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Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Patrice Nisbett (left) with President Ma- Republic of China
BROWN HILL, NEVIS, NOVEMBER 24TH 2014 (CUOPM) – The Nevisian-born minister in the Federal Government says his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Labour and Immigration, gave him the opportunity to provide the strategic leadership required to effectively and efficiently implement Government's policies to transform the Federation for the benefit of every citizen and resident. Speaking at the…
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Foreign Affairs Policy document and opening of Embassy in Cuba among achievements
BROWN HILL, NEVIS, NOVEMBER 24TH 2014 (CUOPM) – The Nevisian-born minister in the Federal Government says his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Labour and Immigration, gave him the opportunity to provide the strategic leadership required to effectively and efficiently implement Government's policies to transform the Federation for the benefit of every citizen and resident. Speaking at the…
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IDB to support Bahamas efforts to improve fiscal effectiveness
WASHINGTON, USA — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $33 million loan for The Bahamas to improve the management of its public finances and procurement, and to enhance its capacity to monitor progress and implementation of key government priorities. The Bahamas’ tourist-based economy has been growing steadily in recent years but its public finances have suffered since…
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A game-changing week on climate change
NEW YORK, United States, Friday November 21, 2014, IPS – In recent days, two major developments have injected new life into international action on climate change. At the G20 summit in Australia, the United States pledged 3 billion dollars and Japan pledged 1.5 billion dollars to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), bringing total donations up to 7.5 billion so far.…
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U.N. official visits Bahamas to discuss new immigration policy
San Juan, Nov 24 (EFE).- The deputy director-general of the International Organization for Migration visited the Bahamas for talks with top officials on the nation's controversial new immigration law, the government said Monday. The IOM's Laura Thompson met with the minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Frederick Mitchell, as a follow-up to the memorandum of understanding signed by the two…
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Profiles on climate-smart agriculture presented to standing-room-only World Bank audience
Building on prior experience to confront new challenges is a basic precept of ancient folk wisdom, which has informed actions in every sphere of human endeavor throughout history. Now, it also serves, logically, as the guiding principle for a novel effort aimed at getting a grip on climate change in the agriculture of Latin America and the Caribbean. With support…
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Chikungunya vaccine successful in clinical trial
VIENNA, Austria I November 23, 2014 I The Austrian biotech company Themis Bioscience GmbH in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) have developed a prophylactic vaccine against chikungunya.The vaccine appears to be safe, and produced an immune response that researchers suspect would protect people against infection. The Vienna-based biotech company Themis Bioscience GmbH (‘Themis’) has received final results of…
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CAIPA and Caribbean Export focus on implementing a Regional Investment Promotion Strategy
Bridgetown, Barbados, November 21, 2014. Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion agencies (CAIPA), in collaboration with the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), through funding support from the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP) hosted the Annual CAIPA General Assembly at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, Dominican Republic from November 17-18, 2014.…
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Saint Lucia’s fishermen peg hopes on common fisheries policy
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, Nov 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – J ohn Francis was just 17 when he began fishing more than four decades ago. But these days, the 60-year-old fisherman from Praslin, on the east coast of the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, finds it hard to make a living. “There used to be money in fishing. In the 70s,…
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Concerns mount over Bahamas immigration policy
NASSAU, Bahamas — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have both expressed concerns, at the diplomatic level, about the new immigration policy in The Bahamas that has touched such a nerve in some sectors of the international community. Prime Minister Perry Christie confirmed that international agencies had indeed expressed that concern directly to the government.…
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