Trinidad and Tobago
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EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE LEADS TO STRESS RELATED ILLNESS IN YOUTH, SAY CARICOM OFFICIAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Heather Johnson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development says, young people who are constantly exposed to violence invariably develop complex psychosomatic illnesses which very often lead to other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, mental illnesses and heart diseases. Dr Johnson who also majored in psychology was delivering…
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Gatekeeper of the Web
Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean have been the centre of international attention since news broke that Trinidad’s technology guru, Bevil Wooding, was one of only seven persons from across the globe specially selected to hold keys to the internet. These seven gatekeepers, called Trusted Community Representatives (TCRs), have each been given a card with part of a special code…
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CARICOM INVITATIONAL GAMES SET FOR TRINIDAD 2009
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has adopted a recommendation by the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) for the quadrennial staging of what will be known as The CARICOM Invitational Games. The first games are set for 2009 after the Olympics in Trinidad…
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHRONIC DISEASES SET FOR THE CARIBBEAN
Washington, September 14, 2007 (PAHO) – A major new campaign to fight chronic disease in the Caribbean is getting underway in an effort to stem “the worst epidemic of chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease in the Americas,” with the participation of heads of government. Government leaders want to work together to reduce risk…
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All set for Launch of CARIFESTA Month in Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) All is set for the launch of Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA Month on 1 September 2006 in thirteen administrative districts of Trinidad and two administrative districts in Tobago. This exciting national initiative will capture 54 villages in a series of national celebrations leading towards the official opening of CARIFESTA IX on 22 September…
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NEW CARIFESTA MODEL LAUNCHED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Under the theme Celebrating our People: Contesting the World Stage, a new model for the staging of the Ninth Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA 1X) was unveiled on Monday 12 June in Trinidad and Tobago, host country of the largest cultural festival of the Caribbean. The new CARIFESTA, which was approved by CARICOM Heads…
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MESSAGE FROM H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOOTBALL TEAM, THE SOCA WARRIORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The following is a message from His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Team, the Soca Warriors. As the 2006 FIFA World Cup opens today in Munich, it is with a sense of pride and anticipation that I take this opportunity to wish the members…
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Statement by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on the Planned Shipment of High-Level Radioactive Waste from France through the Panama Canal via the Caribbean Sea
The CARICOM Heads of Government at their 17th Inter-Sessional Meeting held recently in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, expressed strong condemnation of the proposed shipment by France of High-Level Radioactive waste through the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean Community wishes to reiterate that any accidental or deliberate spill of nuclear or toxic waste in the Caribbean Sea could pose a…
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