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March 5, 2015
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Dominica accedes to CCJ Appellate jurisdiction tomorrow; event to be live-streamed

Roseau, Dominica -The ceremony to mark Dominica’s accession to the appellate jurisdiction of theCaribbean Court of Justiceis set for Friday, March 6, 2015. The ceremony will begin from 10:00am and will be held at the State House Conference Centre. President of Dominica H.E. Charles A Savarin, Prime Minister the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice the Right…
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March 3, 2015
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Training In Workflow Management Systems

Over 20 Barbadian frontline personnel are now better equipped to streamline information to facilitate improved access to data under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to better share this information among national and regional authorities. This was stated by Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Sonja Welch, as she delivered the feature address to open a two-day…
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February 25, 2015
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Barbados Prime Minister for CARICOM Inter-sessional Meeting

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is scheduled to leave the island tomorrow, Wednesday, February 25, to attend the Twenty-Sixth Inter-sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which gets under way in The Bahamas, from February 26 to 27. As incoming Chair of the regional group, Barbados’ Prime Minister will be a member of the Bureau of the…
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February 11, 2015
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Caribbean delegates discussing new climate change tools

(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC) – A three-day workshop aimed at exposing senior Caribbean technocrats to a suite of tools developed under the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) project began here on Tuesday. The Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) said the workshop is being supported by the Caribbean Weather Impact Group (CARIWIG) project involved in risk-based decision-making in the…
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January 23, 2015
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Final push to launch U.N. negotiations on High Seas Treaty

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 2015 (IPS) – The United Nations will make its third – and perhaps final – attempt at reaching an agreement to launch negotiations for an international biodiversity treaty governing the high seas. A four-day meeting of a U.N. Ad Hoc Working Group is expected to take a decision by Friday against a September 2015 deadline to begin…
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January 22, 2015
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Former Barbados Prime Minister addresses integration challenges

Former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur says while the decision in 1989 to transform CARICOMeconomies into a single market and economy was one of the most momentous decisions in the history of the Caribbean, “it was a transformation that was never going to be easily achieved.” Delivering the guest lecture at the Institute of International Relations at the St. Augustine campus…
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January 16, 2015
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Barbados launching renewable energy education

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 08 2015, CNS – Renewable energy education is about to be launched in Barbados. That is how the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic’s (SJPP) Acting Curriculum Development Industrial Liaison Officer Audrey Jones-Drayton has described the introduction of the island’s first ever training course in photovoltaic installations which will be offered at the tertiary institution. Explaining the rationale behind…
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January 15, 2015
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CPDC launches regional campaign against poverty and inequality

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 14, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Policy Development Center (CPDC) says it will launch its Action/2015 Caribbean campaign on Thursday as part of the larger global Action/2015 campaign to end poverty, inequality and bring attention to significant climate change issues. CPDC said 2015 is the year for critical international meetings charged with determining the future of humanity…
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December 30, 2014
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Barbados & Cuba Discuss Sports & Culture

Barbados and Cuba are seeking to deepen their collaboration in sports and culture. The proposed approach was discussed during a courtesy call on Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, by Cuban Ambassador, Francisco Fernández Peña, at the Ministry of Culture’s Haggatt Hall, St. Michael, office, today. The Sports Minister noted that the National Sports Council was interested in…
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December 4, 2014
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Barbados and TT sign fishing protocol

Barbados and TT have signed a protocol on common procedures relating to the arrest of crew, or detention of fishing vessels, in each other country’s territorial waters. “The protocol seeks to put in place agreed common procedures that will be applied whenever the crew and fishing vessel of one State are apprehended for fishing illegally in the waters of the…
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