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Smart Meters to be installed in St. Kitts homes by 2017
Residences in St. Kitts would soon be fitted with Smart Meters. The St. Kitts Electrical Company (SKELEC) said the new metering project begins next month and all residential meters should be replaced in 2017. Implement of the new metering project is designed to help consumers to better manage their electrical consumption. Prior to implementation, the utility will pilot the on-stream…
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PM Douglas outlines roadmap for post 2015 HIV/AIDS development agenda
The Caribbean’s lead spokesman on HIV/AIDS, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has outlined elements which could form the roadmap for post 2015 development agenda and removing the barriers in policies, laws, values and behaviour that are spoilers in the march toward social justice. He told a three-day consultative workshop in Jamaica, part…
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Caribbean Export Drives Market Intelligence to Increase Exports
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has launched their Market Intelligence Training Workshop road show across CARIFORUM working in partnership with national Business Support Organisations (BSOs) to build capacity for export within the regions private sector. The concept of market intelligence is relatively new to the CARIFORUM Region. Firms have been operating on a basis of preferential treatment or…
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Moving closer to full implementation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – It was labelled a “John Doe” summons and it sought information about American taxpayers with offshore accounts at CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) and across the rest of the Caribbean. And when it was served on FCIB in Barbados, bankers across North America, Europe and the Caribbean took note. That’s because it sent a strong…
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PM Douglas: “ANR Robinson showed mettle as leader and man during attempted coup”
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, APRIL 10TH 2014 (CUOPM) – Former President and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, A.N.R. Robinson was not only committed and determined but also possessed great personal courage. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in paying tribute to the late Trinidad and Tobago leader who died earlier this week noted…
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Guyana observes Int’l Day of Girls in ICT
International Day of Girls in ICT is observed to help inspire girls to consider a future in technology. Guyana’s observance of Girls in ICT Day 2013 was centred around a symposium and mini job fair which was hosted at the Guyana International Conference Centre on Thursday. Over 300 female secondary school students were in attendance at the event to listen…
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Linden girls learn more about ICT
– as NFMU hosts Tech Day Camp International Girls in ICT Day is an initiative backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member states to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies (ICTs). On Wednesday, the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) held a Tech…
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Anti-gay laws undermine fight against HIV/AIDS in Caribbean – experts
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Anti-gay laws and cultural attitudes are preventing the most vulnerable people accessing HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes in parts of the Caribbean, UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has said. With adult HIV prevalence at about one percent of the population, the Caribbean has the second highest infection rate of…
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Dominica Announces Formation of National Committee on Reparations
Following the Caribbean Community’s recent agreement to set up national committees on reparations for slavery, Dominica has announced the formation of its own national committee. The purpose of the national committees is to “establish the moral, ethical and legal case for the payment of reparations by the former colonial European countries, to the native and people of the Caribbean Community,…
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Ebola spreads in West Africa
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) – Ebola could continue to spread in West Africa for months in one of the most challenging outbreaks of the disease the international community has ever faced, health experts said yesterday. Dr Keiji Fukuda of the World Health Organisation said that while other outbreaks have seen more cases, the current one is remarkable for the wide area…
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