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COVID-19CARICOM Special Rapporteur on Disability Calls for Special Considerations for Persons with Disabilities During and After COVID Pandemic in the Caribbean
The CARICOM Special Rapporteur on Disability, Senator Dr. Floyd Morris is calling upon regional governments and members of the private sector, to give special consideration to persons with disabilities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Senator Dr. Floyd Morris: “Regional governments and private sector companies have been forced to make significant adjustments to the services they offer to…
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Narrow Gender Gap in ICT Field – CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General
“We, women and girls, can be proud of the special perspective we bring to the STEM field and other fields.”– CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Amb. Manorma Soeknandan, Ph.D, has called for the narrowing of the gender gap between men and women in the field of ICT. Amb. Soeknandan threw out the challenge during the first CARICOM Digital Dialogue…
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COVID-19PANCAP ADVOCATES FOR TREATMENT CONTINUITY FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Friday, 24 April 2020 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, urges partners and stakeholders to ensure the continuity of treatment, care and support services for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) during the COVID-19 Pandemic. According…
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COVID-19WHO launches global initiative to create equitable access to COVID-19 drugs and vaccines
( DPI, Guyana, ) The World Health Organisation (WHO) today, launched a global collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable access to new COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. A group of healthcare actors, private sector partners and other stakeholders have joined forces to launch the ‘Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’. During his media briefing today, WHO Director-General Dr.…
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COVID-19REGIONAL DISTILLERIES JOIN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
Bridgetown, Barbados – 22 April 2020: As the world continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, CARICOM rum producers have modified their production lines to play their part by producing alcohol and hand sanitiser and making donations of sanitation products. Across the Caribbean, contributions have been made to governments, institutions, and frontline healthcare workers and to support local communities impacted by…
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IICA will assist the Caribbean to boost trade in goods and agricultural information exchange
-as well as to strengthen food security San Jose, 20 April 2020 (IICA). Thirteen Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture participated in a videoconference with the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in which they discussed strategies to bolster agricultural activity and to safeguard the food supply amidst the ongoing health crisis, in a region that relies heavily…
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COVID-19CDB makes US$140M available to counter COVID-19 pandemic, other disasters
(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) met this week and approved up to US$140 million to be used by the Bank’s Borrowing Member Countries to tackle the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and other shocks to their economy. “The economic and social shock of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely be severe…
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Caribbean needs financial backing
(Guyana Chronicle) In an earnest letter on behalf of the Caribbean Region, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has written to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (MF) requesting specific financial attention, as the Region grapples with significant economic loss linked to tourism and braces for the catastrophic effects of the hurricane season. In the letter sent…
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CARICOM Prime Ministers to make post-Elections visit to Guyana
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will lead a delegation of regional Prime Ministers on a special two-day mission to Guyana, starting tomorrow March 11. The chairman of CARICOM will be joined by Prime Ministers Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Keith Mitchell of Grenada. In an effort to ease tension in the country…
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Jamaica Transport Minister signs CASSOS Headquarters Agreement
Jamaica Minister of Transportation, the Hon. Robert Montague has signed the Headquarters Agreement of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), a Community Institution. Minister Montague signed the Agreement at the 25th Meeting of the Board of Directors of CASSOS at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on 21 February 2020. The Agreement formalises the decision of the Conference of…
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