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CARICOM SG holds wide-ranging talks with Martinique delegation
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, met on Wednesday 21 January 2015 with a delegation from Martinique, which is one of five Caribbean territories which have applied for Associate Membership of CARICOM. The delegation from the Regional Council of Martinique comprised Ms. Christiane Mage, President of the European Affairs and Cooperation Commission, Dr. Jean Crusol, President of the…
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Jamaica to decide on CCJ membership in April
CANANEWS – The Jamaica Parliament will decide on April 28 whether or not Jamaica should join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Appeal as its final court replacing the London-based Privy Council. Government has tabled three bills, namely an act to make provision for the implementation of the agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice and for connected matters.; An act…
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Gov’t Looking at Developing Pharmaceuticals from Fish Trimmings
KINGSTON, January 21, 2015 – The Government is looking to partner with Japan to explore the development of pharmaceutical items from fish trimmings. Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, made the disclosure at a seminar held on January 21 at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew, which looked at 20 years of cooperation…
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Education Ministry Confident Of Achieving Literacy Target
The Ministry of Education is expressing confidence in attaining its goal of 85 per cent of students in the grade four age cohort achieving mastery of literacy in 2015. An optimistic Portfolio Minister, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, notes that the country is now 7.6 per cent away from achieving this target. “The final measurement will be made at this year’s sitting…
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CANTO Youth Forum to be hosted in Suriname next week
The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organization (CANTO’)s 1st Youth Forum themed `The Caribbean Startup- Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation’ will be launched on 27 January, 2015 during the organisation’s 31st Annual General Meeting and Mini Expo from 25– 29 January, 2015. This event expects to bring Youths from all around the Caribbean, together with established entrepreneurs, innovators, investors and…
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Happening now: UWI symposium on regionalism, indigenous jurisprudence
CCJ Symposium programme The Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the International Labour Organization, the Organization of American States, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme, is hosting a symposium on Wednesday afternoon entitled ‘Advancing the Case for Regionalism and Indigenous Jurisprudence:…
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Empowerment continues for cultural industries workers in St. Kitts and Nevis
Creative and Cultural Industry (CCI) workers in St. Kitts and Nevis have another opportunity to become empowered with knowledge about intellectual property right procedures at a National Copyright Seminar scheduled for 26 and 27 January, 2015. Organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in collaboration with the Intellectual Property Office of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Seminar is targeting…
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Jamaica to decide on CCJ membership in April
CANANEWS – The Jamaica Parliament will decide on April 28 whether or not Jamaica should join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Appeal as its final court replacing the London-based Privy Council. Government has tabled three bills, namely an act to make provision for the implementation of the agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice and for connected matters.; An act…
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WHO wants Caribbean countries to take urgent action in addressing non-communicable diseases
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) –The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging Caribbean countries to take urgent action to meet global targets to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). According to a new WHO report, 16 million people die prematurely annually – before the age of 70 – from heart and lung diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes, “The global community has…
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St Vincent PM wants new legislation to strengthen ICT sector
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – A three-day workshop examining technology and telecommunications issues in the Eastern Caribbean began in St Vincent on Monday with Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves underscoring the need to enact legislation to develop the sector in the sub-region. Gonsalves told delegates from Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and the host country, St Vincent…
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