Press Releases
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PANCAP to hold Third Meeting of AIDS Programme Managers and Key Partners
The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will hold its third Annual Meeting of National AIDS Programme (NAP) Managers and Key Partners in Trinidad and Tobago, at the Hyatt Hotel, on 28-30 October 2015. Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Health, Hon. Mr. Terrence Deyalsingh will open the meeting. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Dereck Springer, PANCAP Coordinating…
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Influenza Activity in the Caribbean
For the year to date, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) received 284 samples for influenza virus testing. Forty-seven (47) tested positive of which 14 were typed as Influenza A H1N1. The table below shows number of samples received and tested positive for Influenza A for 2013 -2014. CARPHA would like to advise members of the public to practice…
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CARICOM Region Prepares For WTO 10th Ministerial Conference
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – In preparation for the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference (MC10), Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States met to review the state of play of the WTO Doha Round of Negotiations, and their approach to preserve their interests in the context of MC10. The meeting which was held October 15‐16, 2015 in Barbados was convened by…
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CARICOM SG continues advocacy for concessional financing for vulnerable states
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque continues to champion the cause for vulnerable states to receive concessional financing due to issues related to climate change. The Secretary-General has been focusing on this matter in many of his recent engagements and was vocal about the issue at the Small States Forum that was recently held in Peru. The Forum was held under the theme ‘Opportunities…
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CARICOM SG extends condolences to Turkey
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed the Community’s solidarity with the Government and People of Turkey as they mourn the loss of lives from the recent tragic bombings in the capital, Ankara. Almost 100 persons were killed and scores injured from the twin explosions on 10 October. “The Caribbean Community unreservedly…
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Invest in improvement of statistics – SG urges Member States
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has urged Member States to invest in the improvement of the production of statistics to support and guide sustained Regional economic and social development. He also commended statisticians in the Community for their efforts in the face of resource constraints that the Region was confronting. In a message to mark CARICOM Statistics Day…
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