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the adoption of a new sustainable development agenda to replace the existing Millennium Development Goals. There is growing consensus that Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment will be even more crucial to this new agenda; reaffirming the commitment…
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