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Haiti to open consulate in Suriname
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – In a bid to strengthen bilateral relations with Suriname the Government of Haiti will be opening a consulate here. Haitian President Michel Martelly who arrived in Suriname on Friday for a two day official visit made the announcement at a meeting in Jarikaba. “Before the end of April we will open a consulate in Paramaribo. Suriname…
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Chronic diseases killing Afro-Caribbeans
Caribbean trade bloc governments have been so worried about the stark increase in chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension among citizens that they have twice organized special summits to address the issue and even pushed the United Nations into holding a high-level meeting to find ways of reducing these numbers. In the past week, a respected Caribbean academic has sought…
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Dengue costs Caribbean US$321m a year
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The fight against dengue, which is spread by the Aedes Egypti mosquito, costs the Caribbean a whopping US$321 million per annum. Prof Christine Carrington revealed this figure in her professorial inaugural lecture at Noor Hassanali auditorium, Faculty of Law, St Augustine Campus, on Thursday. Among those present were Prof Dean Ramsewak, Dean, Faculty of Medical…
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IDB makes call for proposals on social inclusion and poverty reduction
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched another call for proposals from civil society organizations that carry out activities focused on poverty reduction and social inclusion and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The call, made by the IDB’s Executive Director for the Government of Japan, Yasuhiro Atsumi, is for projects that support development through sustainable…
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USVI calls for end to rum dispute
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands—The United States Virgin Islands have now turned to moral suasion in an attempt to get fellow rum producing nations in the Caribbean Forum nation to back down from plans to take their ongoing dispute before the World Trade Organisation (WTO). United States Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh has sent letters to the prime ministers…
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Haiti president seeks UN funds to rebuild country
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Haiti President Michel Martelly has urged the United Nations to divert some of the billions of dollars it spends yearly on peacekeeping efforts to infrastructure projects, job creation and poverty alleviation. Officials need to think about sustainable development instead of security in the impoverished country that is still recovering from a devastating earthquake in 2010, Martelly said…
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Export-led growth? Who will lead in the Caribbean?
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean. In the midst of steady economic decline of many Caribbean countries, governments have turned to the private sector to continue to earn foreign exchange, to keep down prices for goods and services, to maintain and expand employment, and to pay taxes. It is in…
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