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CARICOM Energy Ministers hail Energy Policy approval as significant achievement
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Energy of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday afternoon characterized a Meeting in Port of Spain, as historic, given their approval of the Regional Energy Policy that will guide the Community in its pursuit of energy efficiency and renewable energy. The approval of the policy was the highpoint of the Forty-First Special…
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SG seeks help for CARICOM Agriculture initiatives from FAO Head
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Mr. José́ Graziano da Silva reviewed progress in the latter’s assistance to the Community in agriculture, specifically in the areas of food security and assistance with sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, and food and…
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SURINAMESE YOUTH PROGRAMME A REGIONAL BEST PRACTICE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque deemed the Surinamese Youth programmes as a regional Best Practice. On the second day of his official visit to Suriname, the Secretary-General was brought up to date on the activities and plans of Surinamese youth and was particularly impressed by the exciting programmes outlined to…
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REGIONAL INTEGRATION STRONGER WITH CUBA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The regional integration movement has become stronger as a result of the relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba. Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the host Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar said…
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FIVE BROAD AREAS FOR CARICOM CUBA TALKS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday 8 December, CARICOM-Cuba Day. All independent Member States of the Community will be represented with ten at the level of Head of Government. The Cuban delegation will be led the President, His Excellency Raoul…
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TAKE ACTION TO ACHIEVE ELIMINATION OF HIV – CARICOM SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General has sounded a call to action toward achieving the elimination of HIV and AIDS, in the Caribbean and the world. “World AIDS Day and its focus on “Zero” is an opportunity for all of us – individuals, communities and political leaders, to take action and…
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PANCAP CAN ACHIEVE UNAIDS’ THREE ZEROS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) is well poised to undertake UNAIDS’ challenge of “Getting to Zero: Zero Discrimination, Zero New Infections and Zero AIDS-related deaths.” In his World AIDS Day 2011 message, The Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and PANCAP Chair said it was…
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TRADE MINISTERS MOVING TOWARDS CHARTING A NEW PATH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers have begun discussions on how to strategically position the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to deliver on its mandates to the Community. Ministers and their representatives, who were in Georgetown for the Thirty-Third Meeting of the COTED, placed their initial thoughts on the table on…
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PANCAP TO HOST MIGRATION AND HIV ROUNDTABLE MEETING AT CHIV
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) in collaboration with the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GIZ), EPOS Health Management (EPOS) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) will host a Roundtable under the theme “How to Improve Access to HIV Services for Migrants in the Caribbean” at the 2011 Caribbean HIV and…
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