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October 22, 2014
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U.S. Embassy Presents Local NGO’s with PEPFAR Small Grants to Support the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Nassau, Bahamas – On Tuesday, October 14, U.S. Embassy and Ministry of Health officials participated in a signing ceremony at the Ministry of Health to announce the recipients of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) small grants program. The U.S. Embassy’s Political/Economic and Commercial Chief David Allen was on hand for the event along with health officials including…
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October 22, 2014
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Dominica lunches environment project with World Bank funds

ROSEAU, Dominica, Oct 21, CMC – Dominica has launched a multi-million dollar project it hopes will enhance the island’s ability to deal with the impact of climate change. Deputy Prime Minister Ambrose George, speaking at the launch of the World Bank funded US$38 million project, said it is intended to “reduce the impacts of climate change disaster and build resilience…
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October 22, 2014
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CARPHA Declares Chikungunya Control And Ebola Preparedness Top Public Health Priorities

CARPHA declares chikungunya control and preparedness for Ebola virus disease top public health priorities for the Region at this time and they are currently receiving our greatest attention. The number of reported cases of chikungunya continues to increase, and provides a challenge to public health services. CARPHA continues to provide laboratory testing for chikungunya in the English-speaking Caribbean. However, those…
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October 21, 2014
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OECS Health Ministers say Chik-V and Ebola are urgent priorities

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Monday October 20, 2014 – Health Ministers of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS, have identified Chikungunya and Ebola as the most urgent public health priorities facing the region at this time. In a statement issued Monday by the St. Lucia-based OECS Commission, the Ministers said that given the actual and potential socio-economic impact of both…
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October 21, 2014
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PM Douglas chairs Special Meeting of CDB in Barbados

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 20TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has chaired a Special Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The Meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, reviewed CDB’s 2015 – 2019 strategic plan. The Governors first reviewed the draft in May at the Annual…
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October 19, 2014
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Caribbean common fisheries policy authorised for implementation

The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), comprised of ministers responsible for agriculture from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has confirmed the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy as a final policy document for the Community. The Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy (CCCFP) is aimed at fostering greater harmonisation across the Caribbean in the sustainable management and development of the…
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October 15, 2014
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Caribbean Export and GIZ join forces

Caribbean news. Bridgetown, BARBADOS, October 13, 2014. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has once again partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to support the development of the SERVICES Go Global programme – an instructor-led, competency based export training programme for service providers managed by the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions (C-NSC). Introduced for the first…
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October 15, 2014
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First Caribbean Death Of The 2014 Hurricane Season Recorded

News Americas, MIAMI, FL, Weds. Oct. 15, 2014: The first death in the Caribbean of the 2014 hurricane season was recorded in St. Maarten Tuesday as Hurricane Gonzalo, now a category three storm, continued its path towards Bermuda. Gonzalo was blamed for the death of an as yet unidentified elderly man who was aboard a boat at Simpson Bay Lagoon…
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October 15, 2014
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Agricultural cooperation between Caribbean, Pacific regions moves forward at CWA

Inter-regional cooperation for agricultural and rural development has moved a step closer with the announcement that the Pacific region is planning to hold a regional week of agriculture in 2015. The event has been inspired by the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), whose 13th edition was held in Paramaribo, Suriname, according to the minister of agriculture for Vanuatu, attending CWA…
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October 15, 2014
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UN: Ebola No Threat Yet To The Caribbean – UN and specialized agencies must prevent Ebola spread

Act now and avert a global public health emergency. That, in essence, was the urgent demand of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Guyana, Barbados and their Caribbean neighbors and the plea was made at the United Nations in New York at a time when the U.S. was seeking to tame rising domestic worries about the potential spread of the deadly…
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