Press Releases
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BARBADOS CMO WANTS ACTION NOW ON NCD PLAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Barbados Chief Medical Officer, Dr Joy St John, on Tuesday, challenged a group of high profile focal points on chronic diseases prevention to put their noses to the grind and complete the strategic plan of action on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases for the Caribbean (CNCD). The NCD focal points are meeting in Barbados for…
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HEALTH EXPERTS STRESS THE NEED FOR NCD STRATEGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The urgency of a strategic plan of action to respond to the rapid rate of increase in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean has been underscored by several health officials and experts at a two-day workshop which opened in Barbados on Tuesday. Organised by the CARICOM Secretariat in tandem with the Pan American…
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COMMUNITY IN BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MARGINS OF CHOGM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago will hold talks with four countries and an international financial institution on the margins of the meeting which takes place in Port of Spain, on 27-29 November 2009. His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of…
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LOCAL YOUTH CALL FOR URGENT ACTION IN REGIONAL REPORT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Youth in St. Kitts weighed in quite emphatically on a number of issues at a National Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) consultation held at the conference room of the Ocean Terrace Inn, on Tuesday, November 17. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth, Honourable Sam Condor, and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Assistant…
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CARICOM UNVEILS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY AHEAD OF COPENHAGEN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Thursday unveiled a campaign to promote the Region’s collective position on climate change, ahead of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-18 December, 2009. Underpinned by the theme “1.5°C to Stay Alive”, the campaign is…
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NATIONAL COHSODs TO DISCUSS YOUTH REPORT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With just one month to go before the much anticipated report on the situation of Caribbean youth is submitted to the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat has embarked on a series of national consultations to engage key stakeholders in discussions on the findings and recommendations of the draft report.…
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FIRST ROUND OF CARICOM/CANADA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ENCOURAGING – OTN DIRECTOR-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Her Excellency Ambassador Gail Mathurin, Director-General of the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat indicated on Monday that the Region was satisfied with the first round of the CARICOM/Canada Trade and Development Negotiations, held November 9-13 in Bridgetown, Barbados. She was at the time speaking a press briefing at…
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CARICOM FORMALLY INTRODUCES NEW OTN DIRECTOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The new Director-General of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN), Her Excellency Gail Mathurin was formally introduced to the Region on Monday 16 November, 2009. The introduction was conducted at media briefing, via video conference involving the media in Guyana and Barbados. In his remarks, CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency…
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PANCAP GETS GLOBAL FUND GRANT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) application for US$34.5 million was approved when the Global Fund to fight HIV and AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) met for its 20th Board Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 9-11 November 2009. This is the ninth time the Global Fund Board has approved funding…
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