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CARICOM Heads back Creative Industries Management Unit
CARICOM leaders last week endorsed the idea of the CARICOM Secretariat and Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) preparing a proposal for a Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit. The Unit would be located in Caribbean Export in Barbados, would be self-financing and report to the Regular Meeting of Heads of Government in July, a communique issued at the close of…
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CARICOM candidates vie for OAS number two position
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday received presentations by the two candidates proposed by the member states for the position of Assistant Secretary General – the current Permanent Representatives of Guyana, Bayney Karran, and of Belize, Nestor Mendez- in a special meeting that took place in Washington, DC. The election of the Assistant Secretary General is…
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Jamaica to Launch $6 Million Climate Change Resilience Project
Jamaica is slated to launch a $6 million climate change resilience project in the greater Kingston metropolitan area, the government announced this week. The project is called “Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in LAC.” The latter refers to Latin America and the Caribbean, where Jamaica was one of three countries selected by the United Nations…
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Integration: Delivered or Denied – Prime Minister Anthony
“DELIVERED OR DENIED The Dividends of Integration” LECTURE BY THE HON. DR. KENNY D. ANTHONY PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA & MINISTER FOR FINANCE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, PLANNING & SOCIAL SECURITY AT THE DAAGA AUDITORIUM UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2015, 6:00PM St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Kenny Anthony on…
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UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy
Havana – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Jessica Faieta announced continued support to Cuba in the economic, social and environmental fronts. At a press conference in Havana she said that UNDP will also place special emphasis on boosting renewable energy sources, especially through biofuel. Jessica Faieta also mentioned the need to increase support…
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UNDP, IDB, ECLAC to boost access to sustainable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, 23 February 2015- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched today in Washington a partnership to support the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, boosting access to energy and increasing the use of renewable energies and efficiency…
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Caribbean now has facility for disaster training
A Caribbean Training Centre, warehouse and the Regional Coordination Centre are all now housed with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA), new eight million dollar headquarters, which was just launched at Resilience Way, Lower Estate, St. Michael. Executive Director of CDEMA, Ronald Jackson, said the Centre, would focus mainly on the delivery of standardised training, even to the Master’s…
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“Decent Work for Sustainable Development” – Regional Labour Ministers Meeting
Caribbean Community Labour Ministers opened a two-day conference in The Bahamas, Tuesday with their attention focused on pressing labour matters impacting the region. The Bahamas Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Perry Christie officially opened the conference, Tuesday morning at the British Colonial Hilton. Also addressing the Opening Ceremony were Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder; Giovanni di…
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Intensifying cooperation with the Caribbean Community: Germany’s Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his counterparts from the states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to a conference in Berlin on 2 March. The talks focused on global issues such as climate change and renewable energies, as well as on efforts to reform the United Nations. Foreign Minister Steinmeier welcomed no fewer than seven of his counterparts to the Federal Foreign Office…
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Cultivating a Caribbean Specialty
The production of cacao is globally concentrated in the regions between 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south of the equator, namely Central and South America, West Africa and the Caribbean. The Caribbean is held in high regard as a cacao-producing region because it yields a fine, aromatic bean. In fact, fine flavoured cacao accounts for only 5% of the world production…
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