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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretary-General meets CANADA’s Foreign Minister

    CARICOM Secretary-General meets CANADA’s Foreign Minister

    CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met with Canada’s Foreign Minister Mr Francois-Phillippe Champagne on the eve of the 31st Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Barbados, Monday. The Foreign Minister’s visit to Barbados follows the cancellation of a trip by Canada’s Prime Minister Mr Justin Trudeau to meet with CARICOM Heads during their Meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday,…

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  • Photo of Canadian Prime Minister to meet with CARICOM Heads of Government in Barbados

    Canadian Prime Minister to meet with CARICOM Heads of Government in Barbados

    Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, will travel to Bridgetown, Barbados to participate in the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to build even stronger ties with the region.The Conference will be held 17-18 February 2020. The announcement was made Tuesday 11 February via a press release from the Prime Minister’s office. The Caribbean region and…

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  • Photo of Jamaica Makes First Shipment Of Medical Marijuana To Canada

    Jamaica Makes First Shipment Of Medical Marijuana To Canada

    (Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has made its first shipment of medical marijuana extract oil to Canada. The shipment marks the first step in positioning Jamaica as the medical marijuana hub for the world. In making the announcement, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw, “Jamaica is uniquely positioned to be a global player and we are committed to providing…

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  • Photo of Canada sending large contingent to CARIFESTA XIII

    Canada sending large contingent to CARIFESTA XIII

    More than 66 artists, spearheaded by the Canadian-Caribbean Arts Network (C-CAN), are heading to Barbados for CARIFESTA XIII which opens later this week, the TorontoCaribbean media outfit has reported. “I am still pinching myself because at one point in time I had given up hope that it would ever happen,” confessed Rhoma Spencer, Artistic Director of C-CAN as she sat down for…

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  • Photo of CARICOM extends warm congratulations to Canada’s new Prime Minister

    CARICOM extends warm congratulations to Canada’s new Prime Minister

    Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to the Prime Minister-elect of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau and the Liberal Party won a landslide victory in Canada's Federal Elections held on 19 October. In a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister elect, the Secretary-General said he looked forward to working with Mr. Trudeau and his new government to deepen the…

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  • Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname Communicate their Consent to Receive On-Site Visits in Fifth Round of the OAS Anti-Corruption Mechanism

    The governments of Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname confirmed this week to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) their consent to receive on-site visits as part of the Fifth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the OAS. The five countries notified the MESICIC…

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  • CARICOM Canada project improving regional flow of CSME information Bringing CSME to life in the workplace in Antigua and Barbuda

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    Representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Customs as well as students and teachers at the Antigua State College, have benefitted from on-site meetings, designed to update them on matters related to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The meetings held last Friday,  6 February  were hosted by Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry…

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  • Photo of More doors opened to advanced education

    More doors opened to advanced education

    Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 14, 2015 (SKNIS): More doors of opportunities for persons wishing to further their education have been opened with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government and SENECA College of Applied Arts and Technology in Canada. John Allen, Honorary Consul of St. Kitts and Nevis in Toronto stated that this comes at an…

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  • Canadian Municipalities share LED Knowledge in Caribbean

    Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago:  The Borough of Point Fortin hosted the final site visit of Councillor Michael Thompson, a Program Steering Committee member for the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED).  Councillor Thompson concluded a one week monitoring mission that began in Guyana on July 20, 2014. His three day mission to Guyana included site visits to two…

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