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December 7, 2017
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Coconut Boost For Barbados & Region

Barbados and the region can have a bustling coconut industry, despite being smaller than major growers such as Indonesia and The Philippines. This assertion was made by Maurice Wilson, who is the Regional Coconut Industry Coordinator at the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI). He was speaking with the Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) following the inaugural meeting of the National Stakeholders Platform…
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November 24, 2017
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Giving the Region a more results-focused approach to project management

Efforts to provide the Caribbean Community with a more results-focused approach to programme and project management are being advanced this week with a series of sensitisation seminars in Barbados. The seminars will continue in Suriname next week and in other CARICOM Member States next year. Development of the Gender-sensitive CARICOM Results-based Management (RBM) system, was coordinated by the CARICOM Secretariat with…
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August 29, 2017
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PM: CARIFESTA XIII was a phenomenal success

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has described CARIFESTA XIII, held in Barbados from August 17 – 27, as being “a phenomenal success”. Mr. Stuart noted that in any undertaking, whether small or large, challenges often appeared at the last minute to thwart even the best laid plans. He noted that in Barbados, nature intervened to test to the limits the logistical…
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August 28, 2017
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CARIFESTA XIII concludes; Trinidad and Tobago next host

The curtains came down on the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts CARIFESTA XIII last evening. The ten-day mega cultural event ended with a closing ceremony at Kensington Oval Ground, President Kennedy Drive, Bridgetown, Barbados. The night’s activities included a culmination of performances from various Caribbean countries that have performed throughout the festival and the passing of the…
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August 21, 2017
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Colourful display as CARIFESTA XIII gets underway

After having to be rescheduled from Friday due to the passage of Tropical Storm Harvey, the official Opening Ceremony for CARIFESTA XIII took place on Sunday, with Barbados’ Minister of Culture Hon. Stephen Lashley declaring the festival open. The ceremony at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown was attended by Barbados’ Prime the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart; Secretary General of the…
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August 16, 2017
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CARIFESTA XIII – An opportunity for Regional economic progress

Asserting our future, celebrating ourselves is the theme for the thirteenth Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIII), which takes place in Barbados on August 17-27, 2017. CARIFESTA has been the Caribbean Community’s premier art and culture festival since 1972. This roving event attracts artists and culture professionals from over 30 countries in the Region and has been held 12 times…
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July 11, 2017
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Barbados building CARIFESTA legacy

CARIFESTA XIII promises to be to be a diverse festival with a lasting legacy. During a media update in his Sky Mall office on Monday, Minister with responsibility for Culture, Stephen Lashley highlighted several plans for the Festival. One notable feature referred to by the Minister was the Grand Market and Buyer’s Mall. He pointed out that since Barbados had…
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June 22, 2017
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PANCAP CONGRATULATES GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS AND LADYMEADE REFERENCE UNIT ON 15 YEAR MILESTONE AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF ‘TREAT ALL’ PROGRAMME

– Director of PANCAP lauds Ladymeade Reference Unit for integral role in ‘Treat All’ Implementation Thursday, June 22, 2017 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat): The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) congratulates the Government of Barbados and the Ladymeade Reference Unit (LRU) on 15 years of providing quality HIV and STI services for the people of Barbados…
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March 27, 2017
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Live launch of CARIFESTA XIII today

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat wishes to advise that the Government of Barbados will launch CARIFESTA III today, Monday, 27 March 2017. With support from the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) of Barbados, radio and television services in the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) will have the opportunity to transmit the regional media launch of CARIFESTA XIII, rights-free. The launch will be…
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February 21, 2017
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CARICOM Secretariat salutes Risk Insurance Facility for meeting the region’s needs

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has congratulated the CCRIF SPC on its Tenth (10th) Anniversary. A segregated portfolio company (SPC), CCRIF SPC was formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). The company has been lauded as the world’s first regional parametric risk insurance pool, and another CARICOM best practice that can be shared with the world. According to the…
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