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  • Photo of Building the CARICOM Communications Network

    Building the CARICOM Communications Network

    As efforts continue to develop a network of CARICOM Communications professionals, a sub-group mainly from Caribbean Community Institutions in Barrbados and the CARICOM Secretariat recommitted to closer collaboration during a recent lunch-meeting at CDB Headquarters, Barbados. The get-together was a spin-off from an earlier on-line meeting of professionals across the Community, in which the Communications operatives agreed, among other things, that: There…

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  • Photo of Contributions to Advancing Medical Tourism in the Federation And Advances in Human Health

    Contributions to Advancing Medical Tourism in the Federation And Advances in Human Health

    Lower Bourryeau Estate, St. Kitts— The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation and I have provided advice for the development of medical tourism in the Federation and the development of new therapies that will eventually be available to people throughout the world.  Neither the Foundation or I are participants, but we have provided advice to ensure that any experimental treatments are…

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  • Photo of CARICOM 10K Meet gets underway: Differently able to be a part

    CARICOM 10K Meet gets underway: Differently able to be a part

    The Spirit of CARICOM will come alive this Sunday, 3 July 2016, as the CARICOM 10K Meet gets underway at 6 a.m. Athletes from several CARICOM States will criss-cross the streets of Greater Georgetown to observe this annual CARICOM tradition, which takes place ahead of the Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government, usually in the host…

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  • Photo of Remarks by Secretary-General Caribbean Community and Caribbean Forum of ACP States at the Opening of the Regional Civil Society Conference hosted by the Caribbean Policy Development Centre

    Remarks by Secretary-General Caribbean Community and Caribbean Forum of ACP States at the Opening of the Regional Civil Society Conference hosted by the Caribbean Policy Development Centre

    Thank you for inviting me to be here with you this morning to share a few thoughts. I believe that it is the first time I have interacted with you but I am confident it will not be the last. May I congratulate you on the occasion of your 25th Anniversary and that milestone emphasises the relevance of your work.…

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  • Photo of Cooperation and Integration still important – European Union Ambassador

    Cooperation and Integration still important – European Union Ambassador

    Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the Eastern Caribbean Countries, OECS and CARICOM/CARIFORUM, Ambassador Mikael Barfod said Friday was a difficult day to work out what the British exit from the European Union means and what effect it will have on the well-being of all the citizens of the European Union. He also stated that there…

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  • Photo of CARICOM should have all Members States on board – DSG.

    CARICOM should have all Members States on board – DSG.

    CARICOM Deputy Secretary General Dr. Manorma Soeknandan says that CARICOM should not go through the recent EU experience whereby the United Kingdom decided to leave that grouping. She was speaking at the opening ceremony of a Regional Technical Meeting on the implementation of 10th European Development Fund (EDF) CSME and Economic Integration Programme on Friday 24 June. Dr. Soeknandan said…

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  • Photo of Chairman of the CARICOM Commission on the Economy advises Member States to take advantage of available concessionary funds.

    Chairman of the CARICOM Commission on the Economy advises Member States to take advantage of available concessionary funds.

    Chairman of the CARICOM Commission on the Economy, Barbados Senator Darcy Boyce says it does CARICOM Member States no good when concessionary funds are allowed to go to waste. Mr. Boyce who is a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office was delivering the feature address on Friday at a CARICOM Regional Technical Meeting on the Implementation of the 10th European…

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  • Photo of Good family health contributes to strong economy – Premier Ewing

    Good family health contributes to strong economy – Premier Ewing

    Providenciales, Turks and Caicos – Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Dr. The Honourable Rufus Ewing said last week that the Region must “go back to the family, to basics, if we are to successfully address issues such as teenage pregnancy, mental health and youth violence in the Caribbean.” He made the point while addressing the opening ceremony of the…

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  • Photo of Guyanese media briefed on upcoming CARICOM Heads meeting

    Guyanese media briefed on upcoming CARICOM Heads meeting

    Guyana’s Foreign Minister Mr. Carl Greenidge and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met Guyana media representatives on Saturday, ahead of the upcoming 37th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting to be held in Georgetown 4 – 6 July 2016. The Forum, organised by Guyana’s Government Information Agency (GINA) provided an update on arrangements for the meeting and allowed media practitioners an…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General calls for increased implementation of a major Financing Agreement with the European Union

    CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General calls for increased implementation of a major Financing Agreement with the European Union

    Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary General Dr. Manorma Soeknandan is reminding CARICOM Member States of their responsibility for the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Economic Integration Programme (EIP). This is a financing agreement signed with the European Union for over 28 million Euros of which approximately 19 million Euros is for implementing the CSME.…

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