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CCJ to protect traders of goods and services
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Traders of goods and services will have protection from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), under the Caricom Regional Integration Electronic Public Procurement System, being developed across the region. According to Ivor Carryl, programme manager for the Caricom Single Market and Economy at the Caricom Secretariat, a regional public procurement notice board will be created for member…
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Ffolkes Abrahams Hails CARICOM Consumer Protection System
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says that the CARICOM online consumer-protection warning system has the potential to foster development of regional economies, while protecting consumers from unsafe goods. She was addressing a sensitisation workshop on the CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX), held on Friday (September 25),…
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CARIFESTA Host Country Agreement Signed with Haiti
The Twelfth Edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XII) will be held on 14-23 August 2015 in Haiti under the theme `Our Roots, Our Culture, Our Common Future’. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Haiti, His Excellency Pierre Duly Brutus, and the Secretary General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, signed the CARIFESTA XII Host Country Agreement on 25 September,…
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Jamaica reeling under Chikungunya virus
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 29, CMC – The Jamaica government has acknowledged that the outbreak of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus is taking a toll on the country's education system with reports of a significant increase in student and teacher absenteeism. While unable to give exact figures, Education Minister Ronald Thwaites, said schools in the Corporate Area and eastern parishes were the…
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EU, Spain, IDB to help Caribbean develop renewable energy
NEW YORK, Sept 29, CMC – The Inter America Development Bank (IDB) says it is prepared to work with donor organizations and countries to avoid duplication on projects as the Caribbean seeks to reinforce collaboration in the field of renewable energy. “Our long and close relationship with the Caribbean has allowed us to gain extensive knowledge of the region’s current…
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PAHO to launch mobile app to measure cardiovascular risk
WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will on Monday launch a new app for mobile devices and computers that calculates the risk of cardiovascular disease among Caribbean nationals. The launch will take place in recognition of World Heart Day, celebrated yearly on September 29. The app is based on a World Health Organization (WHO)…
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World Bank strategy to promote growth in Dominica Republic
Washington, Sep. 25, CMC – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on Thursday endorsed a new strategy to support the Dominican Republic’s efforts to broaden economic and social opportunities for citizens. The strategy offers a new lending program of US$550 million and advisory services over the next four years . The new strategy was jointly prepared by the Dominican…
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Guyana reports record export of rice
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 26, CMC – Guyana says it will export an estimated 400,000 tonnes of rice by the end of October, the highest ever in the country’s history. Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said after many troubling years, Guyana now has the potential to o again emerge as the bread basket of the Caribbean and that while efforts are…
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Badly needed: A Caribbean democracy
Last week, the University of the West Indies (UWI) held a two-day conference entitled 'Beyond Westminster in the Caribbean: Critiques, Challenges and Reform'. The objective was to examine the practice and contemporary processes of political reform in the region, assessing attempts to modify, regenerate, or overhaul the Westminster model of governance in the post-independence Caribbean. Speakers were drawn from the…
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LIVE: CARICOM @ 69th UN General Assembly – 23 Sept – “National Action and Ambition Announcements” at Climate Change Summit
This morning, several CARICOM Representatives present their “National Action and Ambition Announcements” at the Climate Change Summit at the UN Headquarters, New York Watch Plenary 1 LIVE Plenary 1 includes Guyana Haiti Grenada Full Speaker list Watch Plenary 2 LIVE Plenary 2 includes Trinidad & Tobago St. Kitts & Nevis Full Speaker list Plenary 3 includes Barbados…
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