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  • Photo of A year that will have a lasting impact – CARICOM Secretary-General
    December 27, 2017
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    A year that will have a lasting impact – CARICOM Secretary-General

    End  of  Year Message by the Secretary-General o f the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque   There is no doubt that the events of 2017 will have a lasting impact on our Community.  The ravaging effects of this year’s hurricane season will cast a long shadow over our Community for some time yet. Six of our Members and several…

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  • Photo of CDB approves US$2.37M in grant assistance for Haiti Catastrophe Risk Insurance
    July 17, 2015
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    CDB approves US$2.37M in grant assistance for Haiti Catastrophe Risk Insurance

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) today approved grant assistance of US$2,377,250 to the Government of Haiti to meet the country’s insurance premium for coverage being provided by the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) for the 2015-2016 hurricane season. Haiti is one of 16 Caribbean nations that buy policies from CCRIF, which provides…

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  • September 5, 2014
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    CARICOM SG calls for innovative alternatives to finance SIDS’ development

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Even as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) examined the issue of financing sustainable development for SIDS in Apia, Samoa, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has posited the need for new and innovative alternatives. Moderating a side event titled “Financing for Sustainable Development in SIDS,” during the four-day international conference on Small Island Developing…

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