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Sporting facilities earmarked for facelift
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 12, 2014 (SKNIS): A number of sporting facilities in St. Kitts are earmarked for a facelift in 2015. Minister of Sports, the Honourable Glenn Phillip stated that more than $5.5 million has been allocated to the Department of Sports with $3.9 million to cover capital expenditure on the upgrade and redevelopment of sporting facilities. Projects include enhancements…
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New Facilities In The New Year For CXC
Spanking new facilities at Pine Plantation, St. Michael, and a new Registrar for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), were among the key talking points when the Council recently held its Appreciation and Awards Luncheon, at The Crane Hotel in St Philip. In his address, Education Minister, Ronald Jones, told employees they should be in the new facilities by the end…
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Haiti – Health : $2M partnership, USAID – Zanmi Lasante
Sunday, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah visited the Mirebalais Hospital and announced USAID is finalizing a $2 million partnership with the Partners in Health (PIH) local affiliate, Zanmi Lasante. USAID and PIH will collaborate on a three-year program, to be implemented by Zanmi Lasante along the Cerca la Source/Savanette border, to provide and reinforce integrated services…
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ALBA Summit Concludes, Rejects US Interference in the Region
With the 13th summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) concluding Sunday, the bloc of left-leaning Latin American and Caribbean countries strongly rejected U.S. interference on the region, particularly in light of new sanctions announced against Venezuela this week. At the Havana meeting, which coincided with the 10th anniversary of the alliance’s founding, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro read the final declaration, which criticized Washington’s…
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PM Douglas says ALBA can improve important sectors of the region
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 15TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has described the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as an example of cooperation to improve health care, education, culture and finance, and to show that there is an alternative way for human development. Speaking at…
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SAC welcomes appointment of new ACP Secretary-General
The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) has welcomed the appointment of Ambassador Patrick Gomes, as the new Secretary-General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States. The SAC, at a meeting of its Board on 12-13 December, 2014, in Georgetown, Guyana, pointed out that Ambassador Gomes had been in the forefront of promoting the interest of the ACP sugar industries…
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Task Force report presented to WICB
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board met in Port of Spain, Trinidad yesterday, December 13, 2014. The Board deliberated on a number of matters including cricketing, governance, developmental, commercial and scheduling. Notably the Board received the Task Force and was briefed on the vision for selection by Selection Panel member Courtney…
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US$10M set aside for eighth cycle of CDB’s Basic Needs Trust Fund
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank has approved US$10 mn from the Special Development Fund for the eight cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF 8). This decision was made at the 264th meeting of the Board, held Thursday December 11 at the Bank’s headquarters in Barbados. Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, the Cooperative Republic…
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Jamaica Receiving Funding to Improve Climate Change Resilience
Jamaica is receiving new funding from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve the country’s resilience to climate change. The funding includes a $10 million “highly” concessionary loan and a $7,895,000 grant approved by the Inter-American Development Bank. The project is the first adaptation programme implemented by the IDB under its “Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience of the Climate Investment Funds.”…
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Alba Summit welcomes new members, Grenada and St. Kitts-Nevis
Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) After approving a final declaration of 43 points read by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the 13th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America-Trade Treaty of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP) was pronounced closed. The one-day meeting held at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, attended by representatives of a dozen countries, marked…
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