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CARIBBEAN-FINANCE-OECS countries benefit from World Bank-financed credit union project
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has benefitted from an initiative to strengthen accountability within the non-banking financial sector. It said with credit unions being “key players’ within the nine-member sub-regional grouping, the “Strengthening the Accountability of the Non-Bank Financial Sector in the OECS” has benefitted from a US$455,000 grant from its…
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CARIBBEAN-POPULATION-OAS completes digitalization of civil registry in six Caribbean countries
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says it has completed a project to assist the Civil Registries in six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries digitalize vital statistical information. The OAS said that through its subsidiary, Universal Civil Identity Program in the Americas (PUICA), it completed the project in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St.…
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Community Institutions discuss
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – CARICOM Draft Strategic Plan THE Draft Strategic Plan that will drive the CARICOM Reform Process continued to be developed with discussions among the Community Institutions at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Guyana, on Monday. The purpose of the discussions was to solicit the views of the Institutions on a direction, priorities, framework for implementation, areas of…
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Robinson has died
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express- Former President and Prime Minister Arthur NR Robinson has died. Robinson, who had been ailing for several months, passed away at the St Clair medical Centre at around 6 a.m. He was 87. His passing was confirmed by National Security Minister Gary Griffith who said a State funeral was being planned.
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HIV/AIDS book launched at Guyana Consulate, NY
“Stigma and lack of knowledge about HIV & AIDS” was the topic of a compelling presentation by Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Prem Misir, who launched his first health book in front of expatriates at the Consulate General of Guyana in New York City, recently. The former associate public health epidemiologist of the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control…
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Two CARICOM Agencies to Convene Regional Symposium on Dengue & Chikungunya Virus
Today is World Health Day, the theme of which is “small bites, big threats: protect yourself and your environment from vector-borne diseases“. With this theme in mind, the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network, CKLN, and the Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA are pleased to announce their convening of a 1-day symposium, focusing on Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Virus to be…
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Data for Action Measuring Prevalence to Respond to Gender-Based Violence
Data for Action: Measuring Prevalence to Respond to Gender-Based Violence Despite notable efforts by authorities, service providers and academia to record and track the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Caribbean, lack of comprehensive, systematic, nationally-owned data remains a serious bottleneck in responding to and preventing GBV, including its most prevalent form – that of violence against women. Subsequently,…
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OAS Secretary General Participates in World Economic Forum for Latin America
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) today arrived in Panama where he will take part in the World Economic Forum for Latin America, being held until tomorrow in the Panamanian capital. The leader of the hemispheric Organization exchanged views with senior authorities from the region in private sessions on the most important issues that concern the…
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