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Lesson plans on CARICOM Single Market coming to Guyana schools
Close to fifty secondary CXC-level teachers have been trained to integrate information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) into their school’s curriculum. The two-day training, which opened on Thursday February 5, is part of the CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP) Component 300 that seeks to widen the scope of participation by stakeholders and beneficiaries in the process of…
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Dominica Adopts CCJ as Court of Final Appeal
RUSSEAU – The government of Dominica announced Tuesday that the Caribbean Court of Justice, or CCJ, will become the country’s court of final appeal starting this month. “Certainly, as we indicated last year, this is an historic opportunity for Dominica. It would mean allowing more ordinary citizens to have greater access to the judiciary system,” Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said…
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Jamaica improves its trade balance with CARICOM
KINGSTON, February 7, 2015 – While Jamaica’s Trade deficit with the United States showed need for improvement, Jamaica's trade balance with the rest of the region improved over the first ten months of last year as imports fell and exports increased. The latest trade data show that at the end of October exports to CARICOM were valued at US$72 million.…
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Gov’t to Provide Assistance to Sports Associations
The financial burden being faced by sporting associations for the use of the stadium and sporting venues managed by Independence Parks Limited (IPL), will shortly be eased as Government is to provide financial assistance to help offset the cost of using these facilities. Minister with responsibility for Sport, Natalie Neita Headley, said the Ministry of Finance and Planning has approved…
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TnT gets endorsement to host Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat
February 09, 2015: Trinidad and Tobago successfully secured the endorsement of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for its candidature to host the Secretariat of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). This has ensured that Trinidad and Tobago’s bid was recognised and approved by the majority of States in the Western Hemisphere. The endorsement took place at the…
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Montserrat looks to boost private sector contribution
The European Union has provided Montserrat with EC$14.2 million (€4.275M) as part of the 10th European Development Fund General Budget Support (GBS) Programme, which has been paid directly to the state treasury. (Editor’s note: Treasury, Government of Montserrat) This is the third tranche of an overall total of EC$51 million (€15.6M) which was located to the territory by the EU.…
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Jamaica Gets Boost to Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is getting a boost to its efforts to improve its resilience to climate change. The country has been provided $17 million from the Inter-American Development Bank under the bank’s Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience. The funding will help the second phase of the government’s climate resilience programme,…
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OAS to monitor St. Kitts and Nevis February 16th General Election
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, FEBRUARY 9TH 2015 (CUOPM) – The Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS) will be observing the general elections in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis next week. OAS Secretary General His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza and St Kitts and Nevis’ Permanent Representative to the OAS, Her Excellency Jacinth Lorna Henry-Martin, signed an electoral observation mission agreement…
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Next Google could be in Caribbean
Technology news. “The next Google could be based in the Caribbean,” or so says Dr. Cardinal Warde, professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and President of the Caribbean Diaspora for Science, Technology and Innovation (CADSTI). Speaking at Microsoft’s London offices on 11th November for the first ever CADSTI STEM talk, Warde, originally from Barbados, told…
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PM Lauds University for $4 Billion Investment
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has lauded the University of the West Indies (UWI) for investing $4 billion to create a state-of-the-art faculty of medical sciences. Delivering the keynote address at the ceremonial opening of the UWI Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex (FMSTRC), at the Mona Campus in St. Andrew, today (February 4), the…
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