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PM Outlines Action Plan For Aid To Haiti And Bahamas
The Honourable Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit, on Friday, outlined a plan of action to be taken by member states in aid of Haiti and the Bahamas. The Honourable Prime Minister held a press conference on Friday, October 14th, to report on his visit to the two islands following Hurricane Matthew. At the…
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Dominica donates US$100,000 to hurricane-ravaged Haiti, The Bahamas
ROSEAU, Dominica, Dominica News Online – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, has said the government of Dominica has donated US$100,000 to The Bahamas following the passage of Hurricane Matthew. US$100,000 was also donated to Haiti, the hardest hit by Matthew, to meet that country’s immediate needs. Skerrit, who is a heading a CARICOM delegation to the affected countries as Chairman of…
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PM Christie welcomes CARICOM Chairman and SG to hurricane damaged The Bahamas
The Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin laRocque are in The Bahamas, Wednesday for a first hand look at the damage caused during the passage of hurricane Matthew. They were received by Bahamian Prime Minister Hon. Perry Christie. Cleaning up in The Bahamas after Matthew Hurricane Matthew crashed into The Bahamas last…
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CARICOM Chairman leads delegation to Haiti, The Bahamas
A high level delegation will visit Haiti and The Bahamas between October 11 and 13, 2016 to undertake discussions with the leadership of the affected Member States and to confirm additional areas where theCaribbean Community (CARICOM) can provide support. The high level mission includes the Honourable Roosevelt Skerritt, Prime Minister of Dominica and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government…
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CDEMA deploys response teams to Haiti and The Bahamas following Hurricane Matthew
The islands of The Bahamas and Haiti suffered severe impact from the passage of Hurricane Matthew. In efforts to assist these countries in dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has deployed 2 sets of specialized response teams to Haiti and The Bahamas. At the request of the Government of Haiti and based…
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CARICOM Chairman appeals for help for Haiti and The Bahamas
Chairman of the 15-member regional integration movement, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Friday urged support for Haiti and the Bahamas, the two CARICOM countries severely affected by the passage of Hurricane Matthew earlier this week. At least 500 people were reported killed in Haiti, CARICOM’s only French-speaking country, as the Category 4 storm tore through the nation on its way to…
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CARICOM Kicks Off LMIS Training in Trinidad and Tobago
The region is set to benefit from a major effort by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat to establish a labour market information system (LMIS) as a vital element of the smooth functioning of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). As part of this effort, the Secretariat is undertaking a series of LMIS training workshops in Member States. The first…
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President Granger co-chairs special meeting between CARICOM Heads, UN SG
Georgetown, Guyana – Ministry of the Presidency (September 23, 2016) – President David Granger, today, co-chaired a special meeting in New York, which was convened at the request of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon with the aim of engaging Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of States on issues affecting countries in the Region and to bid farewell to them…
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The Bahamas elected Chair of Caribbean Tourism Organisation
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (15 September, 2016) – The Bahamas is now Chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), with the election of its Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe. The election took place on 15 September in Barbados at the organisation’s annual general meeting during the CTO’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC). Following his election, Mr. Wilchcombe stated: “I intend…
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Montego Bay, Nassau among cities with ‘intelligent solutions’ – IDB
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Cities in two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are among the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB’s) guide of more than 50 examples of cities around the globe that have implemented intelligent solutions. Montego Bay in Jamaica and Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas, are included in cities in Latin America and the Caribbean dealing with accelerated and…
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